US 12,266,861 B2
Integrated additively manufactured modular aperture antenna
Jacob Tamasy, Nashua, NH (US); Matthew A. Cerniway, Madison, AL (US); and Alexander D. Johnson, Waltham, MA (US)
Assigned to BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US)
Filed by BAE SYSTEMS Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US)
Filed on Feb. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/170,862.
Prior Publication US 2024/0283134 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H01Q 5/25 (2015.01); H01Q 9/28 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 21/062 (2013.01) [H01Q 5/25 (2015.01); H01Q 9/28 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0087 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a frame including a ground plane; and
at least one printed circuit board attached to the frame,
wherein the at least one printed circuit board includes an integrated aperture antenna array comprising
an antenna feed in electrical communication with the at least one printed circuit board, the antenna feed configured to receive a signal over a wide bandwidth;
a first conductive dipole arm in planar alignment with a surface of the frame;
a second conductive dipole arm in planar alignment with the surface of the frame and adjacent to the first conductive dipole arm;
a first feedline in electrical communication with the first conductive dipole arm and the antenna feed;
a second feedline in electrical communication with the second conductive dipole arm and the surface of the frame;
at least one of a shorting arm and a conductive wall (“H-wall”), the shorting arm in electrical communication with second conductive dipole arm and the frame, the conductive wall (“H-wall”) in electrical communication with the ground plane and having an end adjacent to, and physically separate from, the second conductive dipole arm, an axial length of the H-wall being orthogonal to the ground plane; and
one or more frame couplers and one or more assembly keys configured to attach the frame, the frame couplers, and the at least one printed circuit board together via one or more threaded holes in the frame.