Modular supertile array antenna
CA 2199883 C · Owner: Foley, James Paul · Inventors: Foley, James Paul; Stuart, Thomas Mackenzie; Weiss, Fred Manfred
Overview
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An array antenna especially adapted, for spacecraft use includes a support frame made up of intersecting beams which form an "eggcrate" of square openings. A plurality of subarrays or radiating tiles are dimensioned to fit within the openings. Distortion of the support frame due to external forces, or due to expansion and contraction of the radiating tiles, is accommodated andor resisted by a four-point mounting arrangement for each tile. Each mounting is located on the center of the sides of the radiating tile, and the, corresponding center of the side of the opening in which it fits. Each mounting consists of a thin, flexible mounting beam, extending parallel to the associated support …
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- Filed March 13, 1997 and granted February 4, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 13, 2017.
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