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Wireless device with antenna array and separate antenna

US9490548B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7References

18Claims

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Assignee

QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

Haim Weissman · Haifa, IL
Lior Raviv · Kfar Monash, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 26, 2013
Grant date	Nov 8, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 17, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04B7/0871
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus (e.g., a wireless device) includes an antenna array and a separate antenna. The antenna array includes a plurality of antenna elements having a first antenna beam. The separate antenna includes an antenna element having a second antenna beam. The antenna element of the separate antenna is separate from the antenna elements of the antenna array. The antenna array and the separate antenna are active at different times in an operational mode. The antenna array may transmit and the separate antenna may be inactive in a transmit mode. The separate antenna may receive and the antenna array may be inactive in a receive mode. The antenna array may receive and the separate antenna may transmit in a test mode. Alternatively, the antenna array may transmit and the separate antenna may receive in the test mode.

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