Patent ID: 6034633
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: G01S,H01Q

Abstract:
A multi-channel transmit/receive (T/R) module for a microwave communications system, the module comprising:a substrate having a DC interface for electrical connections to external logic control signals and a DC power supply;the substrate having an RF interface for RF connections to antenna radiators and to transmit and receive manifolds;the substrate having multiple isolated T/R channel circuits formed integrally therewith;a system of shielded RF signal routing circuits embodied in the substrate and interconnecting the T/R channel circuits to the RF interface;a first circuit system formed integrally with the substrate to provide controlled power distribution to active circuit components of the T/R channel circuits;a second circuit system formed integrally with the substrate to provide controlled operation of the T/R channel circuits; andat least one of the circuit systems having common circuitry shared by at least two of the T/R channels in performance of functioning provided by the common circuitry.