US 12,003,011 B2
Integrated tracking antenna array
Michael Hollenbeck, West Jordan, UT (US); and Robert Smith, West Jordan, UT (US)
Assigned to OPTISYS, Inc., West Jordan, UT (US)
Filed by OPTISYS, Inc., West Jordan, UT (US)
Filed on Jul. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/810,763.
Application 17/810,763 is a continuation of application No. 17/069,202, filed on Oct. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,381,006, issued on Jul. 5, 2022.
Application 17/069,202 is a continuation of application No. 16/228,510, filed on Dec. 20, 2018, granted, now 10,840,605, issued on Nov. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/608,527, filed on Dec. 20, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0416437 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H01P 5/12 (2006.01); H01P 1/02 (2006.01); H01P 3/12 (2006.01); H01P 5/16 (2006.01); H01Q 1/02 (2006.01); H01Q 3/36 (2006.01); H01Q 13/02 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01)
CPC H01P 5/12 (2013.01) [H01P 1/025 (2013.01); H01P 3/12 (2013.01); H01P 5/16 (2013.01); H01Q 1/02 (2013.01); H01Q 3/36 (2013.01); H01Q 13/025 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0025 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0037 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0087 (2013.01); H01Q 21/064 (2013.01); H01Q 21/068 (2013.01); H01Q 13/02 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An antenna array comprising:
a plurality of radiating elements;
a plurality of septum polarizers, wherein at least one of the plurality of radiating elements is in electromagnetic communication with one of the plurality of septum polarizers;
a first waveguide combiner network comprising:
a first H-plane combiner; and
a first E-plane combiner in electromagnetic communication with the first H-plane combiner; and
a mounting interface for mounting the antenna array, wherein the mounting interface comprises one or more of a mounting hole or a connector;
wherein the plurality of radiating elements, the plurality of septum polarizers, the first waveguide combiner network, and the mounting interface are manufactured together as a single metal element by a three-dimensional printing process such that manufacturing the single metal element does not require a separate joining process for joining separate components.