Full band RF booster

• US 10,050,696 B2
• Filed: 11/30/2016
• Issued: 08/14/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Board of Regents of the University of Michigan (University of Michigan)
• Original Assignee: Board of Regents of the University of Michigan (University of Michigan)
• Inventors: Sarabandi, Kamal, Kashanianfard, Mani
• Primary Examiner(s): Trinh, Tan H
• Application Number:
  US15/365,000
• Publication Number:
  US 20170155196A1
• Time in Patent Office: 622 Days
• Field of Search: 455 111, 455 7, 455 131, 4555757, 4555621, 4555561, 370315, 370328, 3435721, 3435727, 343702, 343730, 343848, 343802, 343835, 343841, 343893
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/155 Ground-based stations H04B7/204 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A directional repeater system is presented with a simple architecture composed of wideband receive and transmit antennas, a high gain low-power amplifier and a bandpass filter suitable for use in the 2450 MHz ISM band. Close to 70 dB of isolation between transmit and receive antennas over the entire band is achieved for a compact structure. The isolation between the transmit and receive antennas is achieved using polarization mismatch between orthogonal double-stack patch antennas and a two-element receive antenna whose elements are appropriately located with respect to the edge of the substrate ground plane and the transmit antenna to cancel the signal leakage from the transmit antenna to the individual receive antennas. A major advantage of this invention is that the entire bandwidth can be used going through a chain of repeaters whereas for conventional repeaters the available bandwidth is halved for every repeater in the chain.

Claims

1. A radio repeater, comprising:

a transmit antenna having an elongated shape with a longitudinal axis and disposed on a first planar substrate;

a receive antenna subassembly disposed on a second planar substrate, wherein the receive antenna subassembly is comprised of two elongated antennas spaced apart from each other such that longitudinal axis of the two elongated antennas are parallel to each other but perpendicular to longitudinal axis of the transmit antenna and the first planar substrate is arranged substantially parallel with the second planar substrate; and

an amplifier circuit electrically coupled between the receive antenna subassembly and the transmit antenna.

2. The radio repeater of claim 1 wherein the transmit antenna and the two elongated antennas are in shape of a rectangle.

3. The radio repeater of claim 1 wherein the transmit antenna and the two elongated antenna are further defined as patch antennas.

4. The radio repeater of claim 1 wherein the transmit antenna and the two elongated antenna are further defined as slot antennas.

5. The radio repeater of claim 1 further comprises

a first feed pin electrically coupled to the receive antenna and positioned to maximize impedance matching, and

a second feed pin electrically coupled to the transmit antenna and positioned to maximize impedance matching.

6. The radio repeater of claim 1 wherein the transmit antenna and the receive antenna subassemblies are sized to operate in frequency range of 2.4 GHz to 2.5 GHz.

7. The radio repeater of claim 1 further comprises a rectangular metallic box interposed between the transmit antenna and the receive antenna subassembly, such that the first planar substrate and the second planar substrate are disposed on opposing surfaces of the rectangular metallic box and the amplifier circuit is contained in the rectangular metallic box.

8. The radio repeater of claim 1 further comprises

a first parasitic patch antenna disposed on a first ground plane, wherein the first ground plane is disposed on the receive antenna subassembly;

and

a second parasitic patch antenna disposed on a second ground plane, wherein the second ground plane is disposed on the transmit antenna.

9. A radio repeater, comprising:

a transmit patch antenna having a rectangular shape and disposed on a first planar substrate;

a receive antenna assembly disposed on a second planar substrate, wherein the receive antenna assembly is comprised of two rectangular patch antennas spaced apart from each other whose inputs are connected by a microstrip line such that longitudinal axis of the two rectangular patch antennas are parallel to each other but perpendicular to longitudinal axis of the transmit patch antenna and the first planar substrate is arranged substantially parallel with the second planar substrate; and

an amplifier circuit electrically coupled between the receive antenna assembly and the transmit patch antenna.

10. The radio repeater of claim 9 wherein the spacing between the two rectangular patch antennas and the spacing of the two rectangular patch antennas to closest edge of the ground plane is configured so that each achieve a 180 degree phase difference in coupling signals of the transmit patch antenna.

11. The radio repeater of claim 9 wherein the two rectangular patch antennas having inputs connected by a microstrip and center of the microstrip is electrically coupled to the amplifier circuit.

12. The radio repeater of claim 9 further comprises

a first feed pin electrically coupled to the receive antenna and positioned to maximize impedance matching, and

a second feed pin electrically coupled to the transmit antenna and positioned to maximize impedance matching.

13. The radio repeater of claim 9 wherein the transmit antenna and the receive antenna subassemblies are sized to operate in frequency range of 2.4 GHz to 2.5 GHz.

14. The radio repeater of claim 9 further comprises a rectangular metallic box interposed between the transmit antenna and the receive antenna subassembly, such that the first planar substrate and the second planar substrate are disposed on opposing surfaces of the rectangular metallic box and the amplifier circuit is contained in the rectangular metallic box.

15. The radio repeater of claim 9 further comprises

a first parasitic patch antenna disposed on a first ground plane, wherein the first ground plane is disposed on the receive antenna subassembly;

and

a second parasitic patch antenna disposed on a second ground plane, wherein the second ground plane is disposed on the transmit antenna.