Millimeter-wave communications on a multifunction platform
First Claim
1. A millimeter-wave (MMW) communication system, comprising:
- an antenna array structure operating within a MMW band, the antenna array structure having both a first antenna coupling point at a first location of the antenna array structure and a second antenna coupling point at a second location of the antenna array structure, the first and the second location of the antenna coupling points being within a coplanar surface on which the antenna array structure is formed; and
a single MMW transmitter device having a power splitter that splits a data modulated MMW signal into a first MMW data modulated signal and a second MMW data modulated signal identical to the first MMW data modulated signal, the first data modulated MMW signal coupled to the first antenna coupling point and the second data modulated MMW signal coupled to the second antenna coupling point,wherein coupling the first data modulated MMW signal to the first antenna coupling point generates a first MMW radio signal transmitted at a first propagation direction by the antenna array structure,wherein coupling the second data modulated MMW signal to the second antenna coupling point generates a second MMW radio signal transmitted at a second propagation direction different to the first propagation direction by the antenna array structure, andwherein the antenna array structure includes radiator elements, the first antenna coupling point, and the second antenna coupling point that are all located directly on an outer surface area, the radiator elements, the first antenna coupling point, and the second antenna coupling point simultaneously transmitting de identical first and second MMW radio signals at the first and the second propagation direction based on the first coupling point being spatially separated from the second coupling point by different elements of the radiator elements.
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Abstract
A millimeter-wave (MMW) communication system may include an antenna array structure operating within a MMW band, having both a first antenna coupling point and a second antenna coupling point, whereby the first and the second location of the antenna coupling points are within a coplanar surface on which the antenna array structure is formed. The system may further include a single MMW transmitter device having a power splitter that splits a data modulated MMW signal into a first MMW data modulated signal and a second MMW data modulated signal identical to the first MMW data modulated signal, such that the first data modulated MMW signal is coupled to the first antenna coupling point for radio propagation at a first direction, and the second data modulated MMW signal is coupled to the second antenna coupling point for radio propagation at a second direction.
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19 Claims
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1. A millimeter-wave (MMW) communication system, comprising:
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an antenna array structure operating within a MMW band, the antenna array structure having both a first antenna coupling point at a first location of the antenna array structure and a second antenna coupling point at a second location of the antenna array structure, the first and the second location of the antenna coupling points being within a coplanar surface on which the antenna array structure is formed; and a single MMW transmitter device having a power splitter that splits a data modulated MMW signal into a first MMW data modulated signal and a second MMW data modulated signal identical to the first MMW data modulated signal, the first data modulated MMW signal coupled to the first antenna coupling point and the second data modulated MMW signal coupled to the second antenna coupling point, wherein coupling the first data modulated MMW signal to the first antenna coupling point generates a first MMW radio signal transmitted at a first propagation direction by the antenna array structure, wherein coupling the second data modulated MMW signal to the second antenna coupling point generates a second MMW radio signal transmitted at a second propagation direction different to the first propagation direction by the antenna array structure, and wherein the antenna array structure includes radiator elements, the first antenna coupling point, and the second antenna coupling point that are all located directly on an outer surface area, the radiator elements, the first antenna coupling point, and the second antenna coupling point simultaneously transmitting de identical first and second MMW radio signals at the first and the second propagation direction based on the first coupling point being spatially separated from the second coupling point by different elements of the radiator elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A millimeter-wave (MMW) communication system, comprising:
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an antenna array structure operating within a MMW band, the antenna array structure having both a first antenna coupling point at a first location of the antenna array structure and a second antenna coupling point at a second location of the antenna array structure, the first and the second location of the antenna coupling points being within a coplanar surface on which the antenna array structure is formed; and a single MMW receiver device having a power combiner that receives one of a first MMW radio signal and a second MMW radio signal, the first MMW radio signal received from the first antenna coupling point and the second MMW radio signal received from the second antenna coupling point, wherein the first received MMW radio signal at the first antenna coupling point is received by the antenna array structure from a first propagation direction, wherein the second received MMW radio signal at the second antenna coupling point is received by the antenna array structure from a second propagation direction that is different from the first propagation direction, and wherein the antenna array structure includes radiator elements, the first antenna coupling point, and the second antenna coupling point that are all located directly on an outer surface area, the radiator elements, the first antenna coupling point, and the second antenna coupling point simultaneously transmitting the identical first and second MMW radio signals at the first and the second propagation direction based on the first coupling point being spatially separated from the second coupling point by different elements of the radiator elements. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of millimeter-wave (MMW) communications comprising:
generating a data modulated MMW signal; splitting the data modulated MMW signal into a first data modulated MMW signal and a second data modulated MMW signal identical to the first data modulated MMW signal; coupling, via a first switch, the first data modulated MMW signal to a first antenna coupling point of an antenna array structure operating within a MMW band; and coupling, via a second switch, the second data modulated MMW signal to a second antenna coupling point of the antenna array structure, wherein the first and the second location of the antenna coupling points are within a coplanar surface over which the antenna array structure is formed, wherein the first antenna coupling point and the second antenna coupling point are all located directly on an outer surface area, the first antenna coupling point, and the second antenna coupling point simultaneously transmit the identical first and second MMW radio signals at a first and a second propagation direction based on the first coupling point being spatially separated from the second coupling point. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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