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Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 27, 2021
Applicant:

Skyworks Solutions, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);

Inventor:

Stephen Joseph Kovacic, Newport Beach, CA (US);

Assignee:

Skyworks Solutions, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H04B 1/04 (2006.01); H04B 7/0456 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0604 (2013.01); H01Q 21/065 (2013.01); H04B 1/04 (2013.01); H04B 7/0469 (2013.01); H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04B 7/0686 (2013.01); H04B 2001/0416 (2013.01);
Abstract

Beamforming communication systems with crossbar switches are provided herein. In certain embodiments, a beamforming communication system includes an antenna array partitioned into a plurality of sub-arrays, a plurality of front-end channels each operatively associated with one of the sub-arrays, a plurality of data conversion channels, and a crossbar switch electrically connected between the data conversion channels and the front-end channels. Including the crossbar switch allows for a flexible allocation of the data conversion channels to the front-end channels and subsequently to each individual antenna element in the array.


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