Antenna Device H-Bridge Circuit Merging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional antenna devices require a separate H-bridge circuit for each antenna element, leading to a large number of circuits needed as the number of elements increases, which is inefficient in terms of circuit usage and complexity.
Innovation Solution
The antenna device employs multiple H-bridge circuits with parallel switch sets, where a single connection antenna element shares a circuit with another, and multiple connection antenna elements connect between different H-bridge circuits, reducing the overall number of H-bridge circuits required while allowing for efficient radio wave transmission from all antenna elements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a separate H-bridge circuit is provided for each antenna element, then each antenna element can be driven independently, but the number of H-bridge circuits increases with the number of antenna elements, leading to increased device complexity
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple antenna elements are connected to a shared H-bridge circuit through switch sets. The H-bridge circuit is merged to serve multiple antenna elements simultaneously, reducing the total number of H-bridge circuits while maintaining independent driving capability through selective switching.
Solution Approach 2:
The H-bridge circuit is designed with universal functionality to drive multiple antenna elements. By incorporating multiple switch sets that can be selectively activated, a single H-bridge circuit performs the function of multiple separate circuits, enabling one circuit to serve multiple purposes.
2Productivity
If multiple H-bridge circuits are used to drive multiple antenna elements, then all elements can transmit radio waves, but the circuit usage efficiency decreases and overall system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The circuit configuration is made dynamic through the use of switch sets that can be selectively activated or deactivated. This allows the system to adaptively configure which antenna elements are active, optimizing circuit usage efficiency while maintaining the capability for all elements to transmit radio waves when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The H-bridge circuit is segmented into multiple switch sets, each corresponding to a specific antenna element. This segmentation allows independent control of each antenna element while sharing the common H-bridge circuit structure, reducing overall complexity while maintaining full transmission capability.
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AI summary
An antenna device includes: multiple H-bridge circuits each of which including a first switch set and a second switch set connected in parallel with one another; a single connection antenna element connected between a point disposed between the two switching elements of the first switch set included in one H-bridge circuit and a point disposed between the two switching elements of the second switch set included in the one H-bridge circuit; and a multiple connection antenna element connected between a point disposed between the two switching elements of the first switch set included in the one H-bridge circuit and a point disposed between the two switching elements of the second switch set included in a different H-bridge circuit.