Scalable beam steering controller systems and methods
First Claim
1. A beam steering control system comprising:
- a first array block having one or more array elements;
a primary controller block coupled to the first array block, wherein the primary controller block comprises a first beam steering module to generate beam steering signals for at least one of the one or more array elements of the first array block and provide the beam steering signals to at least one of the one or more of the array elements of the first array block, and wherein the primary controller block comprises a primary power module to provide power conditioning and regulate a power level of the one or more array elements of the first array block; and
a second array block having one or more array elements; and
a secondary controller block coupled to the primary controller block and the second array block, wherein the secondary controller block comprises a second beam steering module to generate beam steering signals for at least one of the one or more array elements of the second array block and provide the beam steering signals to at least one of the one or more of the array elements of the second array block and wherein the secondary controller block comprises a secondary power module to provide power conditioning and regulate a power level of the one or more array elements of the second array block;
wherein the primary controller block and the secondary controller block are coupled in parallel to a power supply through a power supply bus connection.
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Abstract
The concepts, systems and method described herein provide a scalable beam steering control system having a primary beam steering controller and one or more secondary beam steering controllers to control a direction of a beam generated by an antenna array. The scalable beam steering control system may include a plurality of array blocks, each array block having one or more array elements. The primary controller block may be coupled to at least one array block and include a beam steering module to generate beam steering signals for the one or more array elements of the array block. The one or more secondary controller blocks may be coupled to the primary controller block and at least one array block. In an embodiment, each secondary controller block may include a beam steering module to generate beam steering signals for array elements of at least one array block.
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19 Claims
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1. A beam steering control system comprising:
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a first array block having one or more array elements; a primary controller block coupled to the first array block, wherein the primary controller block comprises a first beam steering module to generate beam steering signals for at least one of the one or more array elements of the first array block and provide the beam steering signals to at least one of the one or more of the array elements of the first array block, and wherein the primary controller block comprises a primary power module to provide power conditioning and regulate a power level of the one or more array elements of the first array block; and a second array block having one or more array elements; and a secondary controller block coupled to the primary controller block and the second array block, wherein the secondary controller block comprises a second beam steering module to generate beam steering signals for at least one of the one or more array elements of the second array block and provide the beam steering signals to at least one of the one or more of the array elements of the second array block and wherein the secondary controller block comprises a secondary power module to provide power conditioning and regulate a power level of the one or more array elements of the second array block; wherein the primary controller block and the secondary controller block are coupled in parallel to a power supply through a power supply bus connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A beam steering control system comprising:
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a plurality of array blocks, each array block having one or more array elements; a primary controller block, wherein the primary controller block is coupled to at least one array block, wherein the primary controller block comprises a first beam steering module to generate beam steering signals for the one or more array elements of the at least one array block and provide the beam steering signals to the one or more of the array elements of the at least one array block, and wherein the primary controller block comprises a primary power module to provide power conditioning and regulate a power level of the one or more array elements of the at least one array block; and a plurality of secondary controller blocks, wherein each secondary controller blocks is coupled to the primary controller block and at least one array block, wherein each secondary controller block of the plurality of secondary controller blocks comprise a beam steering module to generate beam steering signals for the one or more array elements of the at least one array block and provide the beam steering signals to the one or more of the array elements of the at least one array block and wherein each secondary controller block comprises a secondary power module to provide power conditioning and regulate a power level of the one or more array elements of the at least one array block; wherein the primary controller block and each of the plurality of secondary controller blocks are coupled in parallel to a power supply through a power supply bus connection. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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