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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2022
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Mohsen Farmahini Farahani, Encinitas, CA (US);
Lida Akhoondzadehasl, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Allen Minh-Triet Tran, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure related to devices, wireless communication apparatuses, methods, and other aspects of passive multiple input multiple output. In some aspects, an apparatus is provided that includes a first radio frequency (RF) transmission line having a first terminated with a quarter wavelength grounded transmission line, and a first array of antennas including a plurality of antenna elements. The apparatus also includes a switch array including a corresponding switch for each antenna element of the plurality of antenna elements of the first array of antennas, to selectively connect each antenna element to the first RF transmission line, and path lengths selectable by the switches at half wavelength distances for passive transmission. The apparatus also includes or more lens elements configured to modify wireless inputs signals to the first array of antennas and to modify wireless output signals from the first array of antennas.