LOW COST, ACTIVE ANTENNA ARRAYS
First Claim
1. A transmitter system for an array of antenna elements, said transmitter system comprising:
- a bidirectional signaling (BDS) network including a first network for carrying a first carrier signal and a second network for carrying a second carrier signal, and having a set of n phase synchronous location pairs (ai, bi), each corresponding to a location ai on the first network and a location bi on the second network; and
a plurality of tunable transmitter circuits, each for driving a corresponding different antenna element of the array of antenna elements, wherein each tunable transmitter circuit of the plurality of tunable transmitter circuits has an output line for carrying an output signal and first and second input lines electrically connected to the first and second networks of the BDS network at locations of a corresponding one of the set of phase synchronous location pairs, and comprises;
a multiplier having a first input electrically connected to the first input line of that tunable transmitter circuit;
a phase setting circuit having a control input for receiving a phase control signal, said phase setting circuit electrically connected to said multiplier for controlling the phase of the output signal of that tunable transmitter circuit; and
an amplitude setting circuit after the multiplier and having a control input for receiving an amplitude control signal, said amplitude setting circuit for controlling the amplitude of the output signal of that tunable transmitter circuit.
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Abstract
A transmitter system including: a bidirectional signaling (BDS) network having first and second networks for carrying first and second carrier signals, and having a set of n phase synchronous location pairs (ai, bi),; and also including tunable transmitter circuits for driving an antenna array, each tunable transmitter circuit having an output line for carrying an output signal and first and second input lines electrically connected to the first and second networks of the BDS network at locations of a corresponding one of the set of phase synchronous location pairs, and including a multiplier having a first input electrically connected to the first input line of that tunable transmitter circuit; a phase setting circuit electrically connected to the multiplier for controlling the phase of the output signal of that tunable transmitter circuit; and an amplitude setting circuit for controlling the amplitude of the output signal of that tunable transmitter circuit.
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27 Claims
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1. A transmitter system for an array of antenna elements, said transmitter system comprising:
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a bidirectional signaling (BDS) network including a first network for carrying a first carrier signal and a second network for carrying a second carrier signal, and having a set of n phase synchronous location pairs (ai, bi), each corresponding to a location ai on the first network and a location bi on the second network; and a plurality of tunable transmitter circuits, each for driving a corresponding different antenna element of the array of antenna elements, wherein each tunable transmitter circuit of the plurality of tunable transmitter circuits has an output line for carrying an output signal and first and second input lines electrically connected to the first and second networks of the BDS network at locations of a corresponding one of the set of phase synchronous location pairs, and comprises; a multiplier having a first input electrically connected to the first input line of that tunable transmitter circuit; a phase setting circuit having a control input for receiving a phase control signal, said phase setting circuit electrically connected to said multiplier for controlling the phase of the output signal of that tunable transmitter circuit; and an amplitude setting circuit after the multiplier and having a control input for receiving an amplitude control signal, said amplitude setting circuit for controlling the amplitude of the output signal of that tunable transmitter circuit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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10. A receiver system for an array of antenna elements, said receiver system comprising:
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a bidirectional signaling (BDS) network including a first network for carrying a first carrier signal and a second network for carrying a second carrier signal, and having a set of n phase synchronous location pairs (ai, bi), each corresponding to a location ai on the first network and a location bi on the second network; and a plurality of tunable receiver circuits, each for receiving input from a corresponding antenna element of the array of antenna elements, wherein each tunable receiver circuit of the plurality of tunable receiver circuits has an output line and first and second input lines electrically connected to the first and second networks of the BDS network at locations of a corresponding one of the phase synchronous location pairs, and comprises; a multiplier having a first input electrically connected to the first input line of that tunable receiver circuit and having an output; a phase setting circuit having a control input for receiving a phase control signal for controlling phase of a signal passing through the phase setting circuit, said phase setting circuit electrically connected to said multiplier; a mixer having a first input for receiving a signal from the corresponding antenna element of the array of antenna elements, a second input for receiving a local carrier signal obtained from the BDS network, and an output; and an amplitude setting circuit having an input, an output, and a control input for receiving an amplitude control signal for controlling amplitude of a signal passing through the amplitude setting circuit, said amplitude setting circuit connected to one of the mixer for that tunable receiver circuit and the multiplier for that tunable receiver circuit. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 17)
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22. A transceiver system for an array of antenna elements, said transceiver system comprising:
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a bidirectional signaling (BDS) network including a first network for carrying a first carrier signal and a second network for carrying a second carrier signal, and having a set of n phase synchronous location pairs (ai, bi), each corresponding to a location ai on the first network and a location bi on the second network; an up-conversion mixer for mixing the first carrier signal and an IF transmit signal to generate the second carrier signal on the second network of the BDS network; and a plurality of transceiver circuits, each for connecting to a corresponding different antenna element of the array of antenna elements and each transceiver circuit comprising; (1) a transmitter circuit for driving the corresponding antenna element of the array of antenna elements, said transceiver circuit having an output line for carrying an output signal and first and second input lines electrically connected to the first and second networks of the BDS network at locations of a corresponding one of the set of phase synchronous location pairs, and comprising a multiplier having a first input electrically connected to the first input line of that transmitter circuit; and (2) a receiver circuit for receiving input from the corresponding antenna element of the array of antenna elements, said receiver circuit having an output line and first and second input lines electrically connected to the first and second networks of the BDS network at locations of a corresponding one of the phase synchronous location pairs, and comprising; (a) a multiplier having a first input electrically connected to the first input line of that receiver circuit and having an output; and (b) a mixer having a first input for receiving a signal from the corresponding antenna element of the array of antenna elements, a second input for receiving a local carrier signal obtained from the BDS network, and an output. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A transceiver system for an array of antenna elements, said transceiver system comprising:
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a bidirectional signaling (BDS) network including a first network for carrying a first carrier signal and a second network for carrying a second carrier signal, and having a set of n phase synchronous location pairs (ai, bi), each corresponding to a location ai on the first network and a location bi on the second network; and a plurality of transceiver circuits, each for connecting to a corresponding different antenna element of the array of antenna elements and each transceiver circuit comprising; (1) a transmitter circuit for driving the corresponding antenna element of the array of antenna elements, said transceiver circuit having an output line for carrying an output signal and first and second input lines electrically connected to the first and second networks of the BDS network at locations of a corresponding one of the set of phase synchronous location pairs, and comprising a multiplier having a first input electrically connected to the first input line of that transmitter circuit; and (2) a receiver circuit for receiving input from the corresponding antenna element of the array of antenna elements, said receiver circuit having an output line electrically connected to one of the first and second networks of the BDS network and first and second input lines electrically connected to the first and second networks of the BDS network at locations of a corresponding one of the phase synchronous location pairs, and comprising; (a) a multiplier having a first input electrically connected to the first input line of that receiver circuit and having an output; and (b) a mixer having a first input for receiving a signal from the corresponding antenna element of the array of antenna elements, a second input for receiving a local carrier signal obtained from the BDS network, and an output.
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