Patent ID: 8902114

Claim:
A radiating element assembly, comprising: a radiating element, the radiating element including a substrate, the radiating element configured for radiating electromagnetic energy; and circuitry, the circuitry being connected to the radiating element, the circuitry including a filter, a transceiver module, a limiter, an RF coupler, an attenuator and a RF integrated circuit network analyzer (ICNA), the filter configured for being tuned to a radio frequency (RF), the transceiver module being connected to the filter and to an input/output line, the limiter configured for being connected to the radiating element via the RF coupler, the ICNA configured for being connected to the limiter, wherein the radiating element and circuitry are connected to a circuit card, the filter configured for being one of: connected to the radiating element at an input port of a feed structure of the radiating element or integrated within the substrate at a radiation throat area of the radiating element.