# US 12,003,032 B2 · Hybrid network antenna > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,003,032 B2 - Document ID: US12003032B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/564,671 - Filed: 2021-12-29 - Published: 2022-04-21 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2020-07-23 - Assignees: Prose Technologies (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.; Prose Technologies LLC - Applicants: Prose Technologies (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.; Prose Technologies LLC - Inventors: He Sun; Shengguang Wang; Zhongcao Yang; Haixia Zhang; Linfeng Sheng - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12003032B2 ## CPC - H01Q 5/42: using two or more imbricated arrays (H01Q5/49 takes precedence) - H01Q 21/24: Combinations of antenna units polarised in different directions for transmitting or receiving circularly and elliptically polarised waves or waves linearly polarised in any direction {(circularly polarised patch antennas H01Q9/0428; circularly polarised horns H01Q13/0241; cross-polarised horns H01Q13/0258; polarisation converters H01Q15/242; cross-polarised rear feeds H01Q19/136; crossed polarisation dual antenna H01Q25/001)} - H01Q 1/246: {specially adapted for base stations} - H01Q 5/48: Combinations of two or more dipole type antennas - H01Q 9/0414: {in a stacked or folded configuration} - H01Q 19/106: {using two or more intersecting plane surfaces, e.g. corner reflector antennas} - H01Q 19/108: {Combination of a dipole with a plane reflecting surface (H01Q19/106 takes precedence; strip line H01Q9/065)} - H01Q 21/062: {using dipole aerials; (H01Q21/067, H01Q21/068 take precedence)} - H01Q 21/065: {Patch antenna array} - H01Q 25/00: Antennas or antenna systems providing at least two radiating patterns (arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern H01Q3/00) - H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72) ## Abstract A hybrid network antenna includes a reflection plate, a low frequency antenna array, and a dual-beam antenna array. The reflection plate includes a flat member and bending members formed by bending the two ends of the flat member. The low frequency antenna array is arranged on the flat member. The dual-beam antenna array include beam antenna sub-arrays located on both sides of the low frequency antenna array. The beam antenna sub-array on each side of the low frequency array includes a plurality of first high frequency radiating element arrays disposed in intervals along the width direction of the reflection plate. The plurality of high frequency radiating element arrays of each beam antenna sub-array are arranged on the reflection plate in different planes or a common plane. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A hybrid network antenna, comprising: a reflection plate comprising a flat member and bending members arranged at two ends of the flat member, each bending member being formed by bending a respective end of the two ends, and the reflection plate having a width direction and a length direction perpendicular to the width direction; a low frequency antenna array arranged on the flat member, for operation in 698-960 MHz; and a dual-beam antenna array comprising beam antenna sub-arrays disposed on two sides of the low frequency antenna array, wherein: the beam antenna sub-array on each side of the low frequency array comprises a plurality of first high frequency radiating element arrays disposed in intervals along the width direction of the reflection plate, for operation in 1695-2690 MHz; in each beam antenna sub-array, at least one first high frequency radiating element array of the plurality of first high frequency radiating element arrays is arranged on the flat member and the remaining first high frequency radiating element arrays of the plurality of first high frequency radiating element arrays are arranged on the bending member corresponding to a respective side of the low frequency antenna array that the beam antenna sub-array is disposed on. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The hybrid network antenna according to claim 1, wherein a cross section of the reflection plate is in a trapezoid shape. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The hybrid network antenna according to claim 1, wherein the low frequency antenna array comprises a plurality of low frequency radiating elements disposed in intervals along the length direction of the reflection plate. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The hybrid network antenna according to claim 3, wherein the plurality of the low frequency radiating elements are arranged in an S-shape along the length direction of the reflection plate. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The hybrid network antenna according to claim 1, wherein adjacent two arrays of the first high frequency radiating element arrays are interleaved. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The hybrid network antenna according to claim 1, wherein each of the first high frequency radiating element arrays comprises a plurality of first high frequency radiating elements disposed in intervals along the length direction of the reflection plate, and the plurality of the first high frequency radiating elements are arranged in a linear arrangement. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The hybrid network antenna according to claim 1, wherein the hybrid network antenna further comprises a high frequency antenna array including a second high frequency radiating element array and arranged on the flat member, and the beam antenna sub-arrays are located on both sides of the high frequency antenna array. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The hybrid network antenna according to claim 7, wherein the second high frequency radiating element array is interleaved with one of the first high frequency radiating element arrays that is adjacent to the second high frequency radiating element array. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The hybrid network antenna according to claim 8, wherein the second high frequency radiating element array comprises a plurality of second high frequency radiating elements arranged in intervals along the length direction of the reflection plate, and the plurality of the second high frequency radiating elements are arranged in a linear arrangement. ### Claim 10 A hybrid network antenna, comprising: a reflection plate comprising a flat member and bending members arranged at two ends of the flat member, each bending member being formed by bending an end of the flat member, and the reflection plate having a width direction and a length direction perpendicular to the width direction; a low frequency antenna array arranged on the flat member, for operation in 698-960 MHz; and a dual-beam antenna array comprising beam antenna sub-arrays disposed on two sides of the low frequency antenna array, wherein: the beam antenna sub-array on each side of the low frequency array comprises a plurality of first high frequency radiating element arrays disposed in intervals along the width direction of the reflection plate, for operation in 1695-2690 MHz; in each beam antenna sub-array, the plurality of first high frequency radiating element arrays are all arranged on the bending member corresponding to a respective side of the low frequency antenna array that the beam antenna sub-array is disposed on. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The hybrid network antenna according to claim 10, wherein a cross section of the reflection plate is in a trapezoid shape. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The hybrid network antenna according to claim 10, wherein the low frequency antenna array comprises a plurality of low frequency radiating elements disposed in intervals along the length direction of the reflection plate. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The hybrid network antenna according to claim 12, wherein the plurality of the low frequency radiating elements are arranged in an S-shape along the length direction of the reflection plate. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The hybrid network antenna according to claim 10, wherein adjacent two arrays of the first high frequency radiating element arrays are interleaved. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The hybrid network antenna according to claim 10, wherein each of the first high frequency radiating element arrays comprises a plurality of first high frequency radiating elements disposed in intervals along the length direction of the reflection plate, and the plurality of the first high frequency radiating elements are arranged in a linear arrangement. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The hybrid network antenna according to claim 10, wherein the hybrid network antenna further comprises a high frequency antenna array including a second high frequency radiating element array and arranged on the flat member, and the beam antenna sub-arrays are located on both sides of the high frequency antenna array. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The hybrid network antenna according to claim 16, wherein the second high frequency radiating element array is interleaved with one of the first high frequency radiating element arrays that is adjacent to the second high frequency radiating element array. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The hybrid network antenna according to claim 17, wherein the second high frequency radiating element array comprises a plurality of second high frequency radiating elements arranged in intervals along the length direction of the reflection plate, and the plurality of the second high frequency radiating elements are arranged in a linear arrangement.