Patent ID: 6937194

Claim:
A method of forming a conformal electronic scanning array, the method comprising: providing a substrate; establishing a plurality of receptor structures in the substrate; creating a first conductive passage, associated with each receptor structure, through the substrate; applying a plurality of transmit/receive circuitry units to a surface of the substrate such that each of a substantial portion of the receptor structures are filled by a transmit/receive circuitry unit disposed therein, wherein a first electrical contact on each transmit/receive circuitry unit is positioned to be electrically connected with the first conductive passage; applying a first dielectric layer to the substrate; applying a first conductive layer to the first dielectric layer; applying a second dielectric layer to the first conductive layer; applying a second conductive layer to the second dielectric layer; and etching the second conductive layer to form a plurality of radiating elements, each of the plurality of radiating elements being disposed adjacent one of the plurality of transmit/receive circuitry units such that a radiating element, a second contact on a transmit/receive circuitry unit, and the first conductive layer, cooperate to form an active radiating element controlled by the transmit/receive circuitry unit.