Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and methods for cross-polarized tilt antennas
- Patent Title (中): 交叉极化倾斜天线的装置和方法
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Application No.: US14609251Application Date: 2015-01-29
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Publication No.: US09553642B2Publication Date: 2017-01-24
- Inventor: Zhengxiang Ma , Leonard Piazzi , Renjian Zhao , Jian Wang
- Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Plano
- Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Plano
- Agency: Slater Matsil, LLP
- Main IPC: H04B7/04
- IPC: H04B7/04 ; H04B7/10 ; H01Q1/24 ; H01Q25/00 ; H04L5/14 ; H04B1/04

Abstract:
Embodiments are provided for cross-polarized antennas design with different down tilt angles that support versatile functionality, such as for MIMO or beamforming. An embodiment antenna circuit comprises a baseband signal processor, a pair of RF transmitters coupled to the baseband signal processor, a pair of PAs coupled to the RF transmitters, a 90°/180° hybrid coupler coupled to the RF transmitters, a pair of duplexers and two antennas coupled to the PAs. The two antennas are down tilted at different down tilt angles. A pair of signals is generated using the baseband signal processor, transmitted by the RF transmitters, and amplified using the PAs. Additionally, a 90° or 180° phase difference is introduced into the signals using the 90°/180° hybrid coupler. After the amplifying and introducing the phase difference, the signals are polarized at two different polarizations and down tilted at different down tilt angles using the two antennas.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160028455A1 Apparatus and Methods for Cross-Polarized Tilt Antennas Public/Granted day:2016-01-28
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