Multi-beam MIMO antenna systems and methods

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11736329-B2
Application number	US-202318107406-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 8, 2023
Priority date	Jan 13, 2017
Publication date	Aug 22, 2023
Grant date	Aug 22, 2023

Abstract

This application proposes multi-beam antenna systems using spherical lens are proposed, with high isolation between antenna ports and compatible to 2×2, 4×4, 8×8 MIMO transceivers. Several compact multi-band multi-beam solutions (with wideband operation, 40% +, in each band) are achieved by creating dual-band radiators movable on the track around spherical lens and by placing of lower band radiators between spherical lenses. By using of secondary lens for high band radiators, coupling between low band and high band radiators is reduced. Beam tilt range and side lobe suppression are improved by special selection of phase shift and rotational angle of radiators. Resultantly, a wide beam tilt range (0-40 degree) is realized in proposed multi-beam antenna systems. Each beam can be individually tilted. Based on proposed single- and multi-lens antenna solutions, cell coverage improvements and stadium tribune coverage optimization are also achieved, together with interference reduction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A multi-beam antenna assembly comprising:
a first lens antenna and a second lens antenna, wherein each lens antenna comprises a spherical lens, a radiator, and a beam group;
a tilt mechanism configured to move the radiator along a first vertical arc of the spherical lens of the first lens antenna.
wherein the beam group comprises at least a first beam having a first RF band, and a second beam having a second RF band, wherein the first RF band is a low-band (LB) signal, and the second RF band is a high-band (HB) signal;
wherein at least one of the first lens antenna and the second lens antenna comprise at least one port of a plurality of ports;
a MIMO transceiver functionally coupled to at least one port of the plurality of ports as a function of the RF band, wherein the MIMO transceiver is configured to transmit or receive both low-band (LB) and high-band (HB) signals simultaneously; and
wherein the beam group of the first lens antenna and the beam group of the second lens antenna are configured to provide coverage to at least a portion of a common coverage area.

2. The multi-beam antenna assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first beam and the second beam have the same coverage area.

3. The multi-beam antenna assembly of claim 1 further comprising a low band (LB) beam group and a high band (HB) beam group.

4. The multi-beam antenna assembly of claim 3 , wherein the first lens antenna produces the LB beam group, and the second lens antenna produces the HB beam group.

5. The multi-beam antenna assembly of claim 1 , wherein a radiator of the first lens antenna comprises at least one of an HB element and an LB element.

6. The multi-beam antenna assembly of claim 5 , wherein the LB element is coupled to a LB MIMO transceiver via a LB phase shifter, and the HB element is coupled to a HB MIMO transceiver via a HB phase shifter.

7. The multi-beam antenna assembly of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first lens antenna and the second lens antenna is a tri-band antenna configured produce the LB beam group, a middle-band (MB) beam group, and the HB beam group.

8. The multi-beam antenna assembly of claim 7 , wherein the LB beam group, the MB beam group, and the HB beam group cover a common coverage area.

9. The multi-beam antenna assembly of claim 1 , wherein the tilt mechanism is further configured to move the radiator along a second vertical arc of the spherical lens of the first lens antenna.

Assignees

• Matsing Inc

Inventors

• Matitsine Serguei
• Timofeev Igor
• Matytsine Leonid
• Demarco Anthony

Classifications

• H01Q25/00 Primary

  Antennas or antenna systems providing at least two radiating patterns (arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern H01Q3/00) · CPC title

• H01Q15/08

  formed of solid dielectric material · CPC title

• H01Q1/22

  by structural association with other equipment or articles · CPC title

• H04B7/0408

  using two or more beams, i.e. beam diversity · CPC title

• H04B7/0413

  MIMO systems · CPC title