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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2021
Applicant:
Communication Components Antenna Inc., Kanata, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Communication Components Antenna Inc., Kanata, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/40 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H01P 5/18 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 21/08 (2006.01); H01Q 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/40 (2013.01); H01P 5/185 (2013.01); H01Q 1/246 (2013.01); H01Q 21/061 (2013.01); H01Q 21/062 (2013.01); H01Q 21/08 (2013.01); H01Q 25/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
An antenna array with control circuitry placed at a front of the antenna array and between the antenna elements. By locating the azimuth beamforming network control circuitry on the front of the array and between antenna elements, the antenna elements and the other components can be coupled to the control circuitry without using cables. This leads to a reduction in the number of cable connections and to a reduction in size and weight of the resulting antenna array. The ABFN control circuitry is also used to control the beams formed from each row and not from each column as is usually done.