Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Split chaining for large phase array systems
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Application No.: US17686794Application Date: 2022-03-04
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Publication No.: US11942971B2Publication Date: 2024-03-26
- Inventor: Chuan Wang , Li Liu , Wu-Hsin Chen , Vinod Panikkath , Yunfei Feng , Muhammad Hassan
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Polsinelli/Qualcomm
- Main IPC: H04B1/00
- IPC: H04B1/00 ; H04B1/04 ; H04B1/10

Abstract:
Aspects described herein include devices and methods with chain routing of signals for massive antenna arrays. In some aspects, an apparatus is provided that includes a first millimeter wave (mmW) transceiver having a first port, a second port, one or more antenna elements, a plurality of chain mmW transceiver ports, and switching circuitry. The switching circuitry is controllable by control data to route portions of a merged clock and data signal and a merged control and data signal between a first route between the one or more antenna elements and the first port and a second route between the one or more antenna elements and the second port and a third route between the first port and the plurality of chain mmW transceiver ports and a fourth route between the second port and the plurality of chain mmW transceiver ports.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230283303A1 SPLIT CHAINING FOR LARGE PHASE ARRAY SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2023-09-07
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