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US 10,491,182 B2Granted
RF signal aggregator and antenna system implementing the same
AssigneeEthertronics, Inc.
InventorsOlivier Pajona, Laurent Desclos
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Abstract
The disclosure concerns a signal aggregator component designed to couple with an antenna element to form an antenna system, wherein the resulting antenna system can achieve one-hundred percent or greater efficiency in receiving mode. In addition, the antenna system can achieve specific polarization and gain in different sectors of the antenna radiation pattern. The signal aggregator functions to dynamically enable or disable any number of its RF ports to select the RF input signal to aggregate.
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A radio frequency (RF) signal aggregator component, comprising:
- a common port;
- a plurality of discrete ports;
- a plurality of transmission paths, each of the transmission paths connecting one of the discrete ports to the common port such that each of the discrete ports is coupled to the common port via a distinct transmission path extending therebetween;
- an RF signal bus, wherein the common port is coupled to each of the plurality of transmission paths at the RF signal bus;
- one or more sub-components integrated in each of the plurality of transmission paths;
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- an active element coupled to the common port.
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An antenna system, comprising:
- a radio frequency (RF) signal aggregator component including:
- a common port;
- a plurality of discrete ports;
- a plurality of transmission paths, each of the transmission paths connecting one of the discrete ports to the common port such that each of the discrete ports is coupled to the common port via a distinct transmission path extending therebetween;
- an RF signal bus, wherein the common port is coupled to each of the plurality of transmission paths at the RF signal bus;
- one or more sub-components integrated in each of the plurality of transmission paths;
- and
- an active component coupled to the common port;
- and
- a plurality of receive antenna elements, each of the plurality of receive antenna elements being connected to one of the plurality of discrete ports of the signal aggregator component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.