公开(公告)号：US07345632B2

公开(公告)日：2008-03-18

申请号：US10683301

申请日：2003-10-10

申请人： Martin Smith ,  Andrew Urquhart ,  Ian Abraham

发明人： Martin Smith ,  Andrew Urquhart ,  Ian Abraham

IPC分类号： H01Q1/38 ,  H01Q21/20

CPC分类号： H04W40/02 ,  H01Q1/246 ,  H01Q9/0435 ,  H01Q21/0087 ,  H01Q21/065 ,  H01Q21/205 ,  H01Q21/24 ,  H01Q25/00 ,  H01Q25/001 ,  H04W16/10 ,  H04W16/28

摘要： The invention provides a multiple beam antenna and a method of fabricating such an antenna. The multiple beam antenna comprises: a flexible substrate having a conductive layer; a plurality of directional antennas; and a plurality of electrical connections being routed from each of the plurality of directional antennas to at least one area of the substrate. The plurality of directional antennas and the plurality of electrical connections are formed in the conductive layer, and the flexible substrate is shaped so that the plurality of directional antennas point in prescribed directions. This provides a low cost, high functionality multiple beam antenna. The multiple beam antenna can be shaped such that the directional antennas cover a full 360° or alternatively cover any range of other angles, (e.g. 270° or 180°).

摘要翻译： 本发明提供一种多波束天线及其制造方法。 多波束天线包括：具有导电层的柔性基板; 多个定向天线; 以及从所述多个定向天线中的每一个到所述基板的至少一个区域的多个电连接。 多个定向天线和多个电连接形成在导电层中，并且柔性基板被成形为使得多个定向天线指向规定的方向。 这提供了低成本，高功能的多波束天线。 多波束天线可以被成形为使得定向天线覆盖全360°或者替代地覆盖任何范围的其它角度（例如270°或180°）。

公开(公告)号：US06879291B2

公开(公告)日：2005-04-12

申请号：US10684092

申请日：2003-10-10

申请人： Guy Duxbury ,  Robert Sheffield ,  David Bolzon ,  Ian Abraham ,  Andrew Urquhart

发明人： Guy Duxbury ,  Robert Sheffield ,  David Bolzon ,  Ian Abraham ,  Andrew Urquhart

IPC分类号： H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q1/38 ,  H01Q21/00 ,  H01Q21/06 ,  H01Q21/20

CPC分类号： H01Q1/246 ,  H01Q9/0407 ,  H01Q21/205

摘要： A multi-facetted antenna array is disclosed for omnidirectional signalling. The multi-facetted antenna array includes a plurality of abutting facets having a planar region under the patch antenna structures, and curving regions between the planar regions and across the abutting edges of the facets. The planar regions under the patch antenna provide proper RF antenna performance, while the curved regions minimize the size of the assembled array. Further disclosed is a method of mounting the associated RF interface module across an inside corner formed by abutting facets. The disclosed multi-facetted antenna array is particularly useful for overcoming the unsightly size and wind loading problems of multi-facetted antenna arrays known in the art.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于全向信令的多面天线阵列。 多面天线阵列包括在贴片天线结构之下具有平面区域的多个邻接小面以及平面区域之间并且跨越小面的邻接边缘之间的弯曲区域。 贴片天线下面的平面区域提供适当的RF天线性能，而弯曲区域最小化组装阵列的尺寸。 进一步公开的是将相关联的RF接口模块安装在由邻接小面形成的内角上的方法。 所公开的多面天线阵列对于克服本领域已知的多面天线阵列的难看的尺寸和风荷载问题是特别有用的。

公开(公告)号：US20110317625A1

公开(公告)日：2011-12-29

申请号：US13220060

申请日：2011-08-29

申请人： Andrew Urquhart ,  Simon Gale

发明人： Andrew Urquhart ,  Simon Gale

IPC分类号： H04W4/00

CPC分类号： H04W16/10 ,  H04W16/28 ,  H04W40/02

摘要： The invention is directed to a method of communicating between a first node including a plurality of antennas and a second node, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting a signal from the first node to said second node using each of the plurality of antennas of the first node; at the second node, selecting one of the plurality of antennas for use; and communicating between the two nodes using this selected antenna. The invention is also directed to apparatus and software for performing the methods.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种在包括多个天线的第一节点和第二节点之间进行通信的方法，所述方法包括以下步骤：使用所述第一节点的所述多个天线中的每一个将所述第一节点的信号发送到所述第二节点 第一节点 在所述第二节点处，选择所述多个天线中的一个使用; 并使用该选择的天线在两个节点之间进行通信。 本发明还涉及用于执行这些方法的装置和软件。

公开(公告)号：US20100048218A1

公开(公告)日：2010-02-25

申请号：US11966556

申请日：2007-12-28

申请人： Simon Gale ,  Andrew Urquhart

发明人： Simon Gale ,  Andrew Urquhart

IPC分类号： H04W72/04

CPC分类号： H04B1/0064 ,  H01Q1/246 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W74/04 ,  H04W84/042 ,  H04W88/06 ,  H04W88/10 ,  H04W92/20

摘要： Embodiments of the invention relate to wireless communications networks, and more specifically to an antenna apparatus for cellular wireless systems. Increasing data capacity of cellular wireless systems places increasing demands on the capacity of the two way connection, known as backhaul, between a cellular base station and a telecommunications network such as the PSTN backhaul, since this is the connection that has to convey the wireless-originating traffic to its destination, often in an entirely different network. Known backhaul links include leased lines, microwave links, optical fibre links or radio resources for relaying backhaul traffic between base stations. The fixed line solutions are expensive to implement and maintain, while the radio solutions antenna configurations that are not ideal for relaying data between base stations. In embodiments of the invention, communication between base stations occurs in a first timeslot by use of a first antenna system and communication between a given base station and a user equipment occurs in a second timeslot using a second antenna system. The benefit of this method is that the first antenna system can be optimised for use in communication between base stations, whereas the second antenna system can be optimised for communication with user equipment which preferably occurs within the area of cellular wireless coverage of the sector served by the second antenna system.

摘要翻译： 本发明的实施例涉及无线通信网络，更具体地涉及蜂窝无线系统的天线装置。 蜂窝无线系统的数据容量的增加对于诸如PSTN回程的蜂窝基站和电信网络之间的双向连接（称为回程）的容量的需求增加，因为这是连接， 将流量发送到目的地，通常在完全不同的网络中。 已知的回程链路包括专线，微波链路，光纤链路或无线电资源，用于在基站之间中继回程业务。 固定线路解决方案实施和维护成本高昂，而无线电解决方案天线配置不适合在基站之间中继数据。 在本发明的实施例中，基站之间的通信通过使用第一天线系统在第一时隙中发生，并且给定基站与用户设备之间的通信使用第二天线系统在第二时隙中发生。 该方法的优点是可以优化第一天线系统以用于基站之间的通信，而第二天线系统可以优化用于与用户设备的通信，优选地在由所服务的扇区的蜂窝无线覆盖的区域内 第二天线系统。

公开(公告)号：US08437766B2

公开(公告)日：2013-05-07

申请号：US13116084

申请日：2011-05-26

申请人： Simon Gale ,  Andrew Urquhart

发明人： Simon Gale ,  Andrew Urquhart

IPC分类号： H04Q7/20

CPC分类号： H04B1/0064 ,  H01Q1/246 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W74/04 ,  H04W84/042 ,  H04W88/06 ,  H04W88/10 ,  H04W92/20

摘要： Embodiments of the invention relate to wireless communications networks, and more specifically to an antenna apparatus for cellular wireless systems. Increasing data capacity of cellular wireless systems places increasing demands on the capacity of the two way connection, known as backhaul, between a cellular base station and a telecommunications network such as the PSTN backhaul, since this is the connection that has to convey the wireless-originating traffic to its destination, often in an entirely different network. Known backhaul links include leased lines, microwave links, optical fibre links or radio resources for relaying backhaul traffic between base stations. The fixed line solutions are expensive to implement and maintain, while the radio solutions antenna configurations that are not ideal for relaying data between base stations. In embodiments of the invention, communication between base stations occurs in a first timeslot by use of a first antenna system and communication between a given base station and a user equipment occurs in a second timeslot using a second antenna system. The benefit of this method is that the first antenna system can be optimised for use in communication between base stations, whereas the second antenna system can be optimised for communication with user equipment which preferably occurs within the area of cellular wireless coverage of the sector served by the second antenna system.

摘要翻译： 本发明的实施例涉及无线通信网络，更具体地涉及蜂窝无线系统的天线装置。 蜂窝无线系统的数据容量的增加对于诸如PSTN回程的蜂窝基站和电信网络之间的双向连接（称为回程）的容量的需求增加，因为这是必须传送无线 - 将流量发送到目的地，通常在完全不同的网络中。 已知的回程链路包括专线，微波链路，光纤链路或无线电资源，用于在基站之间中继回程业务。 固定线路解决方案实施和维护成本高昂，而无线电解决方案天线配置不适合在基站之间中继数据。 在本发明的实施例中，基站之间的通信通过使用第一天线系统在第一时隙中发生，并且给定基站与用户设备之间的通信使用第二天线系统在第二时隙中发生。 该方法的优点是可以优化第一天线系统以用于基站之间的通信，而第二天线系统可以优化用于与用户设备的通信，优选地在由所服务的扇区的蜂窝无线覆盖的区域内 第二天线系统。

公开(公告)号：US20110183867A1

公开(公告)日：2011-07-28

申请号：US12672528

申请日：2008-08-07

申请人： Martyn Christopher Davies ,  Morgan Alexander ,  Paul Williams ,  Robert Langer ,  Daniel Anderson ,  Andrew Urquhart

发明人： Martyn Christopher Davies ,  Morgan Alexander ,  Paul Williams ,  Robert Langer ,  Daniel Anderson ,  Andrew Urquhart

IPC分类号： C40B30/00 ,  C40B30/06

CPC分类号： C40B50/14 ,  B01J19/0046 ,  B01J2219/00585 ,  B01J2219/00596 ,  B01J2219/00605 ,  B01J2219/00659 ,  B01J2219/00675 ,  B01J2219/00691 ,  B01J2219/00711 ,  B01J2219/00716 ,  B01J2219/00736 ,  B01J2219/00743 ,  B82Y30/00 ,  C12Q1/04

摘要： This invention relates to a method of screening arrays of polymers having pre-determined surface energies. The polymer arrays of the present invention can be used to screen for microorganism adherence. More specifically the arrays can be used to screen for adherence of particular bacteria or fungi to particular polymers in the array. Furthermore, this invention relates to a method combining in-situ polymer synthesis with physico-chemical characterisation of the resulting polymer array and subsequent biological assays of bacterial or fungal adherence. This allows for high throughput screening and characterisation of candidate polymers which are not susceptible to bacterial or fungal adherence or which can be used to support bacterial or fungal adherence where such is required. The arrays can also be used to screen for inhibition or promotion of biofilm formation.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种筛选具有预定表面能的聚合物阵列的方法。 本发明的聚合物阵列可用于筛选微生物附着。 更具体地，阵列可用于筛选特定细菌或真菌对阵列中特定聚合物的粘附。 此外，本发明涉及将原位聚合物合成与所得聚合物阵列的物理化学表征和随后的细菌或真菌粘附的生物测定相结合的方法。 这允许对细菌或真菌粘附不敏感的候选聚合物进行高通量筛选和表征，或者可以在需要这些聚合物的情况下用于支持细菌或真菌附着。 阵列也可用于筛选抑制或促进生物膜形成。

公开(公告)号：US07962145B2

公开(公告)日：2011-06-14

申请号：US11966556

申请日：2007-12-28

申请人： Simon Gale ,  Andrew Urquhart

发明人： Simon Gale ,  Andrew Urquhart

IPC分类号： H04Q7/20

CPC分类号： H04B1/0064 ,  H01Q1/246 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W74/04 ,  H04W84/042 ,  H04W88/06 ,  H04W88/10 ,  H04W92/20

摘要： Embodiments of the invention relate to wireless communications networks, and more specifically to an antenna apparatus for cellular wireless systems. Increasing data capacity of cellular wireless systems places increasing demands on the capacity of the two way connection, known as backhaul, between a cellular base station and a telecommunications network such as the PSTN backhaul, since this is the connection that has to convey the wireless-originating traffic to its destination, often in an entirely different network. Known backhaul links include leased lines, microwave links, optical fiber links or radio resources for relaying backhaul traffic between base stations. The fixed line solutions are expensive to implement and maintain, while the radio solutions antenna configurations that are not ideal for relaying data between base stations. In embodiments of the invention, communication between base stations occurs in a first timeslot by use of a first antenna system and communication between a given base station and a user equipment occurs in a second timeslot using a second antenna system. The benefit of this method is that the first antenna system can be optimized for use in communication between base stations, whereas the second antenna system can be optimized for communication with user equipment which preferably occurs within the area of cellular wireless coverage of the sector served by the second antenna system.

摘要翻译： 本发明的实施例涉及无线通信网络，更具体地涉及蜂窝无线系统的天线装置。 蜂窝无线系统的数据容量的增加对于诸如PSTN回程的蜂窝基站和电信网络之间的双向连接（称为回程）的容量的需求增加，因为这是必须传送无线 - 将流量发送到目的地，通常在完全不同的网络中。 已知的回程链路包括专线，微波链路，光纤链路或无线电资源，用于在基站之间中继回程业务。 固定线路解决方案实施和维护成本高昂，而无线电解决方案天线配置不适合在基站之间中继数据。 在本发明的实施例中，基站之间的通信通过使用第一天线系统在第一时隙中发生，并且给定基站与用户设备之间的通信使用第二天线系统在第二时隙中发生。 该方法的优点是可以优化第一天线系统以用于基站之间的通信，而第二天线系统可以优化用于与用户设备的通信，优选地在由所服务的扇区的蜂窝无线覆盖的区域内 第二天线系统。

公开(公告)号：US08416137B2

公开(公告)日：2013-04-09

申请号：US13229870

申请日：2011-09-12

申请人： Dean Kitchener ,  Andrew Urquhart

发明人： Dean Kitchener ,  Andrew Urquhart

IPC分类号： H01Q1/38 ,  H01Q1/50

CPC分类号： H01Q9/04 ,  H01Q1/48 ,  H01Q9/0442 ,  H01Q9/36 ,  H01Q9/42

摘要： The present invention relates to an RF antenna structure that includes a planar structure and a loading plate, such that the planar structure is mounted between a ground plane and the loading plate to form an RF antenna. The loading plate may be about parallel to the ground plane and the planar structure may be about perpendicular to the loading plate and the ground plane. The loading plate may allow the height of the RF antenna structure above the ground plane to be relatively small. For example, the height may be significantly less than one-quarter of a wavelength of RF signals of interest. The planar structure may include two conductive matching elements to help increase the bandwidth of the RF antenna structure.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种RF天线结构，其包括平面结构和装载板，使得平面结构安装在接地平面和装载板之间以形成RF天线。 装载板可以大致平行于接地平面并且平面结构可以大致垂直于装载板和接地平面。 加载板可以允许RF天线结构在接地平面上方的高度相对较小。 例如，高度可以显着小于感兴趣的RF信号的波长的四分之一。 平面结构可以包括两个导电匹配元件，以帮助增加RF天线结构的带宽。

公开(公告)号：US20120274537A1

公开(公告)日：2012-11-01

申请号：US13229870

申请日：2011-09-12

申请人： Dean Kitchener ,  Andrew Urquhart

发明人： Dean Kitchener ,  Andrew Urquhart

IPC分类号： H01Q1/50

CPC分类号： H01Q9/04 ,  H01Q1/48 ,  H01Q9/0442 ,  H01Q9/36 ,  H01Q9/42

摘要： The present invention relates to an RF antenna structure that includes a planar structure and a loading plate, such that the planar structure is mounted between a ground plane and the loading plate to form an RF antenna. The loading plate may be about parallel to the ground plane and the planar structure may be about perpendicular to the loading plate and the ground plane. The loading plate may allow the height of the RF antenna structure above the ground plane to be relatively small. For example, the height may be significantly less than one-quarter of a wavelength of RF signals of interest. The planar structure may include two conductive matching elements to help increase the bandwidth of the RF antenna structure.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种RF天线结构，其包括平面结构和装载板，使得平面结构安装在接地平面和装载板之间以形成RF天线。 装载板可以大致平行于接地平面并且平面结构可以大致垂直于装载板和接地平面。 加载板可以允许RF天线结构在接地平面上方的高度相对较小。 例如，高度可以显着小于感兴趣的RF信号的波长的四分之一。 平面结构可以包括两个导电匹配元件，以帮助增加RF天线结构的带宽。

公开(公告)号：US20110223925A1

公开(公告)日：2011-09-15

申请号：US13116084

申请日：2011-05-26

申请人： Simon Gale ,  Andrew Urquhart

发明人： Simon Gale ,  Andrew Urquhart

IPC分类号： H04W88/08 ,  H04W72/04

CPC分类号： H04B1/0064 ,  H01Q1/246 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W74/04 ,  H04W84/042 ,  H04W88/06 ,  H04W88/10 ,  H04W92/20

摘要： Embodiments of the invention relate to wireless communications networks, and more specifically to an antenna apparatus for cellular wireless systems. Increasing data capacity of cellular wireless systems places increasing demands on the capacity of the two way connection, known as backhaul, between a cellular base station and a telecommunications network such as the PSTN backhaul, since this is the connection that has to convey the wireless-originating traffic to its destination, often in an entirely different network. Known backhaul links include leased lines, microwave links, optical fibre links or radio resources for relaying backhaul traffic between base stations. The fixed line solutions are expensive to implement and maintain, while the radio solutions antenna configurations that are not ideal for relaying data between base stations. In embodiments of the invention, communication between base stations occurs in a first timeslot by use of a first antenna system and communication between a given base station and a user equipment occurs in a second timeslot using a second antenna system. The benefit of this method is that the first antenna system can be optimised for use in communication between base stations, whereas the second antenna system can be optimised for communication with user equipment which preferably occurs within the area of cellular wireless coverage of the sector served by the second antenna system.

摘要翻译： 本发明的实施例涉及无线通信网络，更具体地涉及蜂窝无线系统的天线装置。 蜂窝无线系统的数据容量的增加对于诸如PSTN回程的蜂窝基站和电信网络之间的双向连接（称为回程）的容量的需求增加，因为这是必须传送无线 - 将流量发送到目的地，通常在完全不同的网络中。 已知的回程链路包括专线，微波链路，光纤链路或无线电资源，用于在基站之间中继回程业务。 固定线路解决方案实施和维护成本高昂，而无线电解决方案天线配置不适合在基站之间中继数据。 在本发明的实施例中，基站之间的通信通过使用第一天线系统在第一时隙中发生，并且给定基站与用户设备之间的通信使用第二天线系统在第二时隙中发生。 该方法的优点是可以优化第一天线系统以用于基站之间的通信，而第二天线系统可以优化用于与用户设备的通信，优选地在由所服务的扇区的蜂窝无线覆盖的区域内 第二天线系统。