The present invention relates to base station antennas having remote electronic tilt capabilities. Actuators for multiple phase shifters are described herein. An actuator may include a motor, a linkage drive system including a plurality of drive mechanisms for driving mechanical linkages of multiple phase shifters, a linkage selection system that is configured to selectively connect the motor to a selected one of the drive mechanisms of the linkage drive system. The linkage selection system may include a support seat, a carrier disposed on the support seat, and a movement transmission mechanism.

A base station antenna includes a remote electronic tilt (“RET”) actuator, a phase shifter having a moveable element and a mechanical linkage extending between the RET actuator and the phase shifter. The mechanical linkage includes a RET rod. An adjustable RET rod support includes a base member and an adjustable member, the adjustable member has a RET rod holder and is movably mounted to the base member.

A base station antenna includes a remote electronic tilt (RET) actuator, a phase shifter having a moveable element and a mechanical linkage extending between the RET actuator and the phase shifter. The mechanical linkage includes a RET rod. An adjustable RET rod support includes a base member and an adjustable member, the adjustable member has a RET rod holder and is movably mounted to the base member.

The present invention relates to base station antennas having remote electronic tilt capabilities. Actuators for multiple phase shifters are described herein. An actuator may include a motor, a linkage drive system including a plurality of drive mechanisms for driving mechanical linkages of multiple phase shifters, a linkage selection system that is configured to selectively connect the motor to a selected one of the drive mechanisms of the linkage drive system. The linkage selection system may include a support seat, a carrier disposed on the support seat, and a movement transmission mechanism.

An elastic wave device includes a supporting substrate, an acoustic reflection layer disposed on the supporting substrate, a piezoelectric layer disposed on the acoustic reflection layer, and an interdigital transducer electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer. The acoustic reflection layer includes three or more low acoustic impedance layers and two or more high acoustic impedance layers. A film thickness of the low acoustic impedance layer closest to the piezoelectric layer is larger than a film thickness of the low acoustic impedance layer closest to the low acoustic impedance layer that is closest to the piezoelectric layer.

An acoustically-transmissive structure with a three-dimensional distribution of subwavelength acoustic refractive indices to diffractively concentrate acoustic waves incident on an effective aperture of the structure from a range of incidence directions between a minimum acceptance angle and a maximum acceptance angle to a smaller effective aperture. In a specific embodiment, an acoustic system may include a plurality of electroacoustic transducers and an acoustic structure having a first, larger effective aperture with a three-dimensional distribution of acoustic refractive indices. The acoustic structure diffractively concentrates acoustic waves received at a first set of angles of incidence to a first electroacoustic transducer and diffractively concentrates acoustic waves received at a second set of angles of incidence to a second electroacoustic transducer. The effective apertures of each of the first and second electroacoustic transducers has a smaller effective aperture relative to the larger effective aperture of the acoustic structure.

An elastic wave device includes a supporting substrate, an acoustic reflection layer disposed on the supporting substrate, a piezoelectric layer disposed on the acoustic reflection layer, and an interdigital transducer electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer. The acoustic reflection layer includes three or more low acoustic impedance layers and two or more high acoustic impedance layers. A film thickness of the low acoustic impedance layer closest to the piezoelectric layer is larger than a film thickness of the low acoustic impedance layer closest to the low acoustic impedance layer that is closest to the piezoelectric layer.

A filtenna using micro-acoustic resonators is provided. One example filtenna generally includes an antenna configured to have a first resonance frequency associated with electromagnetic oscillations of the antenna and one or more acoustic resonators coupled to the antenna, a first acoustic resonator in the one or more acoustic resonators configured to have a second resonance frequency associated with acoustic oscillations of the first acoustic resonator. The filtenna is configured to have a filter transfer function based at least in part on the first resonance frequency of the antenna and the second resonance frequency of the first acoustic resonator.