Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Communication circuit for multi-antenna apparatus
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Application No.: US16085987Application Date: 2016-03-18
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Publication No.: US11057099B2Publication Date: 2021-07-06
- Inventor: Peter Jakobsson
- Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Patent Portfolio Builders PLLC
- International Application: PCT/EP2016/056038 WO 20160318
- International Announcement: WO2017/157471 WO 20170921
- Main IPC: H04B1/40
- IPC: H04B1/40 ; H04B7/08 ; H04B1/00 ; H01Q21/30 ; H04B1/18 ; H04L5/00 ; H04L5/06

Abstract:
A communication circuit for communication at a carrier frequency via multiple antenna elements of a radio apparatus is disclosed. The communication circuit comprises a plurality of radio units, wherein each radio unit of said plurality of radio units is arranged to be connected to a separate antenna element. An LO signal generation unit is arranged to generate a plurality of LO signals at distinct frequencies, and supply a unique LO signal of the plurality of LO signals to each radio unit of the plurality of radio units. A corresponding radio apparatus and method are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190089448A1 COMMUNICATION CIRCUIT FOR MULTI-ANTENNA APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2019-03-21
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