Microwave system

• US 8,698,687 B2
• Filed: 03/02/2013
• Issued: 04/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ubiquiti Inc.
• Original Assignee: Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. (Ubiquiti Inc.)
• Inventors: Pera, Robert J., Sanford, John R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Karacsony, Robert
• Assistant Examiner(s): PATEL, AMAL A
• Application Number:
  US13/783,272
• Publication Number:
  US 20130208772A1
• Time in Patent Office: 409 Days
• Field of Search: 343/840, 343/833, 343/834, 343/757, 343/761, 343/758, 343/795, 343/837
• US Class Current: 343/840
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 15/16 curved in two dimensions, e.g. paraboloidal
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 19/19 comprising one main concave reflecting surface associated with an auxiliary reflecting surface
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/0485 Dielectric resonator antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 1/06 Two-wire systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/18 Input circuits, e.g. for coupling to an antenna or a transmission line coupling networks between antennas or lines and receivers independent of the nature of the receiver H03H
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/38 Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving

Abstract

A microwave system comprising a center fed parabolic reflector; a radio transceiver, said transceiver disposed on a circuit board and coupled to a radiator, said radiator disposed on the circuit board and extending orthogonally from a surface of the circuit board. Embodiments also include directors on the circuit board and a sub-reflector comprising a thin plate disposed on a weather proof cover and said sub-reflector having a substantially concave surface with a focus directed towards the radiator. The circuit board is physically integrated within the feed mechanism of the center fed parabolic reflector and the radio transceiver is configured to provide OSI layer support.

Claims

1. A microwave system comprising:

a center fed substantially parabolic reflector;

a radio transceiver, said transceiver disposed on a circuit board and coupled to at least one substantially cylindrical radiator, said radiator radially disposed on the circuit board and extending orthogonally from a surface of the circuit board;

one or more directors disposed on said circuit board, each director disposed substantially parallel to the radiator, and

at least one sub-reflector, said sub-reflector comprising a thin plate disposed on a weather proof cover and said sub-reflector having a substantially concave surface with a focus directed towards the radiator,

wherein the circuit board is physically integrated within the feed mechanism of the center fed parabolic reflector,

wherein the radio transceiver is configured to provide Open System Interconnection (OSI) layer support.

2. The system of claim 1 further including an Ethernet cable.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the radio transceiver couples to a passive adapter via the Ethernet cable, which in turn the passive adapter couples to a client station via another Ethernet cable, wherein the passive adapter receives power by a USB cable that is coupled from a client station;

whereas the passive adapter is configured to inject power into the Ethernet cable that is coupled to the radio transceiver.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the OSI layer support is provided with a gateway.

5. The system of claim 1 further including a USB cable.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the radio transceiver couples to a USB repeater via the USB cable, which in turn the USB repeater couples to a client station via another USB cable.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the OSI layer support is provided by a client controller.