-
公开(公告)号:WO2018115896A3
公开(公告)日:2018-06-28
申请号:PCT/GB2017/053873
申请日:2017-12-21
Applicant: SOFANT TECHNOLOGIES LTD
Inventor: HARIDAS, Nakul Raghavanand , WITHER, David Michael , STEEL, Victor , ZHOU, Wei , IDDA, Tonio , EL-RAYIS, Ahmed Osman
Abstract: The invention relates to antenna apparatus comprising: an antenna, a signal conductor and one or more RF MEMS switches, the antenna being conductively connected to the signal conductor, the MEMS switches and at least a portion of the signal conductor being supported by a crystalline MEMS substrate; and a capping substrate comprising a capping portion, wherein an enclosed volume is formed around the said MEMS switches between the capping portion and at least a portion of the crystalline MEMS substrate, and wherein the capping substrate comprises the said antenna.
-
公开(公告)号:WO2023089337A1
公开(公告)日:2023-05-25
申请号:PCT/GB2022/052945
申请日:2022-11-21
Applicant: SOFANT TECHNOLOGIES LTD
Inventor: CHRISTIE, Andrew , HARIDAS, Nakul , FULLER, Matt , STEEL, Victor , WITHER, David
Abstract: 51 Abstract1 2 The present invention provides a circuit board assembly, for a microelectromechanical 3 system, MEMS, based antenna assembly, comprising: first and second PCBs, each 4 having an RF signal conductor and one or more ground conductors thereon; an RF 5 signal connector extending between the first and second PCBs and electrically 6 connected to the RF signal conductors of the first and second PCB; and one or more 7 ground connectors extending between the first and second PCBs and electrically 8 connected to the ground conductors of the first and second PCBs, wherein the one or 9 more ground connectors are arranged to at least partially surround the RF signal 10 connector, wherein the RF signal connector and the one or more ground connectors 11 are provided in a connector assembly extending between the first and second PCBs 12 and defining one or more openings therein, each opening adjacent to at least one of 13 the first PCB and the second PCB, wherein the circuit board assembly further 14 comprises a plurality of signal connectors extending between the first and second 15 PCBs and arranged around a periphery of the one or more openings, wherein the first 16 PCB comprises a circuit component extending from a surface of the first PCB, towards 17 the second PCB, and wherein the connector assembly is arranged such that at least 18 one of the one or more openings accommodates the circuit component therein.19
-
公开(公告)号:WO2018115896A2
公开(公告)日:2018-06-28
申请号:PCT/GB2017/053873
申请日:2017-12-21
Applicant: SOFANT TECHNOLOGIES LTD
Inventor: HARIDAS, Nakul Raghavanand , WITHER, David Michael , STEEL, Victor , ZHOU, Wei , IDDA, Tonio , EL-RAYIS, Ahmed Osman
Abstract: The invention relates to antenna apparatus comprising: an antenna, a signal conductor and one or more RF MEMS switches, the antenna being conductively connected to the signal conductor, the MEMS switches and at least a portion of the signal conductor being supported by a crystalline MEMS substrate; and a capping substrate comprising a capping portion, wherein an enclosed volume is formed around the said MEMS switches between the capping portion and at least a portion of the crystalline MEMS substrate, and wherein the capping substrate comprises the said antenna.
-
公开(公告)号:WO2018115895A3
公开(公告)日:2018-06-28
申请号:PCT/GB2017/053872
申请日:2017-12-21
Applicant: SOFANT TECHNOLOGIES LTD
Inventor: HARIDAS, Nakul Raghavanand , WITHER, David Michael , STEEL, Victor , ZHOU, Wei , IDDA, Tonio , EL-RAYIS, Ahmed Osman
Abstract: The invention provides an antenna array comprising: a plurality of antenna modules, each of the antenna modules comprising an antenna, a signal conductor and one or more microelectromechanical (MEMS) switches, the antenna being conductively connected to the signal conductor, the MEMS switches and at least a portion of the signal conductor being supported by a MEMS substrate; and one or more integrated circuits comprising MEMS control circuitry configured to control the said one or more MEMS switches and/or signal processing circuitry configured to process signals received and/or to be transmitted by the antennas of the antenna modules, wherein the antenna modules and integrated circuits are supported by a common carrier substrate comprising the antennas of the antenna modules, the MEMS switches; or the said one or more integrated circuits. A hierarchy of MEMS controllers includes a master MEMS controller and local MEMS controllers which send control signals to a plurality of MEMS switches.
-
公开(公告)号:WO2016207600A1
公开(公告)日:2016-12-29
申请号:PCT/GB2016/051590
申请日:2016-05-31
Applicant: SOFANT TECHNOLOGIES LTD
Inventor: EL-RAYIS, Ahmed Osman , WONG, Yan Chiew , ARSLAN, Tughrul Sati
Abstract: The invention provides impedance matching circuitry for adjusting an impedance match between a source impedance (2) and a load impedance (4), the impedance matching circuitry comprising: tapered transmission line circuitry which comprises one or more tapered transmission lines (10) coupled or couplable between the source impedance and the load impedance; and a controller (20) in communication with the tapered transmission line circuitry and configured to adjust one or more impedances of the tapered transmission line circuitry to thereby adjust an impedance match between the source impedance and the load impedance.
Abstract translation: 本发明提供阻抗匹配电路,用于调整源阻抗(2)和负载阻抗(4)之间的阻抗匹配,阻抗匹配电路包括:锥形传输线电路,其包括耦合或耦合的一个或多个锥形传输线(10) 源阻抗和负载阻抗之间; 以及控制器(20),其与所述锥形传输线路路通信并且被配置为调整所述锥形传输线路电路的一个或多个阻抗,从而调整所述源阻抗与所述负载阻抗之间的阻抗匹配。
-
公开(公告)号:US20160006476A1
公开(公告)日:2016-01-07
申请号:US14755344
申请日:2015-06-30
Applicant: SOFANT TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
Inventor: Ahmed EL-RAYIS , Yan Chiew WONG
Abstract: The invention provides wireless communications apparatus comprising: a wireless communications device comprising: an antenna module; circuitry in communication with the antenna module; a circuit interface within the circuitry or between the circuitry and the antenna module; and impedance matching circuitry configurable to adjust an impedance match at the circuit interface; and a controller in data communication with a memory storing a user profile associated with the wireless communications device, or with a user of the wireless communications device, the user profile comprising configuration data relating to one or more impedance matching configurations of the impedance matching circuitry, the configuration data being associated with one or more parameters of the wireless communications device, wherein the controller is configured to use configuration data from the user profile to configure the impedance matching circuitry responsive to a determination of one or more parameters of the device associated with that configuration data.
Abstract translation: 本发明提供了一种无线通信装置,包括:无线通信装置,包括:天线模块; 与天线模块通信的电路; 电路内或电路和天线模块之间的电路接口; 阻抗匹配电路可配置为调整电路接口处的阻抗匹配; 以及与存储与无线通信设备相关联的用户简档或与无线通信设备的用户存储的存储器进行数据通信的控制器,所述用户简档包括与所述阻抗匹配电路的一个或多个阻抗匹配配置相关的配置数据, 所述配置数据与所述无线通信设备的一个或多个参数相关联,其中所述控制器被配置为使用来自所述用户简档的配置数据来配置所述阻抗匹配电路,以响应于与所述设备相关联的所述设备的一个或多个参数的确定 配置数据。
-
公开(公告)号:WO2022106846A1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-27
申请号:PCT/GB2021/053013
申请日:2021-11-19
Applicant: SOFANT TECHNOLOGIES LTD
Inventor: CHRISTIE, Andrew , HARIDAS, Nakul , FULLER, Matt , STEEL, Victor , WITHER, David
Abstract: The present invention provides a method of forming a circuit board assembly, the circuit board assembly comprising a first PCB (110), a second PCB (190), an RF signal connector (120) for carrying RF signals therebetween, and one or more ground connectors (130, 140) for at least partially shielding the RF signal connector. The method comprises: providing first and second PCBs, each having an RF signal conductor and one or more ground conductors thereon, forming or attaching an RF signal connector (120) extending between the first and second PCBs and electrically connecting the RF signal connector to the RF signal conductors of the first and second PCBs, forming or attaching one or more ground connectors (130, 140) extending between the first and second PCBs and electrically connecting the one or more ground connectors to the ground conductors of the first and second PCBs. The one or more ground connectors are arranged to at least partially surround the RF signal connector. The RF signal connector is formed from one or more conductive signal pillars. The or each of the one or more ground connectors are formed from one or more conductive ground pillars.
-
公开(公告)号:WO2022018443A1
公开(公告)日:2022-01-27
申请号:PCT/GB2021/051889
申请日:2021-07-21
Applicant: SOFANT TECHNOLOGIES LTD
Inventor: STEEL, Victor , CHRISTIE, Andrew
Abstract: The present invention provides phased array antenna apparatus (200) for operation in frequencies above six gigahertz. The apparatus (200) comprises: a plurality of sub- arrays (208) together configured to form a phased array antenna, each sub-array (208) comprising at least four antenna elements (220), each antenna element (220) for receiving an input signal from the sub-array (220) and comprising: an antenna (230) for transmission of the input signal; and a signal modification component (222) to adjust a phase of the input signal during propagation to the antenna (230); and a plurality of power amplifiers (212), wherein each sub-array (208) is provided with a one of the plurality of power amplifiers (212), wherein each sub-array (208) is arranged to be provided with an amplified input signal, and each antenna element (220) of the sub-array (208) is configured to be provided with the amplified input signal of the respective sub-array (208) as the input signal to the antenna element (220), and wherein the power amplifier (212) for each sub-array (208) is configured to receive a phased array input signal for amplification and to output the respective amplified input signal to the respective sub-array (208). The power amplifier (212) for each sub-array (208) may be physically separate and distinct from each sub-array (208).
-
公开(公告)号:WO2017109456A1
公开(公告)日:2017-06-29
申请号:PCT/GB2016/053909
申请日:2016-12-09
Applicant: SOFANT TECHNOLOGIES LTD
Inventor: EL-RAYIS, Ahmed Osman , HARIDAS, Nakul , ARSLAN, Tughrul Sati
IPC: H04B7/0404 , G01S1/04 , H04B7/06 , H04W52/28 , H01Q3/26
CPC classification number: H04B7/0404 , G01S1/042 , H01Q3/26 , H04B7/0617 , H04B17/102 , H04W52/28 , H04W52/42
Abstract: The invention provides a method of adjusting a principal communication direction of a steerable directional antenna for communicating with a terrestrial electromagnetic signal source, the method comprising: providing location specific steering data comprising one or more steering data portions, each of the steering data portions being specific to a respective location; determining a location of the steerable directional antenna; selecting a steering data portion from the location specific steering data taking into account the determined location of the antenna; determining an adjusted principal communication direction of the steerable directional antenna taking into account the said selected steering data portion; and adjusting the principal communication direction of the steerable directional antenna in accordance with the said adjusted principal communication direction.
Abstract translation: 本发明提供了一种调节用于与地面电磁信号源通信的可操纵定向天线的主要通信方向的方法,所述方法包括:提供包括一个或多个转向数据部分的位置特定转向数据, 每个转向数据部分特定于相应的位置; 确定可操纵定向天线的位置; 考虑确定的天线的位置,从位置特定的转向数据中选择转向数据部分; 考虑所述选择的转向数据部分确定所述可操纵定向天线的调整的主要通信方向; 并根据所述调整后的主要通信方向调整可转向定向天线的主要通信方向。 p>
-
公开(公告)号:WO2018115895A2
公开(公告)日:2018-06-28
申请号:PCT/GB2017/053872
申请日:2017-12-21
Applicant: SOFANT TECHNOLOGIES LTD
Inventor: HARIDAS, Nakul Raghavanand , WITHER, David Michael , STEEL, Victor , ZHOU, Wei , IDDA, Tonio , EL-RAYIS, Ahmed Osman
Abstract: The invention provides an antenna array comprising: a plurality of antenna modules, each of the antenna modules comprising an antenna, a signal conductor and one or more microelectromechanical (MEMS) switches, the antenna being conductively connected to the signal conductor, the MEMS switches and at least a portion of the signal conductor being supported by a MEMS substrate; and one or more integrated circuits comprising MEMS control circuitry configured to control the said one or more MEMS switches and/or signal processing circuitry configured to process signals received and/or to be transmitted by the antennas of the antenna modules, wherein the antenna modules and integrated circuits are supported by a common carrier substrate comprising the antennas of the antenna modules, the MEMS switches; or the said one or more integrated circuits. A hierarchy of MEMS controllers includes a master MEMS controller and local MEMS controllers which send control signals to a plurality of MEMS switches.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-