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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2016
Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Andrew Mark Wurtenberger, Olathe, KS (US);
Chaitanya Chukka, Overland Park, KS (US);
Patrick Jacob Schmidt, Basehor, KS (US);
Matthew Masters, Greenfield, IN (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to methods and systems for adjusting the vertical beam width of an imbalanced antenna. In one embodiment, first and second antenna arrays are imbalanced because one of the arrays has at least one more radiating element than the other. The additional gain created by additional radiating element(s) distorts the beam and alters the coverage area of the corresponding array, in embodiments. The tilt of the array having at least one more additional radiating element(s) is modified using phase shifting technology and based on the tilt of the array having fewer elements. By modifying tilt of the array having at least one more additional radiating element(s), the upper 3 dB points of the first and second array may be aligned to correct for the distorted beam and altered coverage area between the first and second arrays.