Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Scalable self-calibrating and configuring radio frequency head for a wireless communication system
- Patent Title (中): 可扩展的自校准和配置无线通信系统的射频头
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Application No.: US12550432Application Date: 2009-08-31
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Publication No.: US08285221B2Publication Date: 2012-10-09
- Inventor: Thomas J. Kundmann , Gregory T. Nash , Aaron W. Netsell , Thomas J. Kovarik
- Applicant: Thomas J. Kundmann , Gregory T. Nash , Aaron W. Netsell , Thomas J. Kovarik
- Applicant Address: US IL Libertyville
- Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
- Current Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Libertyville
- Main IPC: H04W24/00
- IPC: H04W24/00

Abstract:
A method, a system and a device for implementing a scalable, self-calibrating and configuring, radio frequency head in a wireless base station that performs phase calibration for coherent combining of a pair of transmitter outputs. Configurable Antenna Calibration (CAC) logic initiates phase calibration for coherent combining by selecting a first configuration and triggering the transmission of a reference signal by radio frequency (RF) transmitters using different sub-carriers. The CAC logic generates a vector of phase values by comparing the reference signal with the respective signals received by a calibration receiver. The CAC logic also generates calibration coefficients for coherent combining by normalizing the phase values. In addition, a passive combiner mechanism is employed to implement coherent combining. The CAC logic performs calibration of smart antennas by providing calibration coefficients via a second configuration which utilizes both a calibration transmitter and the calibration receiver.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110053646A1 SCALABLE SELF-CALIBRATING AND CONFIGURING RADIO FREQUENCY HEAD FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2011-03-03
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