Half duplex mode digital beamforming device

US11855362B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Space Exploration Technologies Corp. · US

Inventors

• Masoud Kahrizi · Irvine, US
• Alex Ahmad Mirzaei · Irvine, US
• Ali Sajjadi · Irvine, US
• Bagher Afshar · Irvine, US
• Babak Vakili-Amini · Irvine, US
• Alireza Mehrnia · Los Angeles, US
• Behzad Nourani · Irvine, US
• Bernd Pregardier · Oceanside, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 3, 2020
• Grant date: Dec 26, 2023
• Expiry date: Sep 1, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04B7/0617
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In an embodiment, a device is included in a communications system, the device including a plurality of antenna elements configured in a phased array antenna; a plurality of integrated circuit (IC) chips, wherein each IC chip of the plurality of IC chips is associated with a respective subset of antenna elements of the plurality of antenna elements, and wherein, for each IC chip of the plurality of IC chips, the associated subset of antenna elements is used for transmitting and receiving radio frequency (RF) signals by the IC chip; and a local oscillator configured to generate a common local oscillator signal and provide the common local oscillator signal to each IC chip of the plurality of IC chips.