Patents by Inventor Scott Brisbin

Scott Brisbin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Hybrid electronic/mechanical scanning array antenna
    Patent number: 9819082
    Abstract: A hybrid electronic/mechanical scanning array antenna including an outer housing and a cold plate rotatable therein. A waveguide aperture including an array of antenna elements is mounted to a top surface of the cold plate and a multi-layer circuit board is mounted to a bottom surface of the cold plate. A plurality of amplifier modules are mounted to the cold plate, where the circuit board includes a plurality of openings that allow the amplifier modules to be directly mounted to the cold plate, and the cold plate includes a plurality of RF signal channels that allow RF signals from the amplifier modules to travel through the cold plate. The amplifier modules are controlled to provide phase-weighting for electronic signal scanning in an elevation direction and rotation of the cold plate allows signal scanning in an azimuth direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Alan Cherrette, Richmond D. Bruno, Scott Brisbin, Gordon Lok
  • HYBRID ELECTRONIC/MECHANICAL SCANNING ARRAY ANTENNA
    Publication number: 20160126629
    Abstract: A hybrid electronic/mechanical scanning array antenna including an outer housing and a cold plate rotatable therein. A waveguide aperture including an array of antenna elements is mounted to a top surface of the cold plate and a multi-layer circuit board is mounted to a bottom surface of the cold plate. A plurality of amplifier modules are mounted to the cold plate, where the circuit board includes a plurality of openings that allow the amplifier modules to be directly mounted to the cold plate, and the cold plate includes a plurality of RF signal channels that allow RF signals from the amplifier modules to travel through the cold plate. The amplifier modules are controlled to provide phase-weighting for electronic signal scanning in an elevation direction and rotation of the cold plate allows signal scanning in an azimuth direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Alan Cherrette, Richmond D. Bruno, Scott Brisbin, Gordon Lok