Antenna subsystem with analog beam-steering transmit array and digital beam-forming receive array
US10684354B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 5, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jun 16, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 5, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01Q21/005
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In an embodiment, an antenna subsystem includes a sparse receive antenna and an electronically steerable transmit antenna. The sparse receive antenna includes an array of receive elements each configured to receive a respective signal having a wavelength and each spaced apart from each adjacent one of the receive elements by a respective first distance that is more than one half of the wavelength. And the electronically steerable transmit antenna includes an array of transmit elements each configured to radiate a respective signal having the wavelength and each spaced apart from each adjacent one of the transmit elements by a respective second distance that is less than one half of the wavelength. To reduce aliasing, such an antenna subsystem can be operated to filter, spatially, a receive beam pattern generated by the receive antenna with a transmit beam pattern generated by the transmit antenna.
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