- Patent Title: Base station antennas that utilize amplitude-weighted and phase-weighted linear superposition to support high effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) with high boresight coverage
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Application No.: US16357449Application Date: 2019-03-19
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Publication No.: US11201388B2Publication Date: 2021-12-14
- Inventor: Martin L. Zimmerman , Björn Lindmark
- 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: H01Q1/24
- IPC: H01Q1/24 ; H01Q5/25 ; H01Q3/34 ; H01Q21/22 ; H01Q21/30

Abstract:
A base station antenna (BSA) system includes a radio-frequency (RF) generator having a plurality of power-amplifying circuits therein, and an antenna, which includes a plurality of columns of radiating elements. These radiating elements are electrically coupled by RF signal routing to a corresponding plurality of ports of the antenna that receive a corresponding plurality of RF input signals. These RF input signals have respective amplitudes and phases that support the concurrent generation of three spaced-apart RF beams by the antenna and are derived from respective RF signals generated by the plurality of power-amplifying circuits. The RF input signals including: (i) a first RF input signal defined by at least two linearly superposed RF signals of equivalent frequency having unequal combinations of amplitude and phase weighting, and (ii) a second RF input signal defined by at least two linearly superposed RF signals of equivalent frequency having unequal combinations of amplitude and phase weighting.
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