Patent ID: 6429816
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
An antenna module for a phased array antenna comprisinga support member configured to provide connection along a first edge thereof to a plurality of antenna elements, and adapted to be placed in side-by-side relationship with other support members, so that connections for said antenna elements on a plurality of support members may be connected to antenna elements of said phased array antenna; a double-sided microstrip printed wiring board having a first, underside mounted adjacent to a side of said support member, and having a first plurality of generally parallel microstrip conductors extending in a first direction and being coupled to respective antenna elements from said first edge of said support member, a second, topside, opposite to said first underside, and having a second plurality of generally parallel microstrip conductors extending in a second direction generally orthogonal to said first direction, and conductive vias extending through said double-sided microstrip printed wiring board, and interconnecting said first plurality of microstrip conductors to-connection sites adjacent to said second plurality of generally parallel microstrip conductors; and a plurality of antenna control circuits distributed on said second side of said respective double-sided microstrip printed wiring board, and connected to said connection sites and to said second plurality of generally parallel microstrip conductors.