Antenna, antenna assembly, and base station

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11316257-B2
Application number	US-202016861425-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 29, 2020
Priority date	Oct 30, 2017
Publication date	Apr 26, 2022
Grant date	Apr 26, 2022

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an antenna, including a first antenna portion and a detachable second antenna portion that is connected to the first antenna portion, where the first antenna portion includes a first radome and a first reflection plate disposed in the first radome, the second antenna portion includes a second radome and a second reflection plate disposed in the second radome, and a working surface of the first reflection plate and a working surface of the second reflection plate are coplanar; and a plurality of antenna arrays on the working surface of the first reflection plate and a plurality of antenna arrays on the working surface of the second reflection plate are configured to construct different types of antennas based on a quantity of frequency bands and a quantity of transmit and receive channels that are configured for the antenna.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An antenna, comprising:
a first antenna portion; and
a detachable second antenna portion that is connected to the first antenna portion, wherein the first antenna portion comprises a first radome and a first reflection plate disposed in the first radome, the second antenna portion comprises a second radome and a second reflection plate disposed in the second radome; and a plurality of antenna arrays on a working surface of the first reflection plate and a plurality of antenna arrays on a working surface of the second reflection plate are configured to construct different types of antennas based on a quantity of frequency bands and a quantity of transmit and receive channels that are configured for the antenna, wherein some antenna arrays on the first reflection plate and the plurality of antenna arrays on the second reflection plate are configured to jointly construct a first-type antenna, and some other antenna arrays on the first reflection plate are configured to construct a second-type antenna.

2. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein a phase shifter of the first-type antenna is connected to the antenna arrays that construct the first-type antenna, and is electrically connected to a first radio frequency port that is on the first radome by using the phase shifter.

3. The antenna according to claim 2 , wherein in a direction from the first reflection plate to the second reflection plate, the antenna arrays on the first reflection plate and the antenna arrays on the second reflection plate that construct the first-type antenna are arranged on the working surface of the first reflection plate and the working surface of the second reflection plate at equal intervals in a straight line, and are connected to the phase shifter by using a power divider.

4. The antenna according to claim 2 , wherein the antenna arrays on the second reflection plate that construct the first-type antenna are connected to the phase shifter by using a jumper, and when there are a plurality of jumpers, lengths of the jumpers are the same.

5. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein a length and a width of the first reflection plate are the same as a length and a width of the second reflection plate, and a quantity and a column length of first antenna arrays on the first reflection plate are the same as a quantity and a column length of second antenna arrays on the second reflection plate.

6. The antenna according to claim 2 , wherein the first-type antenna comprises a first radio frequency module disposed on a back of the first radome away from a radiation direction of the antenna; and the first radio frequency module is connected to a first radio frequency port of the first-type antenna by using a jumper, or the first radio frequency module is connected to the first radio frequency port of the first-type antenna by using a connector.

7. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein a gap error of a joint between the first radome and the second radome is less than or equal to 5 mm.

8. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the first reflection plate is detachably slidably installed in the first radome, and the second reflection plate is detachably slidably installed in the second radome.

9. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna comprises a connecting piece, and the connecting piece is fixedly connected to a back of the first radome and a back of the second radome.

10. An antenna, comprising:
a first antenna portion; and
a detachable second antenna portion that is connected to the first antenna portion, wherein the first antenna portion comprises a first radome and a first reflection plate disposed in the first radome, the second antenna portion comprises a second radome and a second reflection plate disposed in the second radome; and a plurality of antenna arrays on a working surface of the first reflection plate and a plurality of antenna arrays on a working surface of the second reflection plate are configured to construct different types of antennas based on a quantity of frequency bands and a quantity of transmit and receive channels that are configured for the antenna, wherein some antenna arrays on the first reflection plate and some antenna arrays on the second reflection plate are configured to jointly construct a first-type antenna, and some other antenna arrays on the first reflection plate and some other antenna arrays on the second reflection plate are respectively configured to construct a second-type antenna and a third-type antenna.

11. An antenna, comprising:
a first antenna portion; and
a detachable second antenna portion that is connected to the first antenna portion, wherein the first antenna portion comprises a first radome and a first reflection plate disposed in the first radome, the second antenna portion comprises a second radome and a second reflection plate disposed in the second radome; and a plurality of antenna arrays on a working surface of the first reflection plate and a plurality of antenna arrays on a working surface of the second reflection plate are configured to construct different types of antennas based on a quantity of frequency bands and a quantity of transmit and receive channels that are configured for the antenna, wherein the antenna arrays on the first reflection plate and the antenna arrays on the second reflection plate are configured to jointly construct a first-type antenna; or the antenna arrays on the first reflection plate are configured to construct a second-type antenna, and the antenna arrays on the second reflection plate are configured to construct a third-type antenna, wherein a feeding network of the second-type antenna is electrically connected, by using a suspended strip-line structure, to the antenna arrays on the first reflection plate that construct the second-type antenna, and the feeding network is electrically connected to a second radio frequency port that is on the second radome.

12. The antenna according to claim 11 , wherein a feeding network of the third-type antenna is electrically connected, by using a suspended strip-line structure, to the antenna arrays on the second reflection plate that construct the third-type antenna, a second radio frequency module of the third-type antenna is disposed on a back of the first radome away from a radiation direction of the antenna, and the second radio frequency port that is on the second radome is electrically connected to the feeding network and the second radio frequency module.

13. The antenna according to claim 11 , wherein the feeding network comprises a power division module and a phase shift module, and the power division module is configured to connect to the phase shift module and the antenna arrays that correspond to the power division module.

14. The antenna according to claim 11 , wherein the second-type antenna comprises a second radio frequency module disposed on a back of the first radome away from a radiation direction of the antenna; and the second radio frequency module is connected to a second radio frequency port of the second-type antenna by using a jumper, or the second radio frequency module is connected to a second radio frequency port of the second-type antenna by using a connector.

15. An antenna, comprising:
a first antenna portion; and
a detachable second antenna portion that is connected to the first antenna portion, wherein the first antenna portion comprises a first radome and a first reflection plate disposed in the first radome, the second antenna portion comprises a second radome and a second reflection plate disposed in the second radome; and a plurality of antenna

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lv Jinsong
• Pu Tao
• Xiao Weihong
• Xu Honggang
• Zhang Runxiao

Classifications

• H01Q15/14

  Reflecting surfaces; Equivalent structures {(electromagnetic shields H01Q1/526)} · CPC title

• H01Q3/02

  using mechanical movement of antenna or antenna system as a whole · CPC title

• H01Q1/42 Primary

  Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome · CPC title

• H01Q1/246 Primary

  specially adapted for base stations · CPC title

• H01Q1/36

  Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; {Particular materials used therewith}(H01Q1/08, H01Q1/14 take precedence) · CPC title