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Systems and methods for beam direction by switching sources

  • US 10,270,164 B2
  • Filed: 06/28/2016
  • Issued: 04/23/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for directing millimeter-wave beams, comprising:

  • determining a direction via which a millimeter-wave beam is to be transmitted;

    identifying, out of a plurality of millimeter-wave antennas placed at different locations on a focal surface of a millimeter-wave focusing element, a first millimeter-wave antenna which is placed at a specific one of the locations from which the millimeter-wave beam would be focused by the focusing element toward said direction determined; and

    generating, by a first radio-frequency-integrated-circuit located in close proximity to said first millimeter-wave antenna, a millimeter-wave signal which is delivered to said first millimeter-wave antenna, thereby transmitting said millimeter-wave beam toward said direction, in which said close proximity is a distance of under 5 wavelengths of the millimeter-wave signal;

    wherein said first radio-frequency-integrated-circuit is associated with said first millimeter-wave antenna and with a second millimeter-wave antenna, and said first and second millimeter-wave antennas are located in close proximity to said first radio-frequency-integrated-circuit, and the method further comprising;

    determining a second direction via which a millimeter-wave beam is to be transmitted;

    identifying, out of the plurality of millimeter-wave antennas placed at different locations on the focal surface of the millimeter-wave focusing element, said second millimeter-wave antenna which is placed at another specific one of the locations from which the millimeter-wave beam would be focused by the focusing element toward said second direction; and

    generating, by said first radio-frequency-integrated-circuit located in close proximity to said second millimeter-wave antenna, a millimeter-wave signal which is delivered to said second millimeter-wave antenna, thereby transmitting said millimeter-wave beam toward said second direction.

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