Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power-splitter-based virtual array
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Application No.: US16583564Application Date: 2019-09-26
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Publication No.: US11435467B2Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Jouya Jadidian , Mohammad B. Vahid Far , Chunshu Li
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin & Goetzel, P.C.
- Main IPC: G01S13/22
- IPC: G01S13/22 ; G01S7/28 ; H04B7/0413

Abstract:
During operation, a transmitter in an electronic device may provide, to a transmission path, an electrical signal. This electrical signal may be divided by the power splitter into a first output electrical signal in a first output transmission path and a second output electrical signal in a second output transmission path, which may result in transmitting of the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal by antennas. Because the second output transmission path may include a delay element that provides a delay, the second wireless signal may be delayed relative to the first wireless signal. Moreover, N radar receivers in the electronic device may receive first wireless-return signals corresponding to the first wireless signal and second wireless-return signals corresponding to the second wireless signal. These wireless-return signals may be combined to create a virtual array MIMO radar having an antenna aperture size of 2N.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210096233A1 Power-Splitter-Based Virtual Array Public/Granted day:2021-04-01
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