Wireless transceiver having receive antennas and transmit antennas with orthogonal polarizations in a phased array antenna panel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11502425-B2
Application number	US-202016935515-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 22, 2020
Priority date	Sep 2, 2016
Publication date	Nov 15, 2022
Grant date	Nov 15, 2022

Abstract

A wireless communications system includes a first transceiver with a first phased array antenna panel having horizontal-polarization receive antennas and vertical-polarization transmit antennas, where the horizontal-polarization receive antennas form a first receive beam based on receive phase and receive amplitude information provided by a first master chip, the vertical-polarization transmit antennas form a first transmit beam based on transmit phase and transmit amplitude information provided by the first master chip. The wireless communications system may include a second transceiver having vertical-polarization receive antennas and horizontal-polarization transmit antennas in a second phased array antenna panel, where the vertical-polarization receive antennas form a second receive beam based on receive phase and receive amplitude information provided by a second master chip, the horizontal-polarization transmit antennas form a second transmit beam based on transmit phase and transmit amplitude information provided by the second master chip.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a phased array antenna panel comprising a first transceiver and a first master chip, wherein
said first transceiver comprises horizontal-polarization receive antennas and vertical-polarization transmit antennas,
said horizontal-polarization receive antennas form a first receive beam based on a first receive phase information and receive amplitude information provided by said first master chip,
said vertical-polarization transmit antennas form a first transmit beam based on a first transmit phase information and transmit amplitude information provided by said first master chip; and
a second transceiver having vertical-polarization receive antennas and horizontal-polarization transmit antennas.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein said first transceiver is a mobile transceiver on a vehicle, and said second transceiver is in a satellite.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein said second transceiver has a second phased array antenna panel with said vertical-polarization receive antennas and said horizontal-polarization transmit antennas, said vertical-polarization receive antennas form a second receive beam based on a second receive phase information and receive amplitude information provided by a second master chip, said horizontal-polarization transmit antennas form a second transmit beam based on a second transmit phase information and transmit amplitude information provided by said second master chip.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein said first receive phase information and said receive amplitude information for said horizontal-polarization receive antennas is provided by a first RF front end chip that is connected to said first master chip.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein said first transmit phase information and said transmit amplitude information for said vertical-polarization transmit antennas is provided by said first RF front end chip that is connected to said first master chip.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein said first transmit phase information and transmit amplitude information for said vertical-polarization transmit antennas is provided by a second RF front end chip that is connected to said first master chip.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of said vertical-polarization transmit antennas is approximately half-way between two of said horizontal-polarization receive antennas.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of said vertical-polarization transmit antennas is approximately centered between four of said horizontal-polarization receive antennas.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein said vertical-polarization transmit antennas form a rectangular cluster or a non-rectangular cluster surrounded by said horizontal-polarization receive antennas.

10. A device, comprising:
a phased array antenna panel comprising a first transceiver and a first master chip, wherein
said first transceiver comprises horizontal-polarization receive antennas and vertical-polarization transmit antennas,
said horizontal-polarization receive antennas form a first receive beam based on a first receive phase information and receive amplitude information provided by said first master chip,
said vertical-polarization transmit antennas form a first transmit beam based on a first transmit phase information and transmit amplitude information provided by said first master chip.

11. The device of claim 10 , wherein said first transceiver is configured to communicate with a second transceiver having vertical-polarization receive antennas and horizontal-polarization transmit antennas.

12. The device of claim 11 , wherein said second transceiver has a second phased array antenna panel with said vertical-polarization receive antennas and said horizontal-polarization transmit antennas, said vertical-polarization receive antennas form a second receive beam based on a second receive phase information and receive amplitude information provided by a second master chip, said horizontal-polarization transmit antennas form a second transmit beam based on a second transmit phase information and transmit amplitude information provided by said second master chip.

13. The device of claim 10 , wherein said first receive phase information and said receive amplitude information for said horizontal-polarization receive antennas is provided by a first RF front end chip that is connected to said first master chip.

14. The device of claim 10 , wherein said first transmit phase information and said transmit amplitude information for said vertical-polarization transmit antennas is provided by a first RF front end chip that is connected to said first master chip.

15. The device of claim 13 , wherein said first transmit phase information and transmit amplitude information for said vertical-polarization transmit antennas is provided by a second RF front end chip that is connected to said first master chip.

16. The device of claim 10 , wherein each of said vertical-polarization transmit antennas is approximately half-way between two of said horizontal-polarization receive antennas.

17. The device of claim 10 , wherein each of said vertical-polarization transmit antennas is approximately centered between four of said horizontal-polarization receive antennas.

18. The device of claim 10 , wherein said vertical-polarization transmit antennas form a rectangular cluster or a non-rectangular cluster surrounded by said horizontal-polarization receive antennas.

Assignees

• Movandi Corp
• Silicon Valley Bank

Inventors

• Rofougaran Ahmadreza
• Shirinfar Farid
• Gharavi Sam
• Boers Michael
• Yoon Seunghwan
• Besoli Alfred Grau
• Rofougaran Maryam

Classifications

• H01Q21/24 Primary

  Combinations of antenna units polarised in different directions for transmitting or receiving circularly and elliptically polarised waves or waves linearly polarised in any direction {(circularly polarised patch antennas H01Q9/0428; circularly polarised horns H01Q13/0241; cross-polarised horns H01Q13/0258; polarisation converters H01Q15/242; cross-polarised rear feeds H01Q19/136; crossed polarisation dual antenna H01Q25/001)} · CPC title

• H01Q3/38

  the phase-shifters being digital · CPC title

• H01Q25/001

  Crossed polarisation dual antennas (orthomode horns H01Q13/0258; cross-polarised rear feeds H01Q19/136; orthomode transducers H01P1/161) · CPC title

• H01Q23/00

  Antennas with active circuits or circuit elements integrated within them or attached to them · CPC title

• H01Q1/525

  between emitting and receiving antennas · CPC title