2429results about "Polarised antenna unit combinations" patented technology

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining data regarding interference detected in a received communication signal, and performing phase adjusting for one or more radiating elements of an antenna system such that an impact of the interference on the antenna system is minimized. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Radiating elements comprise a first dipole radiator that includes a first dipole arm and a second dipole arm, a second dipole radiator that includes a third dipole arm and a fourth dipole arm and first through fourth electromagnetic bandgap structures that are coupled to distal end portions of the respective first through fourth dipole arms.

The present disclosure discloses a circularly polarized satellite antenna based on a magnetoelectric dipole. A floor is slotted, and an equivalent magnetoelectric dipole is excited using a grounded right-angle folded dipole, while two square parasitic patches are loaded to enhance a radiation performance, thus exciting a broadband high-gain circularly polarized radiation beam. The present disclosure utilizes the L-shaped right-angle folded dipole to simultaneously realize an ingenious combination of an electric dipole and a magnetic dipole, realizing a good circularly polarized radiation performance. At the same time, the present disclosure realizes circularly polarized radiation using a form of the magnetic dipole, which results in a stable pattern and a high gain.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying one or more radiating elements of an antenna system that are to be adjusted based on interference determined to affect an operation of the antenna system, and altering one or more properties of the one or more radiating elements to effect polarization adjusting such that an impact of the interference on the antenna system is minimized. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining data regarding interference detected in a received communication signal, and performing phase adjusting for one or more radiating elements of an antenna system such that an impact of the interference on the antenna system is minimized. Other embodiments are disclosed.

We generally describe an antenna system comprising a dual-polarized radiating element extending generally in a first direction parallel or substantially parallel to a reflector of the antenna system. The dual-polarized radiating element is configured to emit an electromagnetic wave. The antenna system further comprises a low-pass filter structure extending generally in a second direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the reflector of the antenna system. The low-pass filter structure is spaced apart, in relation to the first direction, from a center portion of the dual-polarized radiating element. The antenna system further comprises a coupling feeding line which electrically couples, via a region which comprises an end portion of the dual-polarized radiating element, the low-pass filter structure with the center portion of the dual-polarized radiating element for feeding an electrical signal via the low-pass filter structure through the coupling feeding line to the center portion of the dual-polarized radiating element.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, via an antenna, a communication signal generated by a communication device, and detecting interference in the communication signal, wherein the interference is generated by one or more interference sources, wherein the interference is detected by monitoring a near field region of the antenna, an intermediate field region of the antenna, a far field region of the antenna, or any combinations thereof, wherein the monitoring excludes monitoring only the far field region of the antenna. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Antenna elements and electronic devices are provided, including an antenna element includes a first radiator, a second radiator, and a radiator array. The first radiator is connected to a ground plane through a grounding component, the second radiator is spaced from the ground plane and disposed opposite to the ground plane, and the second radiator and the first radiator are spaced apart. The radiator array is spaced from the first radiator and disposed opposite to the first radiator, and is located on a side that is of the first radiator and that is further from the ground plane. The radiator array includes at least two sub-radiators, and the at least two sub-radiators are spaced from each other in an extension direction of a plane on which the radiator array is located. The first radiator includes a first hollow region, and the radiator array includes a second hollow region.

A low-band radiator comprises: a radiation substrate; a first dipole radiation portion formed from a conductor line on one surface of the radiation substrate and comprising two first loop arms each having the length extending in a predetermined first direction and formed in a loop shape having one end open; a second dipole radiation portion formed from a conductor line on one surface of the radiation surface, comprising two second loop arms each having the length extending in a predetermined second direction and formed in a loop shape having one end open, and disposed so as to intersect the first dipole radiation portion; and a balun portion coupled to the other surface of the radiation substrate and applying power feeding signals, respectively corresponding to the first and second loop arms, to two open ends of the loops.A low-band radiator comprises: a radiation substrate; a first dipole radiation portion formed from a conductor line on one surface of the radiation substrate and comprising two first loop arms each having the length extending in a predetermined first direction and formed in a loop shape having one end open; a second dipole radiation portion formed from a conductor line on one surface of the radiation surface, comprising two second loop arms each having the length extending in a predetermined second direction and formed in a loop shape having one end open, and disposed so as to intersect the first dipole radiation portion; and a balun portion coupled to the other surface of the radiation substrate and applying power feeding signals, respectively corresponding to the first and second loop arms, to two open ends of the loops.

Techniques are provided for improving antenna isolation and angle-of-arrival (AoA) performance of an antenna array. An example antenna array includes a plurality of patch antenna elements disposed on a planar substrate, and one or more resonator elements disposed on the planar substrate and between each of the plurality of patch antenna elements, wherein each of the one or more resonator elements includes a first repeating S-shaped conductor in a first orientation, and a second repeating S-shaped conductor in a second orientation that is rotated 180 degrees relative to the first orientation.

The utility model discloses a double-frequency circularly polarized fusion antenna with a large frequency ratio, which comprises a first dielectric plate and a second dielectric plate, the first dielectric plate is positioned above the second dielectric plate, and the lower surface of the first dielectric plate is a copper-clad layer serving as a grounding plate. And a first metal radiator, a second metal radiator, a third metal radiator and a fourth metal radiator are arranged on the upper surface of the antenna. One end, close to the center of the dielectric plate, of the radiator is loaded with a metal column and connected with the grounding plate, and one end, away from the center of the dielectric plate, of the radiator is loaded with a millimeter wave metal probe. A microwave feed network and four 180-degree phase difference power dividers are arranged on the lower surface of the second dielectric plate, an output port of the microwave feed network is connected with the four microwave metal probes, and output ports of the 180-degree phase difference power dividers are connected with the eight millimeter wave metal probes. The dual-frequency circular polarization antenna has a dual-frequency circular polarization characteristic, can effectively reduce the influence of a multipath effect, and achieves the multiplexing of the radiator, thereby reducing the demands for the space resources of communication equipment.

The invention provides a wide-angle scanning dual-circularly-polarized phased-array antenna unit, which belongs to the field of dual-circularly-polarized antennas and comprises a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer and a third dielectric layer which are sequentially stacked, the antenna radiator is arranged on the side, away from the second dielectric layer, of the first dielectric layer, the antenna radiator comprises four radiation patches, each radiation patch comprises a metal patch and a loading branch knot, and each metal patch is provided with a slotted structure; the first metal ground layer is clamped between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer, and a cross coupling gap and a first coupling gap and a second coupling gap which are perpendicular to each other are formed in the first metal ground layer; the U-shaped feeder line is clamped between the second dielectric layer and the third dielectric layer, and two ends of the U-shaped feeder line are respectively connected with a coaxial feed column penetrating through the third dielectric layer; the second metal ground layer is arranged on the side, away from the second dielectric layer, of the third dielectric layer; an array is also provided; the problem that a traditional circularly polarized antenna is narrow in impedance bandwidth and limited in polarization is solved.

There is provided a system and method of detecting a direction of arrival of one or more target signals using an antenna array, the method comprising, i) generating a map representing a ratio of a co-polarization (Co-pol) pattern received by the first beam to a cross-polarization (X-pol) pattern received by the second beam; ii) obtaining Co-pol and X-pol signal strengths of the one or more target signals received by the first and second beams in step (i); iii) obtaining the Co-pol to X-pol ratio of each of the one or more target signals; iv) normalizing the generated map; v) normalizing the Co-pol to X-pol ratios of the one or more target signals; and vi) for each target signal: finding area(s), within the normalized generated map, which substantially match the normalized Co-pol to X-pol ratio of the target signal; and identifying said area(s) of the normalized generated map as potential direction(s) of arrival of the target signal.

The invention provides an antenna device and a base station antenna system, the antenna device comprises a reflection plate, a radiation unit and a feed network, and the reflection plate is provided with a first opening. The radiation unit comprises a radiation body and a feed branch knot, and the radiation body is coupled with the feed branch knot. The radiating body is arranged on one side of the reflecting plate, and a gap is formed between the radiating body and the reflecting plate. And at least part of the feed branch is arranged in the first opening in a penetrating manner. The feed network is arranged on the side, away from the radiation unit, of the reflecting plate, a gap is formed between the feed network and the reflecting plate, and the feed network is coupled with the feed branch knot. According to the antenna device, the radiating body located on one side of the reflecting plate penetrates through the first opening in the reflecting plate through the feed branch knot and then is in coupling connection with the feed network located on the other side of the reflecting plate, the structure of the antenna device is simplified, the number of parts is reduced, the weight is reduced, and overall assembly of the antenna device is facilitated.

A dual circularly polarized antenna array includes an insulating substrate, an M number of feed modules, and an M number of antenna groups. The insulating substrate includes an M number of preset points. The M antenna groups are respectively disposed on the M preset points, and each antenna group includes four antennas. Any two opposite ones of the four antennas jointly have a 180-degree rotational symmetry relative to a corresponding one of the M preset points. Each antenna includes a conductive sheet, and a first feed point and a second feed point that are electrically coupled to one of the M feed modules. The first feed points of the four antennas can jointly generate a left-hand circular polarization through one of the M feed modules, and the second feed points of the four antennas can jointly generate a right-hand circular polarization through one of the M feed modules.

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. In some systems, a first device may generate a plurality of signals via a first circular antenna array that contains a first quantity of antenna elements disposed in a circle. The first device may transmit a first signal of the plurality of signals using a first orbital angular momentum (OAM) mode and a first subset of the first quantity of antenna elements. Additionally, the first device may transmit, a second signal of the plurality of signals using a second (OAM) mode and a second subset of the first quantity of antenna elements, where the second subset may be exclusive of the first subset.

Millimeter wave (mmWave) technologies, devices, and methods related to transceivers, receivers, and antenna structures for wireless communications are described. Various aspects include collocated millimeter wave (mmWave) antennas and near field communication (NFC) antennas, scalable phased array radio transceiver architecture (SPARTA), phased array distributed communication systems with MIMO support and phase noise synchronization on a single coaxial cable, passing RF signals over cable (RFoC) in distributed phased array communication systems, clock noise leakage reduction, IF to RF auxiliary chips for backward and forward compatibility and modularity, on-package matching networks, 5G scalable receiver (Rx) architectures, and the like.

A calibration system includes a beamformer lattice including at least a first beamformer, the first beamformer corresponding to a first subset of antenna cells of a plurality of antenna cells including a plurality of feed lines extending between the first beamformer and each of the first subset of antenna cells, and the first beamformer including a first calibration section for comparing a reference signal to a non-reference signal; and a first calibration line corresponding with the first beamformer, wherein the first calibration line is configured to deliver a first reference signal (mTx) from the first beamformer to be received by a first antenna feed line for comparison with a first non-reference signal (Rx) in the first beamformer, and / or wherein the first calibration line is configured to deliver a second non-reference signal (Tx) from a second antenna feed line for comparison with a second reference signal (mRx) in the first beamformer.

The invention discloses a dual-beam dual-circularly-polarized wide-angle scanning phased-array antenna, and belongs to the field of wireless communication. The antenna is composed of an antenna unit group. The antenna unit comprises a bottom metal floor, a fifth substrate, a 3dB bridge, a fourth substrate, an antenna metal floor, a third substrate, a second rectangular feeder line, a second substrate, a first rectangular feeder line, a first substrate and a radiation patch layer which are arranged from bottom to top; wherein the 3dB bridge is used for realizing signal transmission, and the two rectangular feeder lines have the same size and are orthogonally arranged; the radiation patch layer comprises four square metal patches and two feed discs; the square metal patches are separated through the L-shaped gaps and are connected with the antenna metal floor through the short circuit columns respectively, and the feed disc is connected with the rectangular feed line through the metal probe and connected to the output end of the 3dB bridge. The antenna unit adopts an equivalent magnetoelectric dipole form, the wide-angle scanning characteristic of the phased-array antenna is achieved, communication with two satellites can be achieved at the same time, and the overall communication efficiency is improved.

A multi-band antenna includes a reflector that provides a ground plane, a first array of first radiating elements, each of the first radiating elements located on a front side of the reflector and configured to emit first electromagnetic radiation in a low frequency band, a second array of second radiating elements, each of the second radiating elements located on the front side of the reflector and configured to emit second electromagnetic radiation in a high frequency band, and an artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) plane that is located between the reflector and a radiator of the first radiating element and between the reflector and a radiator of the second radiating element. The AMC plane is configured to reflect the first electromagnetic radiation substantially in phase and to reflect the second electromagnetic radiation substantially in antiphase.

A base station antenna includes a calibration circuit that has a plurality of pairs of directional couplers and an antenna array that includes a plurality of columns of radiating elements. The first polarization radiators of the radiating elements in each column are electrically connected to a first directional coupler of a respective one of the pairs, and the second polarization radiators of the radiating elements in the column are electrically connected to a second directional coupler of the respective one of the pairs. The directional couplers may be arranged in a manner that reduces in-column coupling and / or that reduces cross-column coupling between adjacent columns of radiating elements.

The present disclosure is directed to a multi-RET actuator system. The system includes a plurality of drive assemblies operatively connected to one or more phase shifter assemblies such that movement of one of the drive assemblies adjusts at least one, of the one or more phase shifter assemblies; a drive system including a drive screw and a drive shaft, the drive shaft supporting a second connector, the drive system configured to transversely move along the drive screw to position the drive system adjacent to a target drive assembly of the plurality of drive assemblies, a movable sled assembly operatively connected to the drive system, the movable sled assembly configured to extend or retract such that movement of the sled assembly selectively engages or disengages the second connector with a respective first connector for the target drive assembly. Methods of calibrating and operating multi-RET actuator systems are also described herein.

An antenna system includes a first antenna and a second antenna. The first antenna includes a first radiating element, a first frequency selective surface, and a first feed network. The first radiating element is disposed on a side of the first frequency selective surface, and the second antenna is disposed on a side that is of the first frequency selective surface and that is away from the first radiating element. The first frequency selective surface includes a plurality of first strip-shaped structures and a plurality of second strip-shaped structures. The first strip-shaped structures and the second strip-shaped structures are made of metal. The plurality of first strip-shaped structures intersect with the plurality of second strip-shaped structures to form a plurality of grids. The first feed network includes a first structure, and the first structure is disposed on the first strip-shaped structure.

An antenna that enables dense packing of radiators includes a plurality of first radiators configured to radiate in a first frequency band and a plurality of second radiators configured to radiate in a second frequency band, the second frequency band having higher frequencies than the first frequency band. each of the plurality of first radiators includes a plurality of dipole arms. Each of the plurality of dipole arms includes a periodic pattern of inductive choke segments, and each of the dipole arms has a broken peripheral current path.

Base station antennas include a reflector; a first plurality of cross-dipole radiating elements that are arranged as a first array of cross-dipole radiating elements, each cross-dipole radiating element comprising a first dipole radiator having a first dipole arm and a second dipole arm and a second dipole radiator having a third dipole arm and a fourth dipole arm; and a plurality of parasitic monopole elements that are associated with a first of the cross-dipole radiating elements, each parasitic monopole element including a monopole radiator, wherein at least half of each monopole radiator is positioned within a footprint of the first and second dipole radiators of the first of the cross-dipole radiating elements when the first of the cross-dipole radiating elements is viewed from the front.

The invention discloses a strongly-coupled dual-polarized ultra-wideband phased-array antenna based on fishbone-shaped gap loading and a development method of the strongly-coupled dual-polarized ultra-wideband phased-array antenna. A series of fishbone-shaped gaps with different sizes and intervals are formed in the dipole, a traditional cross-shaped dipole is improved, and the working bandwidth of the antenna is expanded. Resistive loading of a traditional ultra-wideband array is not used, and the radiation efficiency is improved. The feed structure of the power divider and the double-balun is applied, so that better matching can be realized, and the profile height of the antenna is reduced. The whole antenna array adopts the light and thin dielectric substrate, a thick and heavy wide-angle impedance matching layer is omitted, and the weight is lighter. + / -45-degree scanning can be achieved within the frequency band of 0.25-1.85 GHz, and the overall height of the antenna is 0.054 times of the low-frequency wavelength.

Base station antennas include a reflector, a first linear array of radiating elements extending forwardly from the reflector, the radiating elements in the first linear array configured to operate in a first frequency band, and a second linear array of radiating elements extending forwardly from the reflector, the radiating elements in the second linear array configured to operate in the first frequency band. These antennas further include an isolation wall that is positioned in between the first linear array of radiating elements and the second linear array of radiating elements. This isolation wall comprises at least one partially reflective surface that is configured to reflect, on average as a function of frequency, between 20% and 80% of incident radiation in the first frequency band.

An antenna module includes a dielectric substrate, a ground electrode disposed in the dielectric substrate, flat-plate-shaped radiating elements, feed lines, and a via electrode connected to the ground electrode. The radiating element is disposed opposite the ground electrode in the dielectric substrate. The radiating element is disposed between the radiating element and the ground electrode. The feed line extends through the radiating element and transmits a radio-frequency signal to the radiating element. The feed line transmits a radio-frequency signal to the radiating element. The feed line is electrically coupled to the radiating element at a position offset from a center of the radiating element in a first direction. The feed line is electrically coupled to the radiating element at a position offset from a center of the radiating element in a second direction different from the first direction.

Embodiments of this application provide an antenna, and an electronic device. The antenna includes a radiating patch layer, a ring-shaped metal layer, a first metal layer, and a feed element. The radiating patch layer includes four radiating patches that are distributed in a 2×2 array. The ring-shaped metal layer is disposed in correspondence with a peripheral edge part of the radiating patch layer, and is coupled and connected to the radiating patch layer. A plurality of metal columns are disposed on the first metal layer. The plurality of metal columns are electrically connected to the ring-shaped metal layer.

Disclosed is a radiator assembly configured to operate in the range of 3.4-4.2 GHz. The radiator assembly comprises a folded dipole with four dipole arms that radiate in two orthogonal polarization planes, whereby the signal of each polarization orientation is radiated by two opposite radiator arms that radiate the signal 180 degrees out of phase from each other. The radiator assembly has a balun structure that includes a balun trace that conductively couples to a ground element on the same side of the balun stem plate. The combination of the shape of the folded dipole and the balun structure reduces cross polarization between the two polarization states and maintains strong phase control between the opposing radiator arms.