Patent ID: 6876323

Claim:
A radar system with a phase-controlled antenna array, said radar system comprising: a plurality of data and supply networks interchangeably arranged; a plurality of transmit/receive modules, each of said modules including one of a plurality of transmitter and receiver circuits, one of a plurality of circulator circuits, and one of a plurality of antenna elements with each said plurality of antenna elements being coupled through a respective one of said circulator circuits to a respective one of the transmitter and receiver circuits; wherein each one of said plurality of transmitter and receiver circuits, each one of said plurality of circulator circuits, and each one of said plurality of antenna elements are combined in each respective one of said transmit/receive modules, wherein each of said plurality of data and supply networks including a cooling structure for the respective transmit/receive module, and wherein each of said plurality of transmit/receive modules is arranged interchangeably on a radiation side of the radar system and wherein the cooling structure is installed on a side of the data and supply network facing the transmit/receive module.