MILLIMETER WAVE RADIO ASSEMBLY WITH A COMPACT ANTENNA
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1. A compact electromagnetic energy antenna assembly, comprising:
- a housing that blends in with a structure on which it is attached;
an interface, associated with the housing, to a signal source wherein the interface receives a signal from a remote signal source;
an electromagnetic energy front end that generates an electromagnetic energy signal based on the received signal;
an electromagnetic energy antenna located inside of the housing, coupled to the electromagnetic energy front end, that generates a vertically propagating wave;
a reflector structure, inside of the housing, that reflects the vertically propagating wave at a selected elevation angle to generate an elevation angled propagating wave; and
wherein the housing is rotatable and the reflector structure is adjustable to change an alignment of the elevation angled propagating wave.
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Abstract
An integrated compact antenna device and method of aiming an electromagnetic signal using the integrated compact antenna device are described. The integrated compact antenna device be a vertically mounted cylinder enclosing an antenna, some electronic circuitry and most of the directional alignment mechanism. During alignment, the cylinder of the ICA rotates to provide azimuth. The cylinder is attached to a fixed base that remains stationary relative to the mounting structure.
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1. A compact electromagnetic energy antenna assembly, comprising:
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a housing that blends in with a structure on which it is attached; an interface, associated with the housing, to a signal source wherein the interface receives a signal from a remote signal source; an electromagnetic energy front end that generates an electromagnetic energy signal based on the received signal; an electromagnetic energy antenna located inside of the housing, coupled to the electromagnetic energy front end, that generates a vertically propagating wave; a reflector structure, inside of the housing, that reflects the vertically propagating wave at a selected elevation angle to generate an elevation angled propagating wave; and wherein the housing is rotatable and the reflector structure is adjustable to change an alignment of the elevation angled propagating wave. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for aiming a radiation beam using the integrated compact antenna assembly that has a housing that blends in with a structure on which it is attached and a reflector structure inside of the housing that reflects a vertically propagating wave at a selected elevation angle to generate a elevation angled propagating wave, the method comprising:
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rotating the housing to adjust an azimuth angle of the elevation angled propagating wave; and adjusting the reflector structure inside of the housing to adjust an elevation of the elevation angled propagating wave. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. An integrated compact millimeter wave radio antenna assembly (“
- ICA”
), comprising;a fixed base with an adaptor cylinder having an interface with a rotationally adjustable vertically-positioned main cylinder; an aperture antenna mounted inside the main cylinder and radiating in a vertical direction and having an attached millimeter wave radio front end; a tilt-angle adjustable reflector mounted inside the main cylinder having a flat reflecting surface in the radiated beam path of the antenna and deflecting the beam to a near level direction; and a dielectric window in the main cylinder that allows low-loss transmission of the deflected beam out of the main cylinder. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
- ICA”
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