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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Christopher T. Schiller, Redding, CA (US);
Inventor:
Christopher T. Schiller, Redding, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H01Q 3/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes implementing a coupled Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) array with a number of VCOs, and mixing Local Oscillator (LO) signals generated through the number of VCOs of the coupled VCO array with signals from antenna elements of an antenna array to introduce differential phase shifts in signal paths coupled to the antenna elements during performing beamforming with the antenna array. The method also includes accommodating differential coupling between the VCOs to improve immunity to noise and/or interference during the beamforming compared to the VCOs accommodating single-ended coupling therebetween.