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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:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph Shapira, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/02 ;
Abstract
A novel base station for cellular wireless communications based on a modular structure is provided. The modular cellular wireless communication base station includes a plurality of active radiator modules (ARM's) located at a desired antenna location, a beam forming network controlling relative amplitudes and phases of each of the modules and an RF front end. Each module ( ) includes at least one antenna (ant) for transmitting and receiving, a transmitter having a power amplifier, and receiver.