Stereo space phase shifter

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of a communication device and particularly relates to a stereo space phase shifter. The stereo space phase shifter comprises a conductor casing which is internally provided with upper and lower conductor chambers, and feed network assemblies arranged at each conductor chamber, wherein a lower feed network arranged on the lower feed network assembly comprises a first input port and N first output ports, an upper feed network arranged on the upper feed network assembly comprises N seven-port networks, each seven-port network comprises six second output ports and one second input port connected with one first output port through a transmission wire. The stereo space phase shifter is advantaged in that the upper feed network employs the N seven-port networks, the upper and lower feed networks are connected through only two transmission wires, welding points are correspondingly reduced, welding instability factors are correspondingly reduced, and maintenance cost is reduced.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of communication devices, in particular to a spatial three-dimensional phase shifter. Background technique [0002] At present, the base station electronically adjustable antenna realizes the beam downtilt adjustment of the base station antenna through the phase shifter in the beamforming network, which has the advantages of large adjustable range of downtilt angle, high precision, good pattern control, strong anti-interference ability, and easy control. Therefore, the phase shifter is a necessary component of the base station antenna. This device can adjust the downtilt angle of the antenna beam by changing the relative phase between the antenna elements, thereby facilitating the optimization of the communication network. [0003] The beamforming network design of existing base station antennas uses cables to connect the sub-phase shifter units, or uses cables as part of the power divider, so that the entir...

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[0003] The beamforming network design of existing base station antennas uses cables to connect the sub-phase shifter units, or uses cables as part of the power divider, so that the entire feed network contains cables of various lengths, and must be guaranteed during processing. The length of each cable is accurate, and the workers must weld carefully according to the requirements when welding, otherwise, the consistency of the antenna pattern will not be guaranteed; secondly, the length processing, classification, management of different cables, and the installation of these cables during production are also difficult. It is extremely complicated, and there are too many solder joints. Each solder joint is an unstable factor for the whole machine. Too many solder joints will greatly increase the influencing factors of the third-order intermodulation of the antenna, increase the repair cost, and increase the production cost; in addition , the cables used in the existing antennas are all 141 cables. These cables have a large loss, especially in the high frequency band, and the gain of the antenna will be greatly reduced. This requires designing a longer and larger antenna to increase the gain, which increases the Not only that, when a cable has a problem, it will cause all the results to be wrong, the chance of damage is high, and the repair cost is high

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