Patent ID: 11936110
Assignee: VIASAT INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A reflector antenna heating system comprising:
a dielectric radome that covers a first side of a reflector and a feed subsystem of an antenna;
a plurality of heater blower devices on a second side of the reflector each of the plurality of heater blower devices having an inlet port and an outlet port;
a plurality of outlet duct assemblies, wherein each of the plurality of outlet duct assemblies is coupled to the outlet port of a respective heater blower device to direct heated air around a perimeter of the reflector and along an inside surface of the dielectric radome; and
one or more gaps proximal to a center of the reflector to recirculate cooled air toward a plurality of inlet ducts for the plurality of heater blower devices to feed the inlet port of each heater blower device of the plurality of heater blower devices.