Invention Application
- Patent Title: MULTI BEAM FORMER
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Application No.: US15590665Application Date: 2017-05-09
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Publication No.: US20170331528A1Publication Date: 2017-11-16
- Inventor: Patrice Gamand , Philippe Descamps
- Applicant: NXP B.V.
- Priority: EP16290082.3 20160513
- Main IPC: H04B7/0408
- IPC: H04B7/0408 ; H01Q3/40 ; H01Q3/36 ; H04B1/44 ; H01Q3/26

Abstract:
A multi-beam-former for an antenna array is described, the multi-beam former comprises N transceiver terminals for connecting a transmitter and/or receiver and N antenna terminals for connecting to a respective antenna and a plurality of couplers and matrix phase shifters arranged in an N×N Butler matrix configuration between the N transceiver terminals and the N antenna terminals. At least some of the matrix phase shifters include a switchable matrix phase shifter configured to switch between a respective first phase shift value and a respective second phase shift value; a plurality of bypassable phase shifters arranged between at least some of the couplers and the antenna terminals and configured to switch between a respective further phase shift value and a zero phase shift. The multi-beam former is operable to select one of M different beam angles for a signal, wherein M is greater than N.
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