US 11,699,852 B2
Phased array antenna systems
Alireza Mahanfar, Redmond, WA (US); and Javier Rodriguez De Luis, Redmond, WA (US)
Assigned to Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Hawthorne, CA (US)
Filed by Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Hawthorne, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/276,257.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/631,195, filed on Feb. 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0252775 A1, Aug. 15, 2019
Int. Cl. H01Q 3/36 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 3/36 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/22 (2013.01); H05K 1/0298 (2013.01); H05K 1/144 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A phased array antenna system, comprising:
a first portion carrying an antenna lattice including:
a plurality of antenna elements; and
a plurality of amplifiers, wherein the plurality of antenna elements are arranged in a first configuration and are coupled to the plurality of amplifiers; and
a second portion carrying a beamformer lattice including a plurality of beamformer elements, wherein the plurality of beamformer elements are arranged in a second configuration different from the first configuration, wherein each of the plurality of amplifiers are electrically coupled to one of the plurality of beamformer elements, wherein the first and second portions define at least a portion of a carrier having a first side facing in a first direction and a second side facing in a second direction away from the first direction, and wherein the antenna lattice is on the first side of the carrier and the beamformer lattice is on the second side of the carrier.