ANTENNA ARRAY AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING ANTENNA PATTERNS

摘要

An antenna array having a plurality of antenna elements is disclosed. The antenna array comprises: a plurality of transceiver modules; an active antenna element subset of the plurality of antenna elements, wherein the active antenna element subset comprises at least one active antenna element being actively coupled to an associated transceiver module of the plurality of transceiver modules; and at least one passively combined sub-array of at least two antenna elements of the plurality of antenna elements. A method for generating antenna patterns with the antenna array is also disclosed.

主权项

1. An antenna array having a plurality of antenna elements vertically arranged in a vertical column comprising:
a plurality of transceiver modules; an active antenna element subset of the plurality of antenna elements, wherein the active antenna element subset comprises at least one active antenna element, the at least one active antenna element being actively coupled to a respective subset transceiver module of the plurality of transceiver modules; and at least one passively combined sub-array of at least two antenna elements of the plurality of antenna elements, wherein at least one of said at least one passively combined sub-array is actively coupled to an associated sub-array transceiver module of the plurality of transceiver modules, wherein the active antenna element subset and the at least one passively combined sub-array are arranged in said vertical column.