Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hybrid beam former
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Application No.: US15700461Application Date: 2017-09-11
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Publication No.: US10256894B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Alecsander Eitan , Amichai Sanderovich
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Loza & Loza
- Agent Steven R. Thiel
- Main IPC: H04B7/08
- IPC: H04B7/08 ; H01Q3/36

Abstract:
In certain aspects of the present disclosure, an apparatus for wireless communications is provided. The apparatus comprises a plurality of block circuits, wherein each one of the plurality of block circuits is configured to receive a respective plurality of signals from a respective subset of antenna elements of an antenna array. Each one of the plurality of block circuits comprises a respective plurality of phase shifters configured to shift phases of the respective plurality of signals to obtain a respective plurality of phase-shifted signals, and a respective combiner configured to combine the respective plurality of phase-shifted signals into a respective combined signal. The apparatus also comprises a plurality of time-delay elements configured to delay the combined signals to obtain a plurality of delayed combined signals, and a combiner configured to combine the plurality of delayed combined signals into a total combined signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190081693A1 HYBRID BEAM FORMER Public/Granted day:2019-03-14
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