Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Shared antenna arrays with multiple independent tilt
- Patent Title (中): 具有多个独立倾斜的共享天线阵列
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Application No.: US13771474Application Date: 2013-02-20
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Publication No.: US09325065B2Publication Date: 2016-04-26
- Inventor: Jonathon C. Veihl , Martin L. Zimmerman , GuoLong Xu , Zhongcao Yang
- 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 & Sibley, P.A.
- Main IPC: H01Q3/40
- IPC: H01Q3/40 ; H03H7/46 ; H01Q1/24

Abstract:
A feed network for use with an antenna array includes at least first and second RF inputs, a combiner network and a beamforming network. In some examples, additional RF inputs are provided. Each RF input corresponds to a sub-band. The first RF input for a first sub-band signal is coupled to a first sub-band parameter control; the second RF input for the second sub-band signal is coupled to a second sub-band parameter control. The combiner network is coupled to the first sub-band parameter control and to the second sub-band parameter control. The combiner network also has at least one output comprising a combination of the first sub-band signal and the second sub-band signal. The beamforming network is coupled to the combiner network and has a plurality of RF outputs. The first and second sub-band parameter controls are independently adjustable. In one example, the beamforming network comprises a Butler matrix.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130214973A1 Shared Antenna Arrays With Multiple Independent Tilt Public/Granted day:2013-08-22
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