Integrated, closely spaced, high isolation, printed dipoles

A time division duplex (TDD) repeater receiving and re-transmitting a signal, the TDD repeater comprising:

• a generally planar shaped multi-layer circuit board arranged in a plane;
• a first transceiver associated with the multi-layer circuit board;
• a second transceiver associated with the multi-layer circuit board;
• a first planar antenna printed on at least a first layer of the multi-layer circuit board in the plane, the first planar antenna coupled to the first transceiver and capable of radiating and receiving electromagnetic energy associated with a frequency;
• and
• a second planar antenna printed on at least the first layer of the multi-layer circuit board in the plane, the second planar antenna coupled to the second transceiver and capable of radiating and receiving energy associated with a frequency,
• wherein the first planar antenna and the second planar antenna are arranged in co-planar orthogonal relation to each other, and further wherein
• at least the first layer includes a ground plane having a non-symmetrical structure configured to reduce current.

A time division duplex (TDD) repeater receiving and re-transmitting a signal, the TDD repeater comprising:

• a generally planar shaped multi-layer circuit board arranged in a plane;
• a first transceiver associated with the multi-layer circuit board;
• a second transceiver associated with the multi-layer circuit board;
• a first planar antenna printed on at least a first layer of the multi-layer circuit board in the plane, the first planar antenna coupled to the first transceiver and capable of radiating and receiving electromagnetic energy associated with a frequency;
• and
• a second planar antenna printed on at least the first layer of the multi-layer circuit board in the plane, the second planar antenna coupled to the second transceiver and capable of radiating and receiving energy associated with a frequency,
• wherein the first planar antenna and the second planar antenna are arranged in co-planar orthogonal relation to each other, and further comprising a rotatable packaging structure having an indicator, wherein:
• one of the first and the second transceivers includes a sounding signal transmitter;
• an other of the first and the second transceivers is capable of receiving a sounding signal and activating the indicator, the rotatable packaging structure is capable of facilitating rotation of the antenna configuration during a transmission of the sounding signal, and the other of the first and the second transceivers is configured to activate the indicator when receiving the sounding signal so as to provide feedback to a user relative to a parameter associated with the sounding signal to enable spatial repositioning of the antenna configuration based on the parameter.

A multi-layer circuit board arrangement in a time division duplex (TDD) repeater capable of receiving and re-transmitting a signal, the multi-layer circuit board arrangement comprising:

• a multi-layer circuit board having a ground plane;
• a first planar antenna printed on at least a first layer of the multi-layer circuit board in the plane, the first planar antenna capable of radiating and receiving electromagnetic energy associated with a frequency according to a first planar polarization direction;
• and
• a second planar antenna printed on at least the first layer of the multi-layer circuit board in the plane, the second planar antenna capable of radiating and receiving energy associated with a frequency according to a second planar polarization direction different from the first planar polarization direction,
• wherein the first planar polarization direction and the second planar polarization direction are orthogonal to each other, and
• further wherein at least the first layer includes a ground plane having a non-symmetrical structure configured to reduce current coupled to the ground plane.