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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2021
Commscope Technologies Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Mikko Junttila, Oulu, FI;
CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A base station antenna includes a first column of radiating elements containing a first plurality of physical rows of radiating elements, which are collectively operable as a first logical row of radiating elements responsive to a first radio frequency signal (RF), and (ii) a second plurality of physical rows of radiating elements, which are collectively operable as a second logical row of radiating elements responsive to a second radio frequency signal (RF). The radiating elements within both the first column and the first logical row include a first plurality of radiating elements responsive to RF, and a second plurality of radiating elements responsive to a phase delayed version of RFgenerated by a first adjustable phase shifter. A radio frequency (RF) signal generator is provided to adjust a phase of RFrelative to a phase of RF, in-sync with a change in a phase delay (and static electric tilt) provided by the first adjustable phase shifter. This in-sync adjustment may support an improvement antenna beam characteristics, including suppression of undesired side-lobes.