Arrangement for supplying power to modular elements of a phased array antenna
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1. Antenna apparatus, comprising:
- antenna frame for supporting a plurality of electrical modules;
a plurality of electrical modules each having a front face for transmitting and/or receiving a signal and a rear face inserted in said frame; and
at least one cooling duct having an outer surface in thermal contact with the plurality of modules and supplying electrical power to a point on at least one of the modules other than the rear face.
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Abstract
Electrical apparatus comprises a number of modules (4) supplied with eletrical power by ducts (6) which convey cooling fluid between adjacent modules (4).
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43 Claims
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1. Antenna apparatus, comprising:
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antenna frame for supporting a plurality of electrical modules; a plurality of electrical modules each having a front face for transmitting and/or receiving a signal and a rear face inserted in said frame; and at least one cooling duct having an outer surface in thermal contact with the plurality of modules and supplying electrical power to a point on at least one of the modules other than the rear face. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of supplying electrical power to electrical modules of an antenna arrangement, comprising:
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arranging a plurality of said electrical modules in an antenna frame in thermal contact with an outer surface of at least one cooling duct, wherein each electrical module has a front face for transmitting and/or receiving a signal and a rear face inserted in said frame; and supplying electrical power to at least one of the electrical modules by the at least one cooling duct such that electrical power is supplied by the cooling duct to a point on the at least one module other than said rear face. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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- 28. Antenna apparatus comprising a number of electrical modules and at least one cooling duct having an outer surface in thermal contact with the number of modules, wherein electrical power is supplied to at least one of the modules by at least one of the cooling ducts and at least one of the modules receives control input signals of low power relative to power received via the cooling duct which are transmitted independent of the cooling duct.
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30. Antenna apparatus comprising a number of electrical modules and at least one cooling duct having an outer surface in thermal contact with the number of modules, wherein at least one of the modules receives electrical power by the at least one cooling duct and receives control signals via an optical fiber.
- 31. Antenna apparatus comprising a number of electrical modules and at least one cooling duct having an outer surface in thermal contact with the number of modules, wherein the at least one cooling duct includes at least one electrically conductive track by which electrical power is supplied to at least one of the modules.
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33. Antenna apparatus comprising a number of similar electrical modules arranged in an array and at least one cooling duct having an outer surface in thermal contact with the number of modules, wherein adjacent columns or rows of the array are separated by the at least one cooling duct and electrical power is supplied to at least one of the modules by the at least one cooling duct.
- 34. Antenna apparatus comprising a number of electrical modules and a plurality of ducts each having an outer surface in thermal contact with at least one of the modules, wherein electrical power is supplied to the modules by the cooling ducts and different power supplies are provided by different ducts.
- 36. Antenna apparatus comprising a number of electrical modules and at least one cooling duct having an outer surface in thermal contact with the number of modules, wherein each module includes a relatively low power RF reference signal input and a control signal input, each module in use generating, in response to a respective control signal, a relatively high power radio frequency signal, and the power required for generating the RF signal is supplied by the cooling duct.
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38. A method of supplying electrical power to electronic modules of an antenna arrangement, comprising:
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arranging a number of said modules in thermal contact with an outer surface of at least one cooling duct; supplying electrical power to the at least one module by the at least one cooling duct; and supplying to a specific one of the modules, independent of the at least one cooling duct, control signals of low power relative to the power supplied to the specific module by the at least one cooling duct. - View Dependent Claims (39)
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40. A method of supplying electrical power to electronic modules of an antenna arrangement, comprising:
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arranging a number of said modules in thermal contact with an outer surface of at least one cooling duct; supplying electrical power to at least one of the modules by the at least one cooling duct; and supplying a control signal to the at least one module via an optical fibre.
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41. A method of supplying electrical power to electronic modules of an antenna arrangement, comprising:
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arranging a number of said modules in thermal contact with an outer surface of at least one cooling duct having conductive tracks thereon; and supplying electrical power to at least one of the modules by at least one of the conductive tracks of the at least one cooling duct. - View Dependent Claims (42)
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43. A method of supplying electrical power to electronic modules of an antenna arrangement, comprising:
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arranging a number of the modules in an array and in thermal contact with an outer surface of respective cooling ducts sandwiched between rows or columns of the array; and supplying electrical power to the array of modules by the cooling ducts.
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