Patent ID: 8630601

Claim:
An active channelized antenna system comprising: an antenna array operable over a multi-octave frequency band of an input signal spectrum to provide one or more antenna output signals; an electronics module comprising: a plurality of baluns coupled to the one or more antenna output signals, respectively, a plurality of limiters each coupled to an output of a respective balun, a plurality of random noise generators, a plurality of multiplexers each coupled to an output of a respective limiter and a respective random noise generator and configured to divide an input signal spectrum in said multi-octave frequency band into a plurality of channelized frequency band components each of less than an octave bandwidth, and a plurality of amplifiers each of less than an octave bandwidth to provide an amplified component signal for a respective frequency band; combiner circuitry for combining the amplified frequency band components into a composite signal which replicates the input signal spectrum; and a transmission medium for transmitting the composite signal to a remotely located receiver system.