Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (publ)

Andrew McNair

Neil McGowan

Chunyun Jian

Martin Da Silveira

Francis Marion

Martin Ethier

Weigang Zeng

Zhen Hong Wang

Richard Wang

Yufeng Xu

According to one aspect, an integrated antenna and filter unit, IAFU, is provided. The IAFU includes a filter portion including at least one filter configured to filter RF signals to generate filtered RF signals and a plurality of filter pins configured to output filtered RF signals, and an antenna portion securable to the filter portion where the antenna portion includes a PCB including a plurality of conductor traces each mateable with a corresponding one of the plurality of filter pins to electrically couple the plurality of filter pins directly to corresponding ones of the plurality of conductor traces on the PCB, and a plurality of antennas securable to the PCB where the plurality of antennas are electrically coupled to the plurality of conductor traces.

Integrated antenna and filter unit (IAFU) for 5th generation advanced antenna system (AAS) systems

An apparatus for providing a connector for a microwave filter port is disclosed. According to one aspect, a subassembly includes a connector having a connector pin, a connector seat having a pass through conduit with a first opening for receiving the connector with the connector pin and a second opening at an opposite end of the pass through conduit, the connector pin protruding from the second opening when the connector is mounted to the connector seat. The subassembly further includes a coupling conductor soldered to the connector pin, where the coupling conductor is configured to be soldered to the connector pin before insertion of the subassembly into a channel of the microwave filter port.

Microwave filter port subassembly comprising a connector with a pin attached to a connector seat which turns within a chassis

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Andrew McNair