公开(公告)号：US11133586B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-28

申请号：US16113253

申请日：2018-08-27

Applicant: Communication Components Antenna Inc.

Inventor： Lin-Ping Shen ,  Hua Wang ,  Nasrin Hojjat ,  Willi Lotz

IPC: H01Q21/08 ,  H01Q3/40 ,  H01Q21/06 ,  H01P5/18 ,  H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q25/00

Abstract: An antenna array with control circuitry placed at a front of the antenna array and between the antenna elements. By locating the azimuth beamforming network control circuitry on the front of the array and between antenna elements, the antenna elements and the other components can be coupled to the control circuitry without using cables. This leads to a reduction in the number of cable connections and to a reduction in size and weight of the resulting antenna array. The ABFN control circuitry is also used to control the beams formed from each row and not from each column as is usually done.

公开(公告)号：US11177565B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-16

申请号：US15576763

申请日：2016-02-29

Applicant: COMMUNICATION COMPONENTS ANTENNA INC.

Inventor： Nasrin Hojjat ,  Sadegh Farzaneh ,  Lin-Ping Shen ,  Bret Jones ,  Hua Wang ,  Minya Gavrilovic ,  Des Bromley ,  Willi Lotz ,  Jacob Van Beek

IPC: H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q1/52 ,  H01Q3/26 ,  H01Q9/16 ,  H01Q21/08 ,  H01Q21/24 ,  H01Q21/30 ,  H01Q5/48 ,  H01Q9/28 ,  H01Q21/06 ,  H01Q5/40

Abstract: A multi-band generalized antenna architecture using two or more types of antenna element is presented. Linear arrays of a first type of antenna element are used for one or more frequencies while a second antenna element type is used for other frequencies. The second type of antenna element is located between the linear arrays of the first antenna element type. The second antenna element type may be arranged in a staggered configuration or they may be arranged as linear arrays as well. The first type of antenna element may be a patch antenna element while the second type of antenna element may be a dipole antenna element. The patch antenna element may be used for high band frequencies while the dipole antenna element may be used in low band frequencies. The spacing in vertical direction is not equal to minimize the effect of arrays on each other.