Patent classifications
H01Q25/00
Antenna module and communication apparatus
An antenna module includes digital phase shifters, a plurality of antenna elements arranged in a first direction, and a fixed phase shifter. Each of the digital phase shifters changes a phase of a signal to a first phase value. The fixed phase shifter changes a phase of a signal to a second phase value, the second phase value being obtained by adding a predetermined offset phase value to the first phase value. A middle point of a virtual line is an antenna center and connects a center of an antenna element located on an end in the first direction and a center of an antenna element located on a different end. Under a symmetrical condition, an antenna center among the plurality of antenna elements are paired as an antenna element pair, the fixed phase shifter is electrically connected to at least one antenna element of the antenna element pair.
ANTENNA SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES
An antenna system for vehicles includes a first antenna attached in a vicinity of a windshield of a vehicle; and a second antenna attached in a vicinity of a rear glass of the vehicle, wherein the first antenna and the second antenna are configured to transmit and receive an electromagnetic wave in a predetermined frequency band F, and wherein defining a region A and a region B with respect to a vehicle center axis extending in a traveling direction of the vehicle, so as to bisect a vehicle width of the vehicle from a viewpoint in a direction normal to a horizontal plane, the first antenna is arranged in the region A, and the second antenna is arranged in the region B.
Broadband Satellite Communication System using Optical Feeder Links
Broadband satellite communications systems using optical feeder links are disclosed. Various optical modulation schemes are disclosed that can provide improved capacity for fixed spot beam, on board beamforming, and ground-based beamforming broadband satellite systems.
Radar systems
A radar system for air volume surveillance, the radar having a transmitter and receiver with separate antennas. The receiver aperture being relatively large compared with the transmitter aperture such that the receiving beam is narrower than the transmitting beam, which itself is relatively small compared with the volume to be surveyed. Multiple receiving beams can be configured so that collectively they substantially match the angular volume of the transmitting beam; and in which the transmitter is arranged, when operating, to transmit a signal with a duty cycle greater than fifty percent.
Radar systems
A radar system for air volume surveillance, the radar having a transmitter and receiver with separate antennas. The receiver aperture being relatively large compared with the transmitter aperture such that the receiving beam is narrower than the transmitting beam, which itself is relatively small compared with the volume to be surveyed. Multiple receiving beams can be configured so that collectively they substantially match the angular volume of the transmitting beam; and in which the transmitter is arranged, when operating, to transmit a signal with a duty cycle greater than fifty percent.
Fixed wireless access using orthogonal time frequency space modulation
A fixed wireless access system is implemented using orthogonal time frequency space multiplexing (OTFS). Data transmissions to/from different devices share transmission resources using—delay Doppler multiplexing, time-frequency multiplexing, multiplexing at stream and/or layer level, and angular multiplexing. Time-frequency multiplexing is achieved by dividing the time-frequency plan into subgrids, with the subsampled time frequency grid being used to carry the OTFS data. Antenna implementations include a hemispherical antenna with multiple antenna elements arranged in an array to achieve multiplexing.
Method and apparatus for beam steering and switching
Systems, methods, and apparatus for beam steering and switching are disclosed. In one or more examples, a method for operating a communication system comprises switching, at least one switch in a rearrangeable switch network, to control input levels to power amplifiers in a power distribution network. The method further comprises outputting, by the power amplifiers in the power distribution network, power to a plurality of antenna elements. Further, the method comprises steering and distributing power, by the antenna elements, in beams associated with each of the antenna elements according to a level of the power in each of the antenna elements.
Phased array antenna for use with low earth orbit satellite constellations
Examples disclosed herein relate to a phased array antenna system for use with a Low Earth Orbit (“LEO”) satellite constellation. The phased array antenna system has a plurality of antenna panels positioned in a dome and an antenna controller to control the plurality of antenna panels, the controller directing a first antenna panel to transmit a first signal and a second antenna panel to transmit a second signal to a LEO satellite, the first signal having a first phase and the second signal having a second phase different from the first phase.
Power wave transmission techniques to focus wirelessly delivered power at a receiving device
An example method performed by a wireless-power-transmitting device that includes an antenna array is provided. The method includes radiating electromagnetic waves that form a maximum power level at a first distance away from the antenna array. Moreover, a power level of the radiated electromagnetic waves decreases, relative to the maximum power level, by at least a predefined amount at a predefined radial distance away from the maximum power level. In some embodiments, the method also includes detecting a location of a wireless-power-receiving device, whereby the location of the wireless-power-receiving device is further from the antenna array than a location of the maximum power level.
Perpendicular Rotman phased array front end device
A radar system includes a transmit front end device including a transmit planar component, and a receive front end device including a receive planar component. Each of the transmit planar component and the receive planar component includes a first end, a second end, a cavity space and a linear array of antennas. The cavity space is bounded by beam ports along a first side of the cavity space and by array ports along a second side of the cavity space. The cavity space is in operative communication with the beam ports and with the array ports to form a Rotman lens. A linear array of antennas is located along the second end of the planar component. The transmit planar component and receive planar component are arranged such that the linear array of antennas of the transmit planar component and the linear array of antennas are perpendicular to one another.