Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Waveguide structure for use in direction-of-arrival determination system and associated determination method
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Application No.: US14802420Application Date: 2015-07-17
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Publication No.: US10564249B2Publication Date: 2020-02-18
- Inventor: Tarek Djerafi , Ke Wu
- Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CANADA CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: CA Kanata
- Assignee: Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Kanata
- Agency: BCF LLP
- Main IPC: G01S3/32
- IPC: G01S3/32 ; H01P5/18 ; H01Q1/50 ; H01Q13/00

Abstract:
The waveguide structure is for determining Direction-of-Arrival of a signal received by first and second antennas spaced-apart from one another. The waveguide structure has a first input port connectable to the first antenna and connected to a first splitter; a second input port connectable to the second antenna and connected to a second splitter, the second input port being located adjacent to the first input port; a third splitter; and a fourth splitter. The waveguide structure has branches that connect input ports, splitters and output ports such that each output port provides a superposition of the signal received via the first antenna and the signal received by the second antenna. The waveguide structure has a phase shifting system that imparts at least a relative phase shift between the corresponding branches leading away from each corresponding splitter and has at least one cross-over junction formed between two of the branches.
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