DATA PROCESSING DEVICE WITH BEAM STEERING AND/OR FORMING ANTENNAS

• US 20090143038A1
• Filed: 11/18/2008
• Published: 06/04/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: SAITO, Shin
• Granted Patent: US 8,126,417 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/272
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/007 specially adapted for indoor communication
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 13/106 Microstrip slot antennas patch antenna elements H01Q9/0407
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 13/16 Folded slot antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/064 using horn or slot aerials slotted waveguides arrays H01Q21/005
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/205 providing an omnidirectional coverage turnstile aerials H01Q21/26
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/28 Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting antenna units or systems multiple beam H01Q25/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 25/00 Antennas or antenna systems providing at least two radiating patterns arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern H01Q3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 3/24 varying the orientation by switching energy from one active radiating element to another, e.g. for beam switching
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 3/30 varying the relative phase between the radiating elements of an array H01Q3/2605, H01Q3/2658, H01Q3/2682, H01Q3/44 take precedence

Abstract

The present invention relates to a data processing device data processing device (1; 1′) for processing signals received via a wireless link, comprising a first beam steering and/or forming antenna (5) arranged on said data processing device (1; 1′) adapted to receive data via said wireless link, a second beam steering and/or forming antenna (6) arranged on said data processing device (1; 1′) in an angle to said first beam steering and/or forming antenna (5), said second beam steering and/or forming antenna (6) adapted to receive data via said wireless link, and processing means (10) adapted to process signals received by said first (5) and said second (6) beam steering and/or forming antenna. The present invention further relates to a similar data processing device adapted to transmit signals via beam steering and/or forming antennas.

Claims

1. Data processing device (1;

1′

) for processing signals received via a wireless link, comprising

a first beam steering and/or forming antenna (5) arranged on said data processing device (1;

1′

) adapted to receive data via said wireless link,

a second beam steering and/or forming antenna (6) arranged on said data processing device (1;

1′

) in an angle to said first beam steering and/or forming antenna (5), said second beam steering and/or forming antenna (6) adapted to receive data via said wireless link, and

processing means (10) adapted to process signals received by said first (5) and said second (6) beam steering and/or forming antenna.

3. Data processing device (1;

1′

) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said first (5) and said second (6) beam steering and/or forming antenna are arranged perpendicular to each other.

4. Data processing device (1;

1′

) according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said processing means (10) is located next to the first (5) and the second (6) beam steering and/or forming antenna.

5. Data processing device (1;

1′

) according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said processing means (10) is located next to the first beam steering and/or forming antenna (5) and said second beam steering and/or forming antenna (6) is connected to said processing means by means of a waveguide.

6. Data processing device according to claim 1, 2 or 3, comprising a third beam steering and/or forming antenna (7), wherein said processing means (10) is located next to the first (5) and the second (6) beam steering and/or forming antenna and said third beam steering and/or forming antenna (7) is connected to said processing means by means of a waveguide (16).

7. Data processing device (1;

1′

) according to claim 5 or 6, wherein said waveguide is a substrate integrated waveguide.

8. Data processing device (1;

1′

) according to one of the claims 1 to 7, wherein

said beam steering and/or forming antennas (5, 6, 7) are phased array antenna respectively comprising two or more antenna elements (8) arranged in the same plane, wherein the planes of at least said first beam steering and/or forming antenna (5) and said second beam steering and/or forming antenna (6) are arranged in an angle with each other.

9. Data processing device (1;

1′

) according to one of the claims 1 to 8, comprising a beam steering control means (15) for steering the beams of said beam steering and/or forming antennas.

10. Data processing device (1;

1 ′

) according to one of the claims 1 to 8, comprising a beam steering control means (15) for forming the beam of said beam steering and/or forming antennas.

11. Data processing device (1;

1′

) according to one of the claims 1 to 7, wherein said beam steering and/or forming antennas (5, 6, 7) are dual polarisation antennas.

12. Data processing device (1;

1′

) according to claim 11, comprising a polarisation control means for controlling the polarisation of the dual polarisation antennas.

2. Data processing device (1;

1′

) for processing signals to be transmitted via a wireless link, comprising

a first beam steering and/or forming antenna (5) arranged on said data processing device (1;

1′

) adapted to transmit data via said wireless link,

a second beam steering and/or forming antenna (6) arranged on said data processing device (1;

1′

) in an angle to said first beam steering and/or forming antenna (5), said second beam steering and/or forming antenna (6) adapted to transmit data via said wireless link, and

processing means (10) adapted to process signals to be transmitted by said first (5) and said second (6) beam steering and/or forming antenna.