Patent ID: 6876272

Claim:
An array system, comprising: (a) a waveguide assembly, comprising: (i) an array mounting section to which the array is mounted; (ii) a first energy coupling section; (iii) a second energy coupling section; and (iv) a three-port waveguide section having a first port connected to the first energy coupling section, a second port connected to the second energy coupling section, and a third port connected to the array mounting section; and (b) a quasi-optical reflection mode array enclosed by and mounted in the waveguide assembly, wherein the first energy coupling section is an RF input tuning section that accepts an RF input signal, the second energy coupling section is a local oscillator (LO) tuning section that accepts a local oscillator signal and the quasi-optical reflection mode array is a mixer that combines the RF and local oscillator signals to produce an intermediate frequency (IF) signal.