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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
May. 16, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Ericsson Ab, Stockholm, SE;
Daniel J. Friedman, Sleepy Hollow, NY (US);
Joakim Hallin, Askim, SE;
Yahya Mesgarpour Tousi, White Plains, NY (US);
Örjan Renström, Stockholm, SE;
Leonard Rexberg, Stockholm, SE;
Scott K. Reynolds, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Bodhisatwa Sadhu, Fishkill, NY (US);
Stefan Sahl, Solna, SE;
Jan-Erik Thillberg, Stockholm, SE;
Alberto Valdes Garcia, Chappaqua, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system of a configurable phased array transceiver are provided. A first beamforming unit is configured to provide a first beam. A second beamforming unit is configured to provide a second beam. A first bi-directional power controller is configured to combine or to split the first beam and the second beam. Each beamforming unit comprises a plurality of radio frequency (RF) front-ends, each front-end being configured to transmit and receive RF signals. Each beam is independently configurable to operate in a transmit (TX) or a receive (RX) mode.