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Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021

Filed:

May. 03, 2017
Applicant:

Commscope Technologies Llc, Hickory, NC (US);

Inventors:

Louis John Meyer, Shady Shores, TX (US);

Scott Lynn Michaelis, Plano, TX (US);

Ray K. Butler, Allen, TX (US);

Assignee:

CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/00 (2006.01); H01Q 1/00 (2006.01); H01Q 3/26 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 3/06 (2006.01); H01Q 1/12 (2006.01); H01Q 3/32 (2006.01); H01Q 3/36 (2006.01); H01Q 21/22 (2006.01); H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/005 (2013.01); H01Q 1/005 (2013.01); H01Q 1/125 (2013.01); H01Q 1/1228 (2013.01); H01Q 1/1242 (2013.01); H01Q 1/246 (2013.01); H01Q 3/06 (2013.01); H01Q 3/26 (2013.01); H01Q 3/32 (2013.01); H01Q 3/36 (2013.01); H01Q 21/22 (2013.01); H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

An antenna with adjustable tilt angle includes: a mounting structure; an antenna mount fixed to the mounting structure; an antenna mounted to the antenna mount, the antenna configured to produce an antenna beam; a remote electrical tilt (RET) unit operatively associated with the antenna to adjust a pointing tilt angle of the antenna beam; a tilt pointing direction sensor mounted to the antenna, the pointing direction tilt sensor configured to detect the a pointing angle of the antenna relative to a baseline standard; and a controller operatively connected with the RET unit and the pointing direction tilt sensor, the controller configured to receive signals from the pointing direction tilt sensor and transmit signals to the RET unit to adjust the tilt pointing angle of the antenna beam based on the detected angle of the antenna.


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