Patent 11509048 was granted and assigned to SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP on November, 2022 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, an antenna assembly includes a patch antenna array including an upper patch antenna layer, a lower patch antenna layer, and a spacer therebetween, wherein the spacer includes a plurality of apertures defined by cell walls, wherein the each aperture aligns with an upper patch antenna element and a lower patent antenna element from the patch antenna array.