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Antenna modules for phased array antennas

US11018436B2 · kind B2 · utility

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22Claims

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Assignee

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. · US

Inventors

Alireza Mahanfar · Vancouver, CA
Souren Shamsinejad · Redmond, US
Shaya Karimkashi Arani · Pasadena, US
Siamak Ebadi · Redmond, US
Ersin Yetisir · Redmond, US
Peter Hoang · Redmond, US
Javier Rodriguez De Luis · Redmond, US
Nil Apaydin · Kirkland, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 14, 2019
Grant date	May 25, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 23, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05K2201/10098
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In some embodiments, an antenna module includes an antenna element having a first side and a second side opposite the first side; a spacer structure disposed at the second side of the antenna element and configured to define a cavity, the spacer structure configured to be physically and electrically couplable with a printed circuit board (PCB) of a receiver or a transmitter; and an amplifier located within the cavity. The first side comprises a radiating side of the antenna element.

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