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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2006
Ilya Alexander Korisch, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Robert Atmaram Soni, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Kam H. Wu, Randolph, NJ (US);
Ilya Alexander Korisch, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Robert Atmaram Soni, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Kam H. Wu, Randolph, NJ (US);
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
An antenna array includes four closely spaced, linearly arranged antenna columns. At least two of the columns, e.g., the center two columns, are dual-polarized. Spacing between neighboring columns is about ½λ, where λ is the free space wavelength at the network carrier frequency. Each column includes a first vertical linear array of radiating elements or groups of elements (sub-arrays) connected to a port. The dual-polarized columns each further include a second linear array of radiating elements oriented at a different polarization than the first array. (For example, horizontal/vertical or slant 45°.) Array ports are connected with four RF feed cables using duplexers in such a way so as to provide two different antenna configurations for forward link and reverse link frequencies, namely, a four-column closely spaced beam-forming array at the forward link and a two-column dual-polarized array at the reverse link for 4-branch diversity reception.