Antenna and communications device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10044492-B2
Application number	US-201615083985-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 29, 2016
Priority date	Sep 30, 2013
Publication date	Aug 7, 2018
Grant date	Aug 7, 2018

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide an antenna and a communications device, and relate to the field of wireless communications technologies. The antenna includes at least one receive antenna unit, at least one transmit antenna unit, a transmit and receive antenna unit connected to a three-port component having a circulator characteristic, a signal output port, and a signal input port, where each receive antenna unit and a receiver port of the three-port component are both connected to the signal output port by using a power combiner, and the signal output port is configured to connect to a receiver; and each transmit antenna unit and a transmitter port of the three-port component are both connected to the signal input port by using a power divider, and the signal input port is configured to connect to a transmitter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An antenna, wherein the antenna comprises:
at least one receive antenna unit;
at least one transmit antenna unit;
a transmit and receive antenna unit connected to a three-port component having a circulator characteristic;
a signal output port; and
a signal input port, wherein
each of the at least one receive antenna unit and a receiver port of the three-port component are both connected to the signal output port by using a power combiner, and the signal output port is configured to connect to a receiver; and
each of the at least one transmit antenna unit and a transmitter port of the three-port component are both connected to the signal input port by using a power divider, and the signal input port is configured to connect to a transmitter,
wherein a connection line set comprising a connection line between a phase center of each of the at least one transmit antenna unit and a phase center of each of the at least one receive antenna unit and a further connection line between a phase center of the transmit and receive antenna unit and a phase center of each of other antenna units, and a power allocation value of an interference source antenna unit that is in antenna units at two ends of each connection line in the connection line set and causes co-channel interference to an antenna unit at the other end satisfy the following condition:
there is at least one manner for dividing the connection line set into subsets, wherein all connection lines in the connection line set are divided into at least one pair of subsets, and in two subsets of each pair of subsets, a length difference between any two connection lines between the subsets is equal to an odd multiple of half of an operating wavelength of the antenna, a length difference between any two connection lines in a subset with more than one connection line is equal to an integer multiple of the operating wavelength of the antenna, and a sum of square roots of power allocation values of interference source antenna units corresponding to all connection lines in one subset is equal to a sum of square roots of power allocation values of interference source antenna units corresponding to all connection lines in the other subset.

2. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the three-port component is a circulator.

3. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one receive antenna unit is an array comprising a single feed or multiple feeds, the at least one transmit antenna unit is an array comprising a single feed or multiple feeds, and the transmit and receive antenna unit is an array comprising a single feed or multiple feeds.

4. An antenna, comprising:
at least one receive antenna unit;
at least one transmit antenna unit;
a transmit and receive antenna unit connected to a three-port component having a circulator characteristic;
a signal output port; and
a signal input port, wherein
each of the at least one receive antenna unit and a receiver port of the three-port component are both connected to the signal output port by using a power combiner, and the signal output port is configured to connect to a receiver; and
each of the at least one transmit antenna unit and a transmitter port of the three-port component are both connected to the signal input port by using a power divider, and the signal input port is configured to connect to a transmitter, wherein in the at least one receive antenna unit and the at least one transmit antenna unit each of whose phase centers are away from a phase center of the transmit and receive antenna unit by a distance smaller than a preset distance, a connection line set comprising a connection line between a phase center of each of the at least one transmit antenna unit and a phase center of each of the at least one receive antenna unit and a connection line between the phase center of the transmit and receive antenna unit and a phase center of each of other antenna units, and a power allocation value of an interference source antenna unit that is in antenna units at two ends of each connection line in the connection line set and causes co-channel interference to an antenna unit at the other end satisfy the following condition:
there is at least one manner for dividing the connection line set into subsets, wherein all connection lines in the connection line set are divided into at least one pair of subsets, and in two subsets of each pair of subsets, a length difference between any two connection lines between the subsets is equal to an odd multiple of half of an operating wavelength of the antenna, a length difference between any two connection lines in a subset with more than one connection line is equal to an integer multiple of the operating wavelength of the antenna, and a sum of square roots of power allocation values of interference source antenna units corresponding to all connection lines in one subset is equal to a sum of square roots of power allocation values of interference source antenna units corresponding to all connection lines in the other subset.

5. The antenna according to claim 4 , wherein a quantity of connection lines in each subset in the connection line set is 1; and power allocation values of all antenna units connected to the power divider are equal.

6. An antenna comprising:
at least one receive antenna unit;
at least one transmit antenna unit;
a transmit and receive antenna unit connected to a three-port component having a circulator characteristic;
a signal output port; and
a signal input port, wherein
each of the at least one receive antenna unit and a receiver port of the three-port component are both connected to the signal output port by using a power combiner, and the signal output port is configured to connect to a receiver; and
each of the at least one transmit antenna unit and a transmitter port of the three-port component are both connected to the signal input port by using a power divider, and the signal input port is configured to connect to a transmitter, wherein the at least one receive antenna unit is two receive antenna units, and the at least one transmit antenna unit is two transmit antenna units;
respective phase centers of the two receive antenna units are symmetric with respect to a phase center of the transmit and receive antenna unit; and
respective phase centers of the two transmit antenna units are symmetric with respect to the phase center of the transmit and receive antenna unit.

7. The antenna according to claim 6 , wherein distances between the phase centers of both of the two receive antenna units and the phase centers of both of the two transmit antennas unit are equal.

8. The antenna according to claim 7 , wherein a distance between the phase center of the transmit and receive antenna unit and the phase center of each receive antenna unit and a distance between the phase center of the transmit and receive antenna unit and the phase center of each transmit antenna unit are equal.

9. The antenna according to claim 6 , further comprising multiple receive auxiliary antenna units and multiple transmit auxiliary antenna units, wherein
phase centers of the receive auxiliary antenna units are located on an extended line of a connection line between the respective phase centers of the two receive antenna units, and each two of the phase centers of the receive auxiliary antenna units are symmetric with respect to the phase center of the transmit and receive antenna unit; and the receive auxiliary antenna units are all connected to the signal output port by using the power combiner; and
phase centers of the transmit auxiliary antenna unit are located on an extended line of a connection line between the respective phase centers of the two transmit antenna u

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Yu
• Qing Huaping
• Li Kun

Classifications

• H04B1/525

  with means for reducing leakage of transmitter signal into the receiver · CPC title

• H01Q1/525

  between emitting and receiving antennas · CPC title

• H01Q21/28

  Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting antenna units or systems {(multiple beam H01Q25/00)} · CPC title

• H04B1/54

  using the same frequency for two directions of communication (H04B1/44 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04B7/06

  at the transmitting station · CPC title