COMPACT HYBRID COUPLERS HAVING STRONG BROADBAND COUPLING FOR BASE STATION ANTENNA SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20240204384A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-20

    申请号:US18541759

    申请日:2023-12-15

    CPC classification number: H01P5/16 H01P3/08

    Abstract: A four-port RF hybrid coupler includes a substrate having first and second primary traces and first and second coupled traces on a first surface thereof. The first coupled trace has: (i) a first end configured to provide a first degree of RF coupling to a first end of the first primary trace when the RF hybrid coupler is active, and (ii) a second end configured to provide a third degree of RF coupling to a second end of the second primary trace when the RF hybrid coupler is active. The second coupled trace has: (i) a first end configured to provide a fourth degree of RF coupling to the first end of the second primary trace when the RF hybrid coupler is active, and (ii) a second end configured to provide a second degree of RF coupling to the second end of the first primary trace when the RF hybrid coupler is active. First and second energy cancellation circuits are also provided. The first energy cancellation circuit includes a first termination coupler having an input port electrically coupled to an end of the second coupled trace, and the second energy cancellation circuit includes a second termination coupler having an input port electrically coupled to an end of the first coupled trace.

    BASE STATION ANTENNAS HAVING F-STYLE ARRAYS THAT GENERATE ANTENNA BEAMS HAVING NARROWED AZIMUTH BEAMWIDTHS

    公开(公告)号:US20240162599A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-16

    申请号:US18499562

    申请日:2023-11-01

    CPC classification number: H01Q1/246 H01Q21/062

    Abstract: Base station antennas include first and second RF ports, a first array of radiating elements that includes a first column of radiating elements, a first additional radiating element and a second additional radiating element, where each of the radiating elements in the first array of radiating elements are coupled to the first RF port and not to the second RF port, and a second array of radiating elements that includes a second column of radiating elements, a third additional radiating element and a fourth additional radiating element, where each of the radiating elements in the second array of radiating elements are coupled to the second RF port and not to the first RF port. The first through fourth additional radiating elements may form a third column of radiating elements that is positioned between the first column of radiating elements and the second column of radiating elements.

    Dual-beam antenna array
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11581638B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-14

    申请号:US17243845

    申请日:2021-04-29

    Abstract: In order to reduce large sidelobes that may result from using a base station antenna with increased electronic downtilt, base station antennas according to the present disclosure may have a plurality of modules in which the columns of radiating elements of at least one of the modules are staggered or offset with respect to each other. For example, a multi-beam cellular antenna may include an antenna array having a plurality of modules, each module comprising at least three columns of radiating elements each having first polarization radiators, wherein the columns of radiating elements of at least one of the modules are staggered with respect to each other; and an antenna feed network configured to couple at least a first input signal and a second input signal to each first polarization radiator of each of the radiating elements included in a first of the plurality of modules.

    CALIBRATION CIRCUITS FOR BEAM-FORMING ANTENNAS AND RELATED BASE STATION ANTENNAS

    公开(公告)号:US20190334636A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-31

    申请号:US16394094

    申请日:2019-04-25

    Abstract: A base station antenna includes a backplane and a plurality of radiating elements that extend forwardly from the backplane. The antenna further includes a plurality of feed boards, and each of the feed boards has a respective group of one or more of the radiating elements mounted thereon. The antenna also includes a calibration port and a calibration circuit that has a calibration combiner that has an output that is coupled to the calibration port and a plurality of directional couplers that are coupled to the calibration combiner. At least a first portion of a first of the first directional couplers is implemented on a first of the feed boards.

    Multi-band antenna arrays with common mode resonance (CMR) and differential mode resonance (DMR) removal

    公开(公告)号:US10177438B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-08

    申请号:US15482114

    申请日:2017-04-07

    Abstract: A multi-band radiating array includes a planar reflector, first radiating elements defining a first column on the planar reflector, second radiating elements defining a second column on the planar reflector alongside the first column, and third radiating elements interspersed between the second radiating elements in the second column. The first radiating elements have a first operating frequency range, the second radiating elements have a second operating frequency range that is lower than the first operating frequency range, and the third radiating elements have a third, narrowband operating frequency range that is higher than the second operating frequency range but lower than the first operating frequency range. Respective capacitors are coupled between elongated arm segments and an elongated stalk of the third radiating elements, and a common mode resonance of the third radiating elements is present in a lower frequency range than the second operating frequency range.

    FEED NETWORK AND ANTENNA
    9.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240283148A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-22

    申请号:US18650506

    申请日:2024-04-30

    CPC classification number: H01Q3/32 H01Q1/246 H01Q1/50 H01Q19/108 H01Q19/10

    Abstract: A feed network includes an adjustable electromechanical phase shifter that comprises a main printed circuit board and a phase shifting unit. The adjustable electromechanical phase shifter is configured to shift the phase of an RF signal that is input to the feed network and provide the phase shifted RF signal to at least one radiating element that is positioned on a first side of a reflector of an antenna, where the phase shifting unit is formed on the surface of a first side of the main printed circuit board, and the first side of the main printed circuit board is a side that is closer to the at least one radiating element, and the main printed circuit board is positioned on the first side of the reflector.

    CONDUCTIVE GASKET FOR USE WITH SPRING-BIASED CONTACTS

    公开(公告)号:US20240243495A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-18

    申请号:US18407709

    申请日:2024-01-09

    CPC classification number: H01R12/55 H01R13/03 H01R13/17 H01Q1/246

    Abstract: An assembly for a base station antenna arrangement includes: a radio having a cover with a hole and a printed circuit board (PCB) positioned below the cover, wherein the PCB has first and second contact pads; a pogo-pin connector having a spring-loaded inner contact and an outer contact that circumferentially surrounds the inner contact, wherein the inner contact extends through the hole in the cover and engages the first contact pad of the PCB; and a gasket formed of a conductive elastomer, the gasket including a lower ring and an upper ring, wherein the lower ring is positioned in the hole in the cover and engages the second contact pad of the PCB and the upper ring engages the outer contact to establish an electrical connection between the outer contact and the second contact pad, the gasket further including a skirt that extends radially outwardly from and circumferentially surrounds the upper ring, the skirt engaging the cover of the radio.

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