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;
a first MMW transmitter device that couples a first data modulated MMW signal to the first antenna coupling point;
a second MMW transmitter device that couples a second data modulated MMW signal different to the first data modulated MMW signal 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 at a first operating frequency, andwherein 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 by the antenna array structure at a second operating frequency, the second propagation direction being different to the first propagation direction.
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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 first MMW transmitter that couples a first data modulated MMW signal to the first antenna coupling point and a second MMW transmitter that couples a second data modulated MMW signal to the second antenna coupling point. 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 and 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.
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13 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; a first MMW transmitter device that couples a first data modulated MMW signal to the first antenna coupling point; a second MMW transmitter device that couples a second data modulated MMW signal different to the first data modulated MMW signal 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 at a first operating frequency, and 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 by the antenna array structure at a second operating frequency, the second propagation direction being different to the first propagation direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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