WiFi antenna system and method of operation
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a WiFi amplifier;
a transmission (TX) antenna connector on the amplifier adapted to connect to a TX antenna for transmitting radio frequency (RF) signals to a WiFi device; and
a separate reception (RX) antenna connector on the amplifier adapted to connect to a separate RX antenna for receiving RF signals from a WiFi device.
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Abstract
A WiFi antenna system includes a WiFi amplifier having a reception antenna and a separate transmission antenna for respectively receiving from and transmitting to WiFi devices such as laptop computers and the like. A logic circuit controls transmission and reception of signals via the antennas. Preferably, a splitter-combiner splits signals from a local area network (LAN) and a signal level comparator determines whether the LAN signals are transmission signals which should be transmitted via the transmission antenna. If so, the logic circuit controls the power levels of the two antennas to that effect. Preferably, the transmission antenna is normally at a standby power level while the reception antenna is at a high gain operational power level. If a signal is to be transmitted via the transmission antenna, the logic circuit increases the transmission power level to a maximum allowable and decreases the reception power level to a standby level.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a WiFi amplifier; a transmission (TX) antenna connector on the amplifier adapted to connect to a TX antenna for transmitting radio frequency (RF) signals to a WiFi device; and a separate reception (RX) antenna connector on the amplifier adapted to connect to a separate RX antenna for receiving RF signals from a WiFi device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting RF signals at a first gain with a TX antenna of a WiFi amplifier; and receiving RF signals at a second gain different than the first gain with a separate RX antenna of the WiFi amplifier.
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