Patent ID: 6983174

Claim:
An antenna system comprising: (a) a plurality of antenna elements, the antenna elements configured to receive and transmit electromagnetic radiation; (b) a first set of duplexers, each duplexer of the first set having a receive port, a transmit port and an antenna port, wherein the antenna ports of the first set of duplexers are coupled to respective antenna elements from the plurality of antenna elements; (c) a second set of duplexers, each duplexer of the second set having a receive port, a transmit port and an antenna port, wherein the receive ports of the first set of duplexers are coupled to respective transmit ports of the second set of duplexers; (d) a plurality of low noise amplifiers, each low noise amplifier having an input coupled to a transmit port of a duplexer the first set of duplexers and an output coupled to a receive port of a duplexer from the second set of duplexers; and (e) a power divider, the power divider coupled to the antenna ports of the second set of duplexers.