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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 23, 2019
Applicant:

Ethertronics, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Laurent Desclos, San Diego, CA (US);

Abhishek Singh, San Diego, CA (US);

Jeffrey Shamblin, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

Ethertronics, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/28 (2013.01); H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A beam steering antenna system for external antenna configurations for fixed and mobile communication devices is described where one or multiple beam steering antennas are integrated into a single external enclosure and where multiple enclosures containing beam steering antennas are used with a single communication device. Where multiple external enclosures are used with a single communication system such as a WLAN access point the beam steering antenna system provides an electrical means of optimizing antenna system and communication link performance as compared to mechanical means such as antenna enclosure positioning or orientation. Radiation mode selection for 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz antennas integrated into an external enclosure on a WLAN access point allows for independent optimization of the antenna systems for the two frequency bands without requiring antenna movement or positioning. If the antenna enclosures are movable or capable of rotation the beam steering antennas can be optimized for enclosure orientation.


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