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US 12,650,504 B2Granted
Electronic device for providing virtual antenna array for radar system
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHyewon Jo, Namjun Cho, Jihee Kang, Hyoseok Na
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Abstract
An electronic device may include an integrated circuit (IC) including a switch and a plurality of paths that may include a first transmit (Tx) path, a second Tx path, a first receive (Rx) path, and a second Rx path; a first antenna electrically connected with the first Tx path from among the plurality of paths; a second antenna electrically connectable with the second Tx path or the second Rx path from among the plurality of paths via the switch; a third antenna electrically connected with the first Rx path from among the plurality of paths; and at least one processor operably coupled with the IC.
Claims18
An electronic device comprising:
- integrated circuitry (IC) comprising a switch and a plurality of paths that comprise a first transmit (Tx) path, a second Tx path, a first receive (Rx) path, and a second Rx path;
- a first antenna electrically connected with the first Tx path from among the plurality of paths;
- a second antenna electrically connectable with the second Tx path or the second Rx path from among the plurality of paths via the switch;
- a third antenna electrically connected with the first Rx path from among the plurality of paths, wherein the first, second, and third antennas are arranged in a straight line, and wherein the third antenna is positioned between the first and second antennas;
- memory comprising one or more storage media storing instructions;
- and
- at least one processor,
- wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
- receive, through the second antenna electrically connected with the second Rx path via the switch and the third antenna electrically connected with the first Rx path, first reflection signals regarding a first signal transmitted within a first time interval through the first antenna electrically connected with the first Tx path, within the first time interval;
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- receive, through the third antenna electrically connected with the first Rx path, second reflection signals regarding a second signal transmitted within a second time interval different from the first time interval through the second antenna electrically connected via the switch with the second Tx path, within the second time interval.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a plurality of antennas comprising a first antenna, a second antenna, a third antenna, a fourth antenna, a fifth antenna, and a sixth antenna, the first, third, and sixth antennas are arranged in a first straight line, wherein the second, fourth, and fifth antennas are arranged in a second straight line substantially parallel to the first straight line, wherein the sixth antenna is positioned between the first and third antennas, and wherein the fifth antenna is positioned between the second and fourth antennas;
- integrated circuitry (IC) comprising:
- a first switch,
- a second switch,
- a transmit (Tx) path electrically connectable with the first antenna or the second antenna from among the plurality of antennas via the first switch,
- a first receive (Rx) path electrically connected with the third antenna from among the plurality of antennas,
- a second Rx path electrically connected with the fourth antenna from among the plurality of antennas, and
- a third Rx path electrically connectable with the fifth antenna or sixth antenna from among the plurality of antennas via the second switch;
- memory comprising one or more storage media storing instructions;
- and
- at least one processor
- wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
- receive, through the third antenna, the fourth antenna, and the fifth antenna electrically connected with the third Rx path via the second switch, first reflection signals regarding a first signal transmitted within a first time interval through the first antenna electrically connected with the Tx path via the first switch, within the first time interval;
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- receive, through the third antenna, the fourth antenna, and the sixth antenna electrically connected with the third Rx path via the second switch, second reflection signals regarding a second signal transmitted through the second antenna electrically connected with the Tx path via the first switch within a second time interval different from the first time interval, within the second time interval.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a plurality of antennas comprising a first antenna, a second antenna, a third antenna, and a fourth antenna, wherein the first and third antennas are arranged in a first straight line, wherein the second and fourth antennas are arranged in a second straight line substantially parallel to the first straight line, and wherein a distance between the first and third antennas is different from a distance between the first and second antennas;
- integrated circuitry (IC) comprising:
- a first switch,
- a second switch,
- a third switch,
- a transmit (Tx) path:
- electrically connected with the first antenna via the first switch, or
- electrically connected with the second antenna via the first switch and the third switch,
- a first receive (Rx) path:
- electrically connected with the second antenna via the second switch and the third switch, or
- electrically connected with the third antenna via the third switch, and
- a second Rx path electrically connected with the fourth antenna;
- memory comprising one or more storage media storing instructions;
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- at least one processor comprising processing circuitry,
- wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
- receive, through the second antenna electrically connected with the first Rx path via the second switch and the third switch and the fourth antenna electrically connected with the second Rx path, first reflection signals regarding a first signal transmitted within a first time interval through the first antenna electrically connected with the Tx path via the first switch, within the first time interval;
- and
- receive, through the third antenna electrically connected with the first Rx path via the third switch and the fourth antenna electrically connected with the second Rx path, second reflection signals regarding a second signal transmitted within a second time interval different from the first time interval through the second antenna electrically connected with the Tx path via the first switch and the third switch, within the second time interval.
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