ANTENNA SWITCHING ARRANGEMENT
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1. An antenna switching arrangement, comprising:
- an input port coupled via a fourth transmission line to a fourth junction of a quadrature arrangement of quadrature transmission lines also provided with a first, a second and a third junction;
the first junction provided with a first switch operable to selectively couple the first junction to ground;
the second junction provided with a second switch operable to selectively couple the second junction to ground;
the third junction provided with a third switch operable to selectively couple the third junction to ground;
the first junction coupled via a first transmission line to a first output port;
the second junction coupled via a second transmission line to a second output port;
a terminating junction coupled via a third transmission line to the third junction;
a fourth switch operable to selectively couple the terminating junction to ground; and
a resistor coupled between the terminating junction and ground.
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Abstract
An antenna switching arrangement with a quadrature arrangement of transmission lines through which a desired signal path may be configured via switches selectively grounding junctions of the switching arrangement. The desired path routing a signal from an input port to one or both of first and second output ports to generate a signal with vertical linear polarization, horizontal linear polarization or circular polarization. The selected polarization may be changed as desired and/or multiple antenna switching arrangements applied to enable simultaneous signals with different polarizations.
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20 Claims
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1. An antenna switching arrangement, comprising:
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an input port coupled via a fourth transmission line to a fourth junction of a quadrature arrangement of quadrature transmission lines also provided with a first, a second and a third junction; the first junction provided with a first switch operable to selectively couple the first junction to ground; the second junction provided with a second switch operable to selectively couple the second junction to ground; the third junction provided with a third switch operable to selectively couple the third junction to ground; the first junction coupled via a first transmission line to a first output port; the second junction coupled via a second transmission line to a second output port; a terminating junction coupled via a third transmission line to the third junction; a fourth switch operable to selectively couple the terminating junction to ground; and a resistor coupled between the terminating junction and ground. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for switching the polarity of an RF signal, comprising the steps of:
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coupling the RF signal to an input port of a quadrature transmission line arrangement having a first output and a second output; setting a plurality of switches of the quadrature transmission line arrangement to select a desired signal path between the first output, the second output and simultaneously to the first output and the second output. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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- 19. The method of claim 18, wherein the controller controls multiple separate quadrature transmission arrangements.
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19-1. A method for reading an RFID tag, comprising the steps of:
- broadcasting a signal with a first polarity;
recording a first response signal; broadcasting a signal with a second polarity; recording a second response signal; comparing the first response signal with the second response signal.
- broadcasting a signal with a first polarity;
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20-2. The method of claim 19, wherein the broadcasting of the signal with the first polarity and the signal with the second polarity is simultaneous.
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