# US 2022/0037779 A1 · High-frequency oscillator assembly and base station antenna

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- Number: US 2022/0037779 A1
- Document ID: US20220037779A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/244,386
- Filed: 2021-04-29
- Published: 2022-02-03
- Earliest claimed: 2020-07-28
- Assignees: Kunshan Luxshare RF Technology Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Kunshan Luxshare RF Technology Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Lu CHEN; ChengYu XU; ZhenHua LI; ZheXuan XU; WanQiang ZHANG; MengYun GU; WenKai XU
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220037779A1

## CPC

- H01Q 1/50: Structural association of antennas with earthing switches, lead-in devices or lightning protectors
- H01Q 1/246: {specially adapted for base stations}
- H01Q 1/523: {between antennas of an array}
- H01Q 5/42: using two or more imbricated arrays (H01Q5/49 takes precedence)
- H01Q 15/14: Reflecting surfaces; Equivalent structures {(electromagnetic shields H01Q1/526)}
- H01Q 21/26: Turnstile or like antennas comprising arrangements of three or more elongated elements disposed radially and symmetrically in a horizontal plane about a common centre
- H04W 88/08: Access point devices
- H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72)
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

The present disclosure provides a high-frequency oscillator assembly and a base station antenna. The high-frequency oscillator assembly comprises a balun supporting component and a baseplate. The balun supporting component comprises two balun supporting plates. The balun supporting plate comprises a first surface and a second surface. The first surface comprises a feeder circuit comprising a transmission line and a feeder line. The second surface comprises a first open-circuit filtering branch. The transmission line is disposed on one side of the other balun supporting plate. The feeder line is disposed on the other side of the other balun supporting plate. The first open-circuit filtering branch and the feeder line are electrically connected. The baseplate is disposed on the balun supporting component and comprises a plurality of oscillator arms. The feeder lines are electrically connected with the corresponding oscillator arms respectively.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A high-frequency oscillator assembly, comprising:
a balun supporting component comprising two balun supporting plates, one of which being assembled with the other in a cross arrangement, each of the balun supporting plates comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first surface of each of the balun supporting plates comprising a feeder circuit comprising a transmission line and a feeder line, the second surface of each of the balun supporting plates comprising a first open-circuit filtering branch, the transmission line of each of the balun supporting plates being disposed on one side of the other balun supporting plate, the feeder line of each of the balun supporting plates being disposed on the other side of the other balun supporting plate, the first open-circuit filtering branch and the feeder line of each of the balun supporting plates being electrically connected; and
a baseplate disposed on the balun supporting component, comprising a plurality of oscillator arms, the feeder lines of each of the balun supporting plates being electrically connected with the corresponding oscillator arms respectively;
wherein one ends of the transmission line and the feeder line are close to the baseplate; the horizontal distance between any point on the outermost edge of the transmission line and the other balun supporting plate is decreasing along a direction from one end of the balun supporting plate away from the baseplate toward one end of the balun supporting plate close to the baseplate.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The high-frequency oscillator assembly according to claim 1 further comprising a feeder board, the feeder board being disposed at one end of the balun supporting component away from the baseplate, and being electrically connected with the feeder circuit of each of the balun supporting plates.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The high-frequency oscillator assembly according to claim 2, wherein the first open-circuit filtering branch is electrically connected to the feeder circuit through a first hole.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The high-frequency oscillator assembly according to claim 2, wherein the first surface of each of the balun supporting plates comprises a second open-circuit filtering branch; the second surface of each of the balun supporting plates comprises a balun circuit; the second open-circuit filtering branch is disposed on the same side of the balun circuit; the second open-circuit filtering branch is electrically connected with the balun circuit; the balun circuit is electrically connected with the corresponding oscillator arm.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The high-frequency oscillator assembly according to claim 4, wherein the first open-circuit filtering branch and the second open-circuit filtering branch respectively comprise a transmission section and a filtering section; one end of the transmission section is electrically connected with the feeder circuit; the filtering section is connected with the other end of the transmission section.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The high-frequency oscillator assembly according to claim 5, wherein the transmission section is bent.

### Claim 7 (depends on 4)

The high-frequency oscillator assembly according to claim 4, wherein the baseplate comprises a feeder through hole penetrating one end of the oscillator arm close to the center of the baseplate; each of the balun supporting plates comprises two feeder bumps; the feeder line and the balun circuit respectively extend to a surface of the corresponding feeder bumps; the feeder bump passes through the feeder through hole; the feeder line and the balun circuit are connected to the corresponding oscillator arm.

### Claim 8 (depends on 4)

The high-frequency oscillator assembly according to claim 4, wherein the horizontal width between any point on an edge of the feeder line of each of the balun supporting plates away from the center of the baseplate is decreasing along the direction from one end of the balun supporting plate away from the baseplate toward one end of the balun supporting plate close to the baseplate; the horizontal width between any point on an edge of the balun circuit of each of the balun supporting plates away from the center of the baseplate and the other balun supporting plate is decreasing along the direction from one end of the balun supporting plate away from the baseplate toward one end of the balun supporting plate close to the baseplate.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The high-frequency oscillator assembly according to claim 8, wherein the edges of the feeder line and the balun circuit away from the center of the baseplate are respectively in a shape of straight or stepped.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The high-frequency oscillator assembly according to claim 1, wherein the transmission line comprises a plurality of microstrip lines and a plurality of connecting lines; the plurality of microstrip lines are alternately connected with the plurality of connecting lines; each of the microstrip lines is bent.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The high-frequency oscillator assembly according to claim 10, wherein the plurality of microstrip lines comprise a first microstrip line, a second microstrip line, and a third microstrip line; the plurality of connecting lines comprise a first connecting line, a second connecting line, and a third connecting line; the first microstrip line, the first connecting line, the second microstrip line, the second connecting line, the third microstrip line, and the third connecting line are connected in series in order; the first microstrip line is farther than the third microstrip line from the baseplate; the bending direction of the first microstrip line is different from the bending direction of the second microstrip line; the bending direction of the second microstrip line and the bending direction of the third microstrip line are the same.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The high-frequency oscillator assembly according to claim 1, wherein the tallness of each of the balun supporting plates is equal to a quarter of a wavelength of a working frequency band of the high-frequency oscillator assembly.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The high-frequency oscillator assembly according to claim 12, wherein the plurality of the oscillator arms are arranged in a ring shape around the center of the baseplate; the length between one end of each of the oscillator arms close to the baseplate and one end of each of the oscillator arms away from the baseplate is equal to a quarter of the wavelength of the working frequency band of the high-frequency oscillator assembly.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The high-frequency oscillator assembly according to claim 12, wherein the working frequency band of the high-frequency oscillator assembly is between 1.425 GHz and 2.69 GHz.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The high-frequency oscillator assembly according to claim 13, wherein the working frequency band of the high-frequency oscillator assembly is between 1.425 GHz and 2.69 GHz.

### Claim 16

A base station antenna, comprising:
a reflector; and
a high-frequency oscillator assembly, comprising:
a balun supporting component comprising two balun supporting plates, one of which being assembled with the other in a cross arrangement, each of the balun supporting plates comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first surface of each of the balun supporting plates comprising a feeder circuit comprising a transmission line and a feeder line, the second surface of each of the balun supporting plates comprising a first open-circuit filtering branch, the transmission line of each of the balun supporting plates being disposed on one side of the other balun supporting plate, the feeder line of each of the balun supporting plates being disposed on the other side of the other balun supporting plate, the first open-circuit filtering branch and the feeder line of each of the balun supporting plates being electrically connected; and
a baseplate disposed on the balun supporting component, comprising a plurality of oscillator arms, the feeder lines of each of the balun supporting plates being electrically connected with the corresponding oscillator arms respectively;
wherein one ends of the transmission line and the feeder line are close to the baseplate; the horizontal distance between any point on the outermost edge of the transmission line and the other balun supporting plate is decreasing along a direction from one end of the balun supporting plate away from the baseplate toward one end of the balun supporting plate close to the baseplate;
wherein the high-frequency oscillator assembly is disposed on the reflector.
