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Dielectric waveguide signal transfer function compensation

US11777619B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 9, 2021
Grant dateOct 3, 2023
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Expiry dateFeb 9, 2041

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B17/21
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods for determining calibration parameters to correct for frequency responses of one or more dielectric waveguides coupling a control unit to a first antenna node or to a series of antenna nodes that includes the first antenna node. An example method comprises transmitting, via a first dielectric waveguide coupling the control unit to the first antenna node, a radiofrequency (RF) test signal having a signal bandwidth covering a bandwidth of interest. The method further comprises receiving, via a second dielectric waveguide coupling the control unit to the first antenna node, a looped-back version of the transmitted RF test signal, and estimating a first one-way frequency response corresponding to the first (or second) dielectric waveguide, based on the RF test signal and the received loop-back version of the transmitted RF test signal.

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