US 12,068,773 B2
Backpackable electronic warfare system
Andrew Lee Stubbs, Charleston, SC (US); Laura Catherine Tolliver, Charleston, SC (US); Kevin Paul Votapka, Charleston, SC (US); Wilmot S Gilland, IV, Goose Creek, SC (US); Tyler Austin Brant, Summerville, SC (US); Ian McLean Christine, Raleigh, NC (US); and Hunter J Smith, Charleston, SC (US)
Assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US)
Filed by Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on May 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/825,356.
Prior Publication US 2023/0387956 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 1/3827 (2015.01); H04B 1/3883 (2015.01)
CPC H04B 1/385 (2013.01) [H04B 1/3883 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A backpackable electronic warfare system, comprising:
one or more radioheads, wherein the one or more radioheads are connected to a switching matrix via signal lines and have a RF front-end architecture with a radiohead field programmable gate array to identify radiohead capabilities of the one or more radioheads being used;
one or more systems on a chip, wherein the one or more systems on a chip are connected to the switching matrix via the signal lines and have a 3U OpenVPX form factor following the Sensor Open Systems Architecture standards;
a single board computer, wherein the single board computer includes a processor, RAM, a PCIe connector, a USB connection, storage, and an Ethernet connection;
a position, navigation, and timing module, wherein the position, navigation, timing module has an output clocking capable of providing a frequency signal to the one or more systems on a chip ranging from about 10 MHz to about 250 MHz;
power management device, wherein the power management device regulates power to each component and is capable of powering off unused components thereby saving energy;
thermal management device, wherein the thermal management dissipates equal to or greater than 160 W of heat;
one or more batteries, wherein the one or more batteries provide an electrical power equal to or greater than 300 W; and
a backplane, wherein the backplane connects the one or more radioheads, the one or more systems on a chip, the one or more batteries, and the thermal management device to the single board computer, the position, navigation, and timing module, and the power management device.