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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2020
Applicant:
Commscope Technologies Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Inventors:
XiaoHua Hou, Richardson, TX (US);
Chengcheng Tang, Murphy, TX (US);
Xiangyang Ai, Plano, TX (US);
Peter J. Bisiules, LaGrange Park, IL (US);
Mohammad Vatankhah Varnoosfaderani, Richardson, TX (US);
Assignee:
CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 5/307 (2015.01); H01Q 3/30 (2006.01); H01Q 21/26 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H01Q 5/42 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/246 (2013.01); H01Q 3/30 (2013.01); H01Q 5/307 (2015.01); H01Q 5/42 (2015.01); H01Q 21/061 (2013.01); H01Q 21/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
Base station antennas are provided herein. A base station antenna includes a multiband beam-former array having a plurality of vertical columns of radiating elements. In some embodiments, at least two of the vertical columns are commonly fed for a first frequency band of the multiband beam-former array that is lower than a second frequency band of the multiband beam-former array. Related methods of operation are also provided.