Patent · US Active

Apparatus and method for controlling beam in wireless communication system

US10700437B2 · kind B2 · utility

1Cited by
4References
20Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateAug 10, 2018
Grant dateJun 30, 2020
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 25, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01Q19/06
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communication device for controlling a beam in a wireless communication system and a method therefor are provided. The communication device includes a lens including at least one layer in which unit cells are disposed, at least one processor configured to determine a beam pattern and control capacitance of each of the unit cells based on the beam pattern, and a transceiver for transmitting a signal in the determined beam pattern through the lens, which is capacitance-controlled. Each unit cell includes a first conductive member, a second conductive member overlapping at least a portion of the first conductive member, and spaced apart from the first conductive member, and a dielectric interposed between the overlapped portions of the first conductive member and the second conductive member. An overlap region of the first and second conductive members is arranged in a direction shielded from an external electromagnetic wave.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.