Structural antenna array and method for making the same

US10141656B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Manny S. Urcia · Wildwood, US
• Matthew A. Stoneback · Menlo Park, US
• Tiffany M. Radford · Wentzville, US
• Mark T. Chisa · Spanaway, US
• Mark Thompson · Austin, US
• Benjamin D. Smith · Maryland Heights, US
• Charles W. Manry, Jr. · Auburn, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 6, 2016
• Grant date: Nov 27, 2018
• Expiry date: Feb 18, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01Q21/24
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A structural antenna array may include a core including intersecting wall sections, wherein the core further includes antenna elements formed on a first surface of the wall sections, and feed elements formed on a second surface of the wall sections, a distribution substrate layer coupled to the core and in electrical communication with the antenna elements and the feed elements, a first skin coupled to the core opposite the distribution substrate layer, and a second skin coupled to the distribution substrate layer opposite the first skin.