Monolithic dual band antenna
AssigneeOptimum Semiconductor Technologies Inc.
InventorsSabin Daniel Iancu, Surducan Emanoil, Surducan Vasile
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Abstract
A monolithic dual band antenna is provided. The monolithic dual band antenna includes a first layer comprising a high frequency band antenna. The monolithic dual band antenna further includes a second layer underlying the first layer. The second layer includes a low frequency band antenna. The geometry of the high frequency antenna relative to the low frequency antenna causes resulting electric fields of the high frequency band antenna to be orthogonal to the resulting electric fields of the low frequency band antenna.
Claims19
A monolithic dual band antenna, comprising:
- a first layer comprising a high frequency band antenna to generate a first electric field, wherein the high frequency band antenna comprises an array of patch antennas, each patch antenna being associated with a beam phase-tuned using a corresponding tunable phase shifter integrated circuit based on an input voltage, and wherein each beam associated with the corresponding patch antennas is characterized by a respective mini-lobe for composing a single lobe of the high frequency band antenna;
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- a second layer underlying the first layer, the second layer comprising a low frequency band antenna to generate a second electric field,
- wherein a geometry of the high frequency antenna relative to the low frequency antenna causes the first electric field generated by the high frequency band antenna to be orthogonal to the second electric field generated by the low frequency band antenna.
A method, comprising:
- providing a monolithic dual band antenna] comprising:
- a first layer comprising a high frequency band antenna to generate a first electric field, wherein the high frequency band antenna comprises an array of patch antennas, each patch antenna being associated with a beam phase-tuned using a corresponding tunable phase shifter integrated circuit based on an input voltage, and wherein each beam associated with the corresponding patch antennas is characterized by a respective mini-lobe for composing a single lobe of the high frequency band antenna;
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- a second layer underlying the first layer, the second layer comprising a low frequency band antenna to generate a second electric field,
- wherein a geometry of the high frequency band antenna relative to the low frequency band antenna to cause the first electric field generated by the high frequency band antenna to be orthogonal to the second electric field generated by the low frequency band antenna.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.