Information handling system dongle with angle of arrival tracking and phased array antenna
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsPeng Lip Goh, Deeder M. Aurongzeb
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Abstract
A wireless dongle couples to an information handling system port by inserting into a port along an insertion axis to interface with the information handling system processor. A circuit board couples orthogonal to a Type C USB connector and mounts a radio that communicates wireless signals with a peripheral device. A pair of adjacent three dimensional antenna couple to the circuit board in a spaced parallel relationship to communicate wireless signals orthogonal the circuit board along the insertion axis and directed as a beam with phase shifting of the wireless signals by the radio.
Claims18
An information handling system comprising:
- a housing having a port;
- a processor coupled in the housing and operable to execute instructions that process information;
- a memory coupled in the housing and interfaced with the processor, the memory operable to store the instructions and information;
- a peripheral external the housing and operable to communicate by wireless signals;
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- a wireless dongle having a connector configured to insert into the port along an insertion axis, a circuit board coupled to the connector, a radio coupled to the circuit board, and first and second antennas coupled to the circuit board, the radio operable to communicate with wireless signals to the peripheral with shifts in phase of the wireless signal that direct the wireless signal through the first and second antennas as a beam towards the peripheral.
A method for communicating between an information handling system and peripheral, the method comprising:
- inserting a wireless dongle connector into a port of the information handling system along an insertion axis;
- coupling a circuit board to the wireless dongle connector;
- coupling a radio to the circuit board;
- coupling first and second antenna to the circuit board;
- communicating wireless signals between the radio and a peripheral through the first and second antenna with shifts in phase of the wireless signal that direct the wireless signal as a beam towards the peripheral;
- receiving at the radio angle of arrival information communicated from the peripheral;
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- applying the angle of arrival information to direct the wireless signals from the first and second antennas to focus along a desired transmission axis and at the peripheral.
A wireless dongle comprising:
- a connector configured to insert into an information handling system port along an insertion axis;
- a circuit board coupled to the connector orthogonal to the insertion axis;
- a radio coupled to the circuit board, the radio operable to communicate with wireless signals;
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- first and second antenna coupled to the circuit board and interfaced with the radio, the first and second antenna communicating with wireless signals to a peripheral with shifts in phase of the wireless signal that direct the wireless signal through the first and second antennas as a beam towards the peripheral, each of the first and second antenna comprising a three dimensional piece held in a parallel spaced relationship with the circuit board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.