Lightweight air-cooled transmit/receive unit and active phased array including same
First Claim
1. A light-weight, air-cooled transmit/receive unit comprising:
- a first external cover member;
an opposed second external cover member;
a central housing unit, including thermal management means, interposed between said first and second external cover members;
a transmit/receive circuit board, including components and an integrated and common radiating element for at least one channel, interposed between a first surface of said central housing unit and said first external cover member; and
a controller circuit board and a power converter circuit board interposed between an opposed second surface of said central housing unit and said second external cover member, wherein said central housing unit comprises a first plate, made of a light-weight, thermally and electrically conductive material, defining said first surface of said central housing unit and haying an opposed inner surface, and a second plate, made of a light-weight, thermally and electrically conductive material, defining said second surface of said central housing unit and having an opposed inner surface.
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Abstract
A light-weight, air-cooled transmit/receive unit is provided, including a first external cover member, an opposed second external cover member, and a central housing unit, including thermal management means, interposed between the first and second external cover members. A transmit/receive circuit board, including components and an integrated and common radiating element for at least one channel, is interposed between a first surface of the central housing unit and the first external cover member, and a controller circuit board and a power converter circuit board are interposed between an opposed second surface of the central housing unit and the second external cover member.
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14 Claims
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1. A light-weight, air-cooled transmit/receive unit comprising:
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a first external cover member; an opposed second external cover member; a central housing unit, including thermal management means, interposed between said first and second external cover members; a transmit/receive circuit board, including components and an integrated and common radiating element for at least one channel, interposed between a first surface of said central housing unit and said first external cover member; and a controller circuit board and a power converter circuit board interposed between an opposed second surface of said central housing unit and said second external cover member, wherein said central housing unit comprises a first plate, made of a light-weight, thermally and electrically conductive material, defining said first surface of said central housing unit and haying an opposed inner surface, and a second plate, made of a light-weight, thermally and electrically conductive material, defining said second surface of said central housing unit and having an opposed inner surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14)
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8. A phased active array comprising:
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at least one array structure having a plurality of beamformer, power and communications harness raceways extending along one of a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction thereof and protruding from a first surface of said array structure; at least one air supply manifold, located proximate an opposed second surface of said array structure, including an air supply distributor feeding a plurality of air coolant supply ducts extending along the longitudinal direction of said array structure and in fluid communication with said array structure via a plurality of openings passing from said first to said second surface of said array structure; a plurality of light-weight, air-cooled transmit receive units positioned on said array structure in between said harness raceways and aligned with said air coolant supply openings, each said light-weight, air-cooled transmit receive unit comprising a first external cover member; an opposed second external cover member; a central housing unit, including thermal management means, interposed between said first and second external cover members; a transmit/receive circuit board, including components and a common and integrated radiating element for at least one channel, interposed between a first surface of said central housing unit and said first external cover member; and a controller circuit board and a power converter circuit board, or a combined unit including both, interposed between an opposed second surface of said central housing unit and said second external cover member; an array ground plane positioned above said plurality of light-weight, air-cooled transmit receive units and arranged so that said radiating members extend upwardly through corresponding opening is said ground plane; and at least one removable radome panel covering said array, including said radiating elements and said array ground plane, and extending along one of the longitudinal length and the lateral length of said array structure. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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