ANTENNA ARRAY AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING ANTENNA PATTERNS
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1. An antenna array having a plurality of antenna elements comprising:
- a plurality of transceiver modules;
an active antenna element subset of the plurality of antenna elements, wherein the active antenna element subset comprises at least one active antenna element being actively coupled to an associated subset transceiver module of the plurality of transceiver modules; and
at least one passively combined sub-array of at least two antenna elements of the plurality of antenna elements.
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Abstract
An antenna array having a plurality of antenna elements is disclosed. The antenna array comprises: a plurality of transceiver modules; an active antenna element subset of the plurality of antenna elements, wherein the active antenna element subset comprises at least one active antenna element being actively coupled to an associated transceiver module of the plurality of transceiver modules; and at least one passively combined sub-array of at least two antenna elements of the plurality of antenna elements. A method for generating antenna patterns with the antenna array is also disclosed.
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19 Claims
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1. An antenna array having a plurality of antenna elements comprising:
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a plurality of transceiver modules; an active antenna element subset of the plurality of antenna elements, wherein the active antenna element subset comprises at least one active antenna element being actively coupled to an associated subset transceiver module of the plurality of transceiver modules; and at least one passively combined sub-array of at least two antenna elements of the plurality of antenna elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for generating antenna patterns with an antenna array having a plurality of antenna elements, the method comprising:
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determining static phase relations for the antenna elements of at least one passively combined sub-array of at least two antenna elements of the plurality of antenna elements of the antenna array; determining dynamic beam forming parameters for antenna elements of an active antenna element subset of the plurality of antenna elements and for said at least one passively combined sub-array; and relaying a radio signal with an antenna pattern through the plurality of antenna elements based on the static phase relations and the dynamic beam forming parameters. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium and the computer-readable medium comprising executable instructions for the manufacture of an antenna array having a plurality of antenna elements, the antenna array comprising:
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a plurality of transceiver modules; an active antenna element subset of the plurality of antenna elements, wherein the active antenna element subset comprises at least one active antenna element being actively coupled to an associated transceiver module of the plurality of transceiver modules; and at least one passively combined sub-array of at least two antenna elements of the plurality of antenna elements.
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19. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium and the computer-readable medium comprising executable instructions for the execution of a method for generating antenna patterns with an antenna array having a plurality of antenna elements, the method comprising:
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determining static phase relations for the antenna elements of at least one passively combined sub-array of at least two antenna elements of the plurality of antenna elements of the antenna array; determining dynamic beam forming parameters for an active antenna element subset of the plurality of antenna elements and for said at least one passively combined sub-array; and relaying a radio signal with an antenna pattern through the plurality of antenna elements based on the static phase relations and the dynamic beam forming parameters.
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