MILLIMETER-WAVE CHIP-LENS ARRAY ANTENNA SYSTEMS FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS
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1. A chip-lens array antenna system comprising:
- a millimeter-wave lens; and
a chip-array antenna to generate and direct an incident beam of millimeter-wave signals through the millimeter-wave lens for subsequent transmission,wherein the millimeter-wave lens has an inner surface and an outer surface with curvatures selected to provide a diverging beam in a first plane and a substantially non-diverging beam in a second plane.
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Abstract
Embodiments of chip-lens array antenna systems are described. In some embodiments, the chip-lens array antenna systems (100) may comprise a millimeter-wave lens (104), and a chip-array antenna (102) to generate and direct millimeter-wave signals through the millimeter-wave lens (104) for subsequent transmission.
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20 Claims
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1. A chip-lens array antenna system comprising:
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a millimeter-wave lens; and a chip-array antenna to generate and direct an incident beam of millimeter-wave signals through the millimeter-wave lens for subsequent transmission, wherein the millimeter-wave lens has an inner surface and an outer surface with curvatures selected to provide a diverging beam in a first plane and a substantially non-diverging beam in a second plane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A chip-lens array antenna system comprising:
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a millimeter-wave lens; and a chip-array antenna to generate and direct millimeter-wave signals through the millimeter-wave lens for subsequent transmission, wherein the millimeter-wave lens has an inner surface, and has an outer surface defined by first and second portions, and wherein the first and second portions of the outer surface are selected to provide a substantially omnidirectional pattern in a first plane and a substantially secant-squared pattern in a second plane. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A multi-sector chip-lens array antenna system comprising:
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a plurality of millimeter-wave lens sections; and a plurality of chip-array antennas to direct millimeter-wave signals through an associated one of the millimeter-wave lens sections for subsequent transmission, wherein each of the millimeter-wave lens sections comprises an inner surface defined by partially circular arcs, and wherein each of the millimeter-wave lens sections has an outer surface defined by either a substantially circular arc or an elliptical arc in the first plane and defined by an elliptical arc in the second plane to provide a diverging beam in the first plane of each sector and to provide a substantially non-diverging beam in the second plane of each sector. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A chip-lens array antenna system comprising:
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a chip-array antenna; and a millimeter-wave refractive material disposed over the chip-array antenna, the chip-array antenna to generate and direct millimeter-wave signals within the millimeter-wave refractive material for subsequent transmission, wherein the millimeter-wave refractive material has an outer surface defined by either a substantially circular arc or an elliptical arc in a first plane and an elliptical arc in a second plane to generate a diverging beam in the first plane and a substantially non-diverging beam in the second plane. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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