Bi-directional signal booster
AssigneeWilson Electronics, LLC
InventorsChristopher K. Ashworth, James Colin Clark
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Abstract
A signal booster may include first and second uplink gain units each configured to apply an uplink gain to an uplink signal. The signal booster may further include first and second downlink gain units each configured to apply a downlink gain to a downlink signal. The signal booster may also include a passive signal directing unit configured to communicatively couple the first uplink gain unit to the second uplink gain unit and to communicatively couple the first downlink gain unit to the second downlink gain unit.
Claims20
A signal booster comprising:
- first and second uplink gain units each configured to apply an uplink gain to an uplink signal;
- first and second downlink gain units each configured to apply a downlink gain to a downlink signal;
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- a passive signal directing unit configured to communicatively couple the first uplink gain unit to the second uplink gain unit and to communicatively couple the first downlink gain unit to the second downlink gain unit.
A signal booster comprising:
- a first amplifying ring that includes a first uplink gain unit communicatively coupled between first and second duplexers and a first downlink gain unit communicatively coupled between the first and second duplexers;
- a second amplifying ring that includes a second uplink gain unit communicatively coupled between third and fourth duplexers and a second downlink gain unit communicatively coupled between the third and fourth duplexers;
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- the second and third duplexers communicatively coupled such that the communicatively coupled second and third duplexers are configured to communicatively couple the first uplink gain unit to the second uplink gain unit and to communicatively couple the first downlink gain unit to the second downlink gain unit.
A method of amplifying a signal, the method comprising:
- applying a first uplink gain to an uplink signal received at a first antenna;
- applying a first downlink gain to a downlink signal received at a second antenna;
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- after applying the first uplink gain and the first downlink gain, directing the uplink signal and the downlink signal along a common path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.