Patent ID: 7714797
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: B64G,H01Q,H04B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A phased array antenna, deployable from a retracted condition to a deployed condition, comprising a base member having, at least in part, a polygonal cross-sectional form defined by a plurality of edge regions, and a plurality of antenna panels, each antenna panel being connected, by a respective hinge means, to a respective one of said edge regions of said base member, such that, in said retracted condition, two or more of the antenna panels are stacked one on top of the other on the base member, and the hinge means being such that each antenna panel can be rotated sequentially one after the other, around a single pivot point for each respective hinge means, from the stack to a position in which each panel is adjacent a respective base member edge region to provide said deployed condition wherein the phased array antenna provides an extended area.