Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Shared aperture array antenna that supports independent azimuth patterns
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Application No.: US15645537Application Date: 2017-07-10
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Publication No.: US10050354B2Publication Date: 2018-08-14
- Inventor: Martin Lee Zimmerman , LiShao Cai
- Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC
- Applicant Address: US NC Hickory
- Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
- Current Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Hickory
- Agency: Myers Bigel, P.A.
- Main IPC: H01Q21/30
- IPC: H01Q21/30 ; H01Q21/00 ; H01Q3/26 ; H01Q21/28 ; H01Q1/24 ; H01Q21/06 ; H01Q21/22 ; H01Q21/29

Abstract:
A multi-column antenna having ports for different sub-bands is provided. In one aspect of the invention, power dividers couple the sub-band ports to the columns of radiating elements. At least one power divider is an un-equal power divider to allow a half-power beam width (HPBW) of one sub-band to be configured independently of the HPBW of the other sub-band. The ports may be combined at the radiating elements by diplexers. According to another aspect of the present invention, a multi-column antenna has a plurality of first sub-band ports and a plurality of second sub-band ports. Each of the first sub-band ports is coupled to one of the columns by a first sub-band feed network. Each of the second sub-band ports is coupled to two of the columns by a second sub-band feed network including a power divider. The different sub-bands have different MIMO optimization of the same multi-column antenna.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170310018A1 INDEPENDENT AZIMUTH PATTERNS FOR SHARED APERTURE ARRAY ANTENNA Public/Granted day:2017-10-26
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