Commscope Technologies LLC

Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC

Junfeng Yu

Xiaohua Tian

Peter John Bisiules

Yuemin Li

ZhaoHui Liu

Jian Liu

Samantha Merta

Shanguang Zhang

Xiang Li

Bo Wu

Yongjie Xu

Long Shan

Dongmin Wang

Yabing Liu

Hangsheng Wen

Haifeng Li

Puliang Tang

Yan Wang

Guomin Ding

XiaoHua Hou

Mohammad Vatankhah Varnoosfaderani

Sean Gregory Thomas

Ruixin Su

Qiang Wang

Maosheng Liu

GuoLong Xu

Chongli Yang

YueMin Li

Haifei Qin

Haidan Tang

Xiaoan Fu

Martin Lee Zimmerman

Xun Zhang

Amit Kaistha

PuLiang Tang

Chen Chen

Nengbin Liu

Yunzhe Li

Peng Xiao

Jinchun He

Chao Wu

Hong Ye

Rongrong Zhang

Jun Sun

Muhammed Ameer P

Jin Xu

Huafeng Su

Yingin Shao

Jiaping Xu

Qingyun Chen

Lei Ju

Jianbo Yuan

Zunbiao Ge

Zelun Long

Chaohui Liu

An apparatus includes a housing comprising a first ground plane surface and a second ground plane surface and a wiper-type phase shifter within the housing that is electrically coupled to a first plurality of conductive lines and a second plurality of conductive lines, the wiper-type phase shifter, the first plurality of conductive lines, and the second plurality of conductive lines being separated from the first ground plane surface and the second ground plane surface by a dielectric material.

Stripline wiper-type phase shifter for a base station antenna

Base station antennas include an externally accessible active antenna module releasably coupled to a recessed segment that is over a chamber in the base station antenna and that is longitudinally and laterally extending along and across a rear of a base station antenna housing. The base station antenna housing has a passive antenna assembly that cooperates with the active antenna module.

Base station antennas having an active antenna module and related devices and methods

Base station antennas include an externally accessible active antenna module releasably coupled to a rear of the housing using a field installable mounting system/kit with a mounting frame and active antenna module mounting brackets. The base station antenna housing has a passive antenna assembly that cooperates with the active antenna module.

Base station antennas having an active antenna module(s) and related mounting systems and methods

The present application relates to an antenna assembly for a base station antenna, a base station antenna arrangement and a base station antenna. The antenna assembly has a reflector, which has a longitudinal extent, a front side and a rear side opposite the front side, where the front side is configured for radiating elements to be arranged thereon, wherein, the reflector has a first longitudinal section residing in a first plane and a second longitudinal section residing in a second plane that is adjacent to the first longitudinal section, where the first plane is rearward of the second plane. The properties of the base station antenna arrangement and the base station antenna may be improved through the antenna assembly.

Base station antenna arrangement, base station antenna and antenna assembly for base station antenna

The present disclosure relates to a transmission mechanism for a base station antenna, and a base station antenna including the transmission mechanism. The transmission mechanism comprises: a worm gear unit, which is arranged on the first side of the reflector of the base station antenna and includes a worm driven by a motor and a worm gear meshed with the worm; a bevel gear pair unit, which is arranged on the second side of the reflection plate opposite to the first side and includes a first bevel gear and a second bevel gear meshed with each other, wherein the first bevel gear and the worm gear are coaxially installed on a first drive shaft; and at least one rack-and-pinion unit arranged on the second side of the reflection plate, wherein each rack-and-pinion unit includes a third gear and a rack element meshed with each other, all the third gears and the second bevel gears of the at least one rack-and-pinion unit are coaxially installed on a second drive shaft, and each rack element is fixed on the connecting rod of the phase shifter of the base station antenna for driving the connecting rod to move longitudinally. The transmission mechanism not only occupies a small total volume, but can also be installed in different spaces dispersedly, so that it can better adapt to the trend that the inner space of the base station antenna is getting smaller and more dispersed.

Transmission mechanism for base station antenna and base station antenna

Base station antennas, and components for base station antennas, such as reflectors, feeder components, frames, and column components. A base station antenna may include a reflector; a first radiator located at the front side of the reflector; mutually parallel first and second ground plates extending backward from the reflector and basically perpendicular to the reflector; and a first conductor strip extending between the first and second ground plates and configured to feed power to the first radiator. The first conductor strip and the first and second ground plates may be configured as a first stripline transmission line. The reflector and the first and second ground plates may be configured as one piece so that the reflector is grounded via the first and second ground plates without soldering.

Base station antenna, feeder component and frame component

The present disclosure is directed to a mounting bracket adapted for adjusting the downtilt of an antenna. The mounting bracket includes a first member and a second member. The first member is coupled to the second member at one end via a first pair of securing features and is coupled to an antenna mounting bracket at an opposing end via a second pair of securing features. The first member is configured to rotate about the first and second pairs of securing features relative to the second member and antenna mounting bracket, respectively. The second member includes two slots on opposing sides that extend longitudinally along a length of the second member in a vertical direction, each of the first pair of securing features extends through and is configured to slide within a respective slot such that, when an antenna is secured to the antenna mounting bracket, sliding the first pair of securing features in a first direction increases an angle of downtilt for the antenna and sliding the first pair of securing features in a second direction decreases the angle of downtilt for the antenna. The second member is configured to be secured to a mounting structure. Other adjustable downtilt antenna mounting brackets and related assemblies are described herein.

Adjustable downtilt antenna mounting brackets and related assemblies

A radiator assembly for a base station antenna includes two dipoles arranged in a cross-over manner, each dipole including two dipole arms, and two feeding lines, each feeding line being associated with a respective one of the dipoles. Each dipole arm is integrally formed of sheet metal, and includes a radiating surface and a leg projecting from the radiating surface at an angle with the radiating surface, where the leg is electrically grounded.

Radiator assembly for base station antenna and base station antenna

The present disclosure relates to a phase shifter assembly and a base station antenna, wherein the phase shifter assembly includes: a first printed circuit board; a first wiper arm, which is rotatably coupled to the first printed circuit board; a second printed circuit board; and a second wiper arm, which is rotatably coupled to the second printed circuit board; wherein the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board are arranged at a non-zero angle.

Phase shifter assembly and base station antenna

A phase shifter assembly, suitable for a base station antenna, includes a main printed circuit board with opposing first and second primary sides. The main printed circuit board has a plurality of radio frequency (RF) transmission paths on the first primary side and a plurality of RF transmission paths on the second primary side. The phase shifter assembly also includes a first wiper arm rotatably coupled to the main printed circuit board and electrically coupled to the plurality of transmission paths on the first primary side of the main printed circuit board; and a second wiper arm rotatably coupled to the main printed circuit board and electrically coupled to the plurality of transmission paths on the second primary side of the main printed circuit board. Rearwardly extending phase shifter assemblies that are oriented perpendicular to a plane defined by a reflector within a base station antenna are also provided.

Base station antennas having double-sided phase shifters and/or rearwardly extending phase shifters and associated phase shifter assemblies

The present disclosure has disclosed an antenna mounting device configured to collectively mount a plurality of base station antennas on a mast of a communication tower. The antenna mounting device is substantially in the shape of a polygon, and the mast is disposed at a center of the polygon. The antenna mounting device comprises: a plurality of brackets, which are elongated and include a head bracket, at least one intermediate bracket and a tail bracket attached sequentially; and a bracket fastening mechanism which is disposed between two adjacent ends of the head bracket and an adjacent intermediate bracket, or disposed between two adjacent ends of the adjacent intermediate brackets, or disposed between two adjacent ends of the tail bracket and the adjacent intermediate bracket, and which is configured to move two adjacent ends of the adjacent brackets from a position away from each other to a position close to each other. The antenna mounting device according to the present invention is capable of mounting a plurality of base station antennas on a mast by surrounding the mast in a compact manner, thereby realizing a small-form factor mounting structure.

Antenna mounting device

The present disclosure relates to a switchable transmission mechanism for a base station antenna. The switchable transmission mechanism includes a plurality of axially drivable members, each of which is mounted on a corresponding one of a plurality of transmission rods arranged in parallel and is configured to be connected with a corresponding one of a plurality of phase shifters in the base station antenna; a transmission unit including a first gear assembly and a second gear assembly transmissibly connected to the first gear assembly, where the second gear assembly is engageable with or dis-engageable from any one of the transmission rods via a rod adapter that is movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position along an axial direction; and a switch unit configured to move the second gear assembly along a lateral direction perpendicular to the axial direction when the second gear assembly is disengaged from the transmission rod, so that the switchable transmission mechanism can selectively drive any one of the transmission rods.

Switchable transmission mechanism including gear assemblies axially engageable/disengageable with a respective transmission rod

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Suzhou, China

Junfeng Yu