Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Combined omnidirectional and directional antennas
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Application No.: US15393884Application Date: 2016-12-29
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Publication No.: US10541477B2Publication Date: 2020-01-21
- Inventor: Charles M Powell
- Applicant: Radio Frequency Systems, Inc
- Applicant Address: CN Shanghai
- Assignee: Nokia Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Nokia Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: CN Shanghai
- Agency: Harrington & Smith
- Main IPC: H01Q21/24
- IPC: H01Q21/24 ; H01Q21/08 ; H01Q21/20 ; H01Q21/29 ; H01Q25/00 ; H01Q5/50 ; H01Q1/22 ; H01Q1/48 ; H01Q9/06

Abstract:
An apparatus, e.g. a hybrid antenna, includes a plurality of antenna arrays. Each array includes antenna elements, and each array is located on a polygonal antenna body such that each array faces a different direction. An RF network includes first and second duplexers and a divider. The first duplexer is configured to split a received multifrequency drive signal into a first component having a first frequency and a second component having a second frequency. The divider is configured to split the first component into attenuated portions, and to direct one of the attenuated portions to a first of the plurality of antenna arrays. The second duplexer is configured to combine another of the attenuated portions with the second drive signal component to form a combined drive signal component, and to direct the combined drive signal component to a second of the antenna arrays.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180026380A1 Combined Omnidirectional & Directional Antennas Public/Granted day:2018-01-25
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