SMALL CELL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES HAVING ENHANCED BEAMSTEERING CAPABILITY AND METHODS OF OPERATING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220029290A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-27

    申请号:US17413980

    申请日:2019-12-04

    Abstract: A small cell wireless communication device includes an antenna having an array of radiating elements, a control circuit, and a transceiver/radio. The transceiver is electrically coupled to the antenna by an array of phase shifters, which are responsive to control signals that encode phase weight information and enable the array of phase shifters and the array of radiating elements to collectively perform elevation beamsteering of wireless signals generated by the transceiver, in response to signals generated by the control circuit upon movement of the antenna. In some instances, these signals generated by the control circuit may include an elevation beam index, which may operate as a pointer into a look-up table, which stores phase-weights to be provided to the array of phase shifters.

    RECONFIGURABLE MULTI-BAND BASE STATION ANTENNAS HAVING SELF-CONTAINED SUB-MODULES

    公开(公告)号:US20210218156A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-15

    申请号:US17218601

    申请日:2021-03-31

    Abstract: Base station antennas include a main module that has a first backplane that includes a first reflector. A vertically-extending array of first radiating elements is mounted to extend forwardly from the first reflector, and at least one first RF port is coupled to the vertically-extending array of first radiating elements. These antennas further include a sub-module that is attached to the first backplane. The sub-module includes a second backplane that has a second reflector that is separate from the first reflector. A vertically-extending array of second radiating elements is mounted to extend forwardly from the second reflector and is transversely spaced-apart from the vertically-extending array of first radiating elements. A plurality of second RF ports are coupled to the vertically-extending array of second radiating elements. The vertically-extending array of first radiating elements and the vertically-extending array of second radiating elements are configured to serve a common sector of a base station.

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