Full-duplex, bi-directional, analog relay
US10389429B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 12, 2018 |
| Grant date | Aug 20, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 12, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B7/15564
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A full-duplex analog relay may comprise an analog uplink relay and an analog downlink relay, and may relay signals between a transmitter and a backscatter node. The spectrum of the downlink signal transmitted by the downlink relay may be different than the spectrum of the uplink signal received by the uplink relay. Filtering may attenuate leakage from the downlink relay to the uplink relay, and vice versa. The uplink relay may create a phase offset that is opposite in sign and substantially equal in magnitude to the phase offset created by the downlink relay. The downlink and uplink relays, taken together, may created a substantially constant net phase offset. The full-duplex relay may be housed in a vehicle that moves, and may be used to determine spatial coordinates of backscatter sources that are located in the relay's environment.
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