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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2008
Sung-tae Choi, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Jung-han Choi, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Young-hwan Kim, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Dong-hyun Lee, Seongnam-Si, KR;
Hong-yi Kim, Daejeon-Si, KR;
Ki-chan Eun, Daejeon-Si, KR;
Chul-soon Park, Seoul, KR;
Sung-Tae Choi, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Jung-Han Choi, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Young-Hwan Kim, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Dong-Hyun Lee, Seongnam-Si, KR;
Hong-Yi Kim, Daejeon-Si, KR;
Ki-Chan Eun, Daejeon-Si, KR;
Chul-Soon Park, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed are a beamformer and a beamforming method. The beamformer includes a plurality of dividers, each of which divides an input signal along a plurality of paths, an input switch which selects one of the dividers such that the input signal is input to the selected divider, a phase shifter which shifts phases of respective output signals from the divider, and an output switch which transmits the output signals from the phase shifter to an antenna.