Active antenna for filtering radio signal in two frequency bands

• US 9,160,071 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2010
• Issued: 10/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Kathrein-Werke KG. (Kathrein SE)
• Inventors: Kenington, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Lee
• Application Number:
  US12/973,160
• Publication Number:
  US 20120157023A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,758 Days
• Field of Search: 455/103, 455/129, 455/561, 455/562.1, 343/853, 343/858
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 3/26 varying the relative phase or relative amplitude of energisation between two or more active radiating elements; varying the distribution of energy across a radiating aperture H01Q3/12, H01Q3/22, H01Q3/24 take precedence

Abstract

An active antenna system comprises a coupling block adapted to sample a portion of a first telecommunication signal and a compensation block. The compensation block is coupled to the coupling block and is adapted to apply at least a phase compensation to the portion of the first telecommunication signal, thereby obtaining a first compensation signal. The coupling block is further adapted to combine the first telecommunication signal and the first compensation signal into a compensated first telecommunications signal to be fed into an antenna arrangement.

Claims

1. An active antenna system, comprising:

an antenna element arrangement with a plurality of antenna elements;

a first coupling block adapted to sample a portion of a first telecommunication signal in a first frequency band, the first telecommunication signal being transceived by a base transceiver station

a first compensation block coupled to the first coupling block, wherein the first coupling block comprises a first filter coupled to the first compensation block, wherein the first filter is adapted for filtering transmit signals of the first telecommunication signal, the first compensation block being adapted to apply at least a first phase compensation to the portion of the first telecommunication signal and thereby obtaining a first compensation signal, the first coupling block being further adapted to combine the first telecommunication signal and the first compensation signal into a compensated first telecommunications signal for feeding into one of the plurality of antenna elements;

a bandpass filter coupled to a passive feeding network and adapted to filter the first telecommunication signals in said first frequency band;

an active transceiver arrangement adapted to transceive a second telecommunication signal in a second frequency band;

a combining element for combining the compensated first telecommunications signal and said second telecommunication signal into a combined telecommunications signal for feeding into one antenna element of the antenna element arrangement.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the sampled portion of the first telecommunication signal represents between 5 and 50% of the first telecommunication signal.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first coupling block comprises a summing junction, and wherein a first resistance is coupled between the summing junction and the compensation block.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first compensation block comprises at least one varactor diode controlled by a control voltage supplied through an RF choke.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first compensation block comprises an array of varactor diodes, wherein at least one varactor diode of the array of varactor diodes is controlled by a control voltage supplied through a corresponding RF choke, with a value of the control voltage being identical for each ones of the varactor diodes.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first compensation block comprises a vector modulator adapted to apply at least one of a phase compensation and an amplitude compensation to the portion of the first telecommunication signal.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first compensation block comprises at least one switch coupled to at least one fixed transmission line length.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the at least one switch comprises a pin diode controlled by a control voltage supplied through a RF choke.

9. The system according to claim 1, further comprising

a splitting element adapted to split a combined telecommunications signal from the antenna arrangement into first receive signals of the first telecommunication signal in a first frequency band and second receive signals of the second telecommunication signal in a second frequency band.

10. The active antenna system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a second coupling block with a second filter coupled to a second compensation block, wherein the second filter is adapted for filtering receive signals of the first telecommunication signal, the second compensation block being adapted to apply at least a second phase compensation to the sampled portion of the first telecommunications signal and thereby obtain a second compensation signal;

the second coupling block being further adapted to combine the first telecommunication signal and the second compensation signal into a compensated second telecommunication signal for feeding to the base transceiver station.

11. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-usable medium having control logic stored therein for causing a computer to manufacture an active antenna system comprising:

an antenna element arrangement with a plurality of antenna elements;

a first coupling block adapted to sample a portion of a first telecommunication signals in a first frequency band;

a first compensation block coupled to the coupling block, the coupling block comprises a first filter coupled to the compensation block, wherein the first filter is adapted for filtering transmit signals of the first telecommunication signal the first compensation block being adapted to apply at least a phase compensation to the portion of the first telecommunication signal thereby obtaining a first compensation signal;

the first coupling block being further adapted to combine the first telecommunication signal and the first compensation signal into a compensated first telecommunications signal to be fed into the antenna arrangement

a bandpass filter coupled to a passive feeding network and adapted to filter the first telecommunication signals in said first frequency band;

an active transceiver arrangement adapted to transceive a second telecommunication signal in a second frequency band;

a combining element for combining the compensated first telecommunications signal and said second telecommunication signal into a combined telecommunications signal for feeding into one antenna element of the antenna element arrangement.