Antenna integrated with filter
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsManfred STADLER, Edgar Konrad SCHMIDHAMMER
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Abstract
An integrated antenna-array-and-filter is provided that includes a plurality of resonators coupled to an input port of a dielectric waveguide network. At least one antenna couples to an output port of the dielectric waveguide network. The plurality of resonators is configured to provide a plurality of poles in a filter frequency response of the integrated antenna-array-and-filter. The dielectric waveguide network and the at least one antenna are configured to provide at least one final pole in the filter frequency response.
Claims20
An integrated antenna-array-and-filter, comprising:
- a dielectric waveguide network;
- a first plurality of dielectric resonators coupled to a dielectric waveguide network;
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- a plurality of antennas coupled to the dielectric waveguide network, wherein the dielectric waveguide network and the plurality of antennas are configured to function as a resonator providing at least one pole in a filter frequency response of the integrated antenna-array-and-filter, and wherein the first plurality of dielectric resonators is configured to provide a remaining plurality of poles in the filter frequency response.
A method of transmitting, comprising:
- passing a first RF signal through a first plurality of dielectric resonators to generate a plurality of poles in a filter frequency response of an integrated antenna-array-and-filter;
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- generating a remaining pole in the filter frequency response by coupling the first RF signal from the first plurality of dielectric resonators through a first dielectric waveguide to a first antenna and transmitting the first RF signal from the first antenna.
An integrated antenna-array-and-filter, comprising:
- a plurality of dielectric resonators;
- a first antenna;
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- a dielectric waveguide coupled between the plurality of dielectric resonators and the first antenna.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.