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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2010
Chul Gyun Park, Gyunggi-do, KR;
Young Chai Ko, Seoul, KR;
Kyung Tae JO, Gyunggi-do, KR;
Joun Sup Park, Gyunggi-do, KR;
Chul Gyun Park, Gyunggi-do, KR;
Young Chai Ko, Seoul, KR;
Kyung Tae Jo, Gyunggi-do, KR;
Joun Sup Park, Gyunggi-do, KR;
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Gyunggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A beamforming apparatus for a multi-antenna system includes a phase control unit including a plurality of phase shifters which respectively control the phases of signals according to a preset phase weight vector; a signal combination unit combining the signals outputted from the plurality of phase shifters; a frequency down converter down-converting the combined signal outputted from the signal combination unit into a baseband signal; an analog/digital (A/D) converter converting the baseband signal into a digital signal; and a radio frequency (RF) beamforming control unit providing a plurality of preset phase weight vectors to the phase control unit according to a preset application sequence, deciding a maximum signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) among a plurality of SNRs corresponding to the applied phase weight vectors by using the digital signal outputted from the A/D converter, and controlling the beamforming of the phase control unit by using the maximum SNR.