Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cellular antenna
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Application No.: US10312979Application Date: 2001-07-10
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Publication No.: US07899496B2Publication Date: 2011-03-01
- Inventor: Daniel Rhodes , Andrew Thomas Gray , Arthur George Roberts , Peter Bruce Graham
- Applicant: Daniel Rhodes , Andrew Thomas Gray , Arthur George Roberts , Peter Bruce Graham
- Applicant Address: US NC Hickory
- Assignee: Andrew LLC
- Current Assignee: Andrew LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Hickory
- Agency: Husch Blackwell LLP
- Priority: NZ505656 20000710; NZ510913 20010403
- International Application: PCT/NZ01/00137 WO 20010710
- International Announcement: WO02/05383 WO 20020117
- Main IPC: H04M1/00
- IPC: H04M1/00

Abstract:
An antenna for communicating with mobile devices in a land-based cellular communication system via an antenna beam having a width, azimuth angle and downtilt angle. The antenna includes: a two dimensional array of radiating elements (31-34); and a feed network (35-39) from a feed line to the radiating elements. The feed network includes: downtilt phase shifting means (35,36) for varying the phase of signals supplied to or received from the radiating elements so as to vary the downtilt angle of the antenna beam; azimuth phase shifting (38,39) means for varying the phase of signals supplied to or received from the radiating elements so as to vary the azimuth angle of the antenna beam; and beam width adjustment means (37) for varying the power or phase of signals supplied to or received from the radiating elements so as to vary the width of the antenna beam.
Public/Granted literature
- US20040038714A1 Cellular Antenna Public/Granted day:2004-02-26
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