Patent ID: 9715007
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: G01S,H01Q,Y02A

Claim:
1. An antenna array for use with an X-band weather radar system, the antenna array comprising: a printed circuit board including a first side and an opposing second side; a plurality of integrated circuit packages, each integrated circuit package electrically connected to the first side of the printed circuit board and including at least one of a transmitter electronic circuit and a receiver electronic circuit; and a plurality of antenna elements configured to transmit and receive radio waves at frequencies in the X-band, the antenna elements positioned on the printed circuit board in a two-dimensional array, each antenna element positioned above a corresponding integrated circuit package and separated from the integrated circuit package by an air gap; wherein a center of each antenna element is located on a point of a grid with grid points orthogonally spaced apart, each antenna element in electronic communication with the at least of the transmitter electronic circuit and the receiver electronic circuit in the corresponding integrated circuit package under the antenna element.