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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:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
May. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Infineon Technologies Ag, Neubiberg, DE;
Inventors:
Marc Tiebout, Finkenstein, AT;
Andrew Stonehouse, Edinburgh, GB;
Michele Caruso, Villach, AT;
Angus McLachlan, Edinburgh, GB;
Alan Harvey, Saline, GB;
William MacIsaac, Crossford, GB;
Johann Wuertele, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG, Neubiberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 27/00 (2006.01); H03C 3/00 (2006.01); H01Q 3/26 (2006.01); H01Q 3/36 (2006.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H04B 7/02 (2018.01); H04B 7/0413 (2017.01); H04B 7/04 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/2682 (2013.01); H01Q 3/36 (2013.01); H04B 7/02 (2013.01); H04B 7/04 (2013.01); H04B 7/0413 (2013.01); H04B 7/086 (2013.01); H04B 7/0897 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment a beamforming circuit having a radio frequency (RF) front end and a plurality of beamforming delay circuits coupled to the RF front end. Each of the plurality of beamforming delay circuits includes a common delay circuit and a plurality of individual delay circuits coupled to the common delay circuit. Each of the individual delay circuits are configured to be coupled to an antenna element of a beamforming array.