Patent classifications
H01Q3/08
REFLECTIVE SURFACE ANTENNA BASED ON TRIPLE TELESCOPIC ROD DRIVE AND QUASI-GEODESIC GRID STRUCTURE
This invention proposes a reflective surface antenna based on a triple telescopic rod drive and quasi-geodesic grid structure, including a supportive back frame, a reflective surface frame, a vertical connecting rod, a primary reflective surface, an auxiliary reflective surface, a radial support rod, a feed source, and an attitude control device. The supportive back frame and reflective surface frame have a paraboloidal truss structure. The primary reflective surface is fixed on the quasi-geodesic grid of the reflective surface; the auxiliary reflective surface is fixed at the focal point of the primary reflective surface; the feed source is fixed at the apex of the reflective surface; and the attitude control device includes a base and a telescopic rod.
Methods and apparatus for implementing an access point supporting multiple communications protocols
Access points can be mounted in a variety of locations or orientations and can support multiple communications protocols. In some embodiments, an access point includes a main housing and a front housing. The main and front housing are connected by a hinge. A Wi-Fi antenna is included in the front housing in some embodiments. The access point is configured for use in either an open or closed position. When mounted in a vertical position, the front housing can be lowered into a horizontal position, which facilitates a preferred orientation of an antenna with respect to the ground. A first set of cooling fins serves to maintain components of the access point offset from a wall to which the access point is mounted. This facilitates airflow. Additional fins act as a spacer between the main housing and the front housing when the access point is used in a closed position. This facilitates air flow around both sides of the main housing.
Methods and apparatus for implementing an access point supporting multiple communications protocols
Access points can be mounted in a variety of locations or orientations and can support multiple communications protocols. In some embodiments, an access point includes a main housing and a front housing. The main and front housing are connected by a hinge. A Wi-Fi antenna is included in the front housing in some embodiments. The access point is configured for use in either an open or closed position. When mounted in a vertical position, the front housing can be lowered into a horizontal position, which facilitates a preferred orientation of an antenna with respect to the ground. A first set of cooling fins serves to maintain components of the access point offset from a wall to which the access point is mounted. This facilitates airflow. Additional fins act as a spacer between the main housing and the front housing when the access point is used in a closed position. This facilitates air flow around both sides of the main housing.
Multi-band, dual-polarization reflector antenna
An antenna includes a reflector and a waveguide assembly. The waveguide assembly includes a feed assembly and a support member that extends from behind the reflector to orient the feed assembly for direct illumination of the reflector. The waveguide assembly includes a first waveguide coupled to a first portion of a common waveguide, a second waveguide coupled to a second portion of the common waveguide, and a septum layer that includes a septum polarizer coupled between the common waveguide and the first and second waveguides.
WI-FI ANTENNA DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE HAVING THE SAME
A Wi-Fi antenna device is disclosed. The Wi-Fi antenna device comprises a ground plane, a plurality of first inverted-F antennas, a plurality of second inverted-F antennas and a plurality of third inverted-F antennas, thereby being capable of transceiving multi-band wireless signals. Particularly, there is an included angle between any two of the first inverted-F antennas. In the same way, any two of the second inverted-F antennas and any two of the third inverted-F antennas are both arranged to have said included angle therebetween. By such an arrangement, an omni radiation pattern can be measured on X-Y plane, X-Z plane and Y-Z plane in case of this novel Wi-Fi antenna device being applied in an environment. Therefore, the Wi-Fi antenna device according to the present invention has a significant potential for replacing the conventional multi-band antenna so as to be applied in a Wi-Fi router.
Radio frequency signal boosters for providing indoor coverage of high frequency cellular networks
Radio frequency signal boosters for high frequency cellular communications are provided herein. In certain embodiments, a signal booster system for providing high frequency wireless signal reception of a 5G network inside a building is provided. The signal booster system includes one or more auxiliary signal boosters for extending coverage within rooms of the building. For example, an auxiliary signal booster can include a donor unit located in a first room and having a base station antenna and booster circuitry integrated therewith. The auxiliary signal booster further includes a server unit located in a second room and having a having a mobile station antenna integrated therewith. The donor unit and the server unit are connected by a short cable.
Control device
The present disclosure obtains a correction value that corrects measurement angle error signals more accurately than conventional methods even in a case where a radio wave signal-to-noise ratio is low, and thus tracks a communication counterpart more accurately than the conventional methods. The present disclosure includes a program controller 28 that generates a command value of an orientation direction of an antenna 1 and outputs the generated command value to an antenna drive controller 27, the command value being changed in accordance with a predetermined change scenario 54; a correction value calculator 32 that calculates a phase correction value γ, based on at least three pieces of error measurement data 55 including (i) an arrival direction error obtained from a sum signal and a difference signal of reception signals, the arrival direction error representing a difference between the orientation direction and an arrival direction being a direction from which the radio waves come and arrive and (ii) an orientation direction actual measurement value being an actual measurement value of the orientation direction when the arrival direction error is obtained, the phase correction value γ being an angle by which the arrival direction error is rotated; and a tracking controller 33 that outputs, to the antenna drive controller 27, as the command value, a value obtained by adding the arrival direction error corrected based on the phase correction value γ to the orientation direction actual measurement value.
Control device
The present disclosure obtains a correction value that corrects measurement angle error signals more accurately than conventional methods even in a case where a radio wave signal-to-noise ratio is low, and thus tracks a communication counterpart more accurately than the conventional methods. The present disclosure includes a program controller 28 that generates a command value of an orientation direction of an antenna 1 and outputs the generated command value to an antenna drive controller 27, the command value being changed in accordance with a predetermined change scenario 54; a correction value calculator 32 that calculates a phase correction value γ, based on at least three pieces of error measurement data 55 including (i) an arrival direction error obtained from a sum signal and a difference signal of reception signals, the arrival direction error representing a difference between the orientation direction and an arrival direction being a direction from which the radio waves come and arrive and (ii) an orientation direction actual measurement value being an actual measurement value of the orientation direction when the arrival direction error is obtained, the phase correction value γ being an angle by which the arrival direction error is rotated; and a tracking controller 33 that outputs, to the antenna drive controller 27, as the command value, a value obtained by adding the arrival direction error corrected based on the phase correction value γ to the orientation direction actual measurement value.
Tactical support structure for tracking spherical satellite antenna
An inflatable tracking antenna assembly may include an inflatable antenna. The inflatable antenna may be configurable in a packed configuration and a deployed configuration. In the deployed configuration the inflatable antenna may be generally spherical in shape. The assembly may include an antenna support structure. The support structure may include a plurality of support arms that couple with lateral sides of the inflatable antenna. The support structure may include a base that is coupled with each of the plurality of support arms. The base may include an azimuth actuator that adjusts an azimuth position of the inflatable antenna and an elevation actuator that adjusts an elevation angle of the inflatable antenna. The support structure may include a plurality of support legs that extend outward from the base.
Tactical support structure for tracking spherical satellite antenna
An inflatable tracking antenna assembly may include an inflatable antenna. The inflatable antenna may be configurable in a packed configuration and a deployed configuration. In the deployed configuration the inflatable antenna may be generally spherical in shape. The assembly may include an antenna support structure. The support structure may include a plurality of support arms that couple with lateral sides of the inflatable antenna. The support structure may include a base that is coupled with each of the plurality of support arms. The base may include an azimuth actuator that adjusts an azimuth position of the inflatable antenna and an elevation actuator that adjusts an elevation angle of the inflatable antenna. The support structure may include a plurality of support legs that extend outward from the base.