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US 12712619 · App. 18/472,044 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

Phased array apparatus and communication device

Inventor: Zhi Li (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., LTD.
H04B7/0682
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Patent No.
US 12712619
App. No.
18/472,044
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application provides a phased array apparatus and a communication device, and relates to the field of communication technologies. The phased array apparatus includes phased array channels coupled to antenna units in an antenna array. Each of the phased array channels is configured to transmit radio frequency signals of at least two frequency bands. Each of the phased array channels includes an intermediate frequency phase shifter configured to set a phase of an intermediate frequency signal corresponding to a radio frequency signal transmitted in the phased array channel.

Claims (37)

1 . A phased array apparatus comprising:

a plurality of phased array channels coupled to a plurality of antenna units in an antenna array in a one-to-one manner, wherein each of the phased array channels is configured to transmit radio frequency signals of at least two frequency bands through a same antenna unit of the plurality of antenna units; and

each of the phased array channels comprises an intermediate frequency phase shifter configured to set a phase of an intermediate frequency signal corresponding to a radio frequency signal transmitted on the phased array channel.

2 . The phased array apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each of the phased array channels further comprises a local oscillator phase shifter configured to set a phase of a local oscillator signal transmitted on the phased array channel.

3 . The phased array apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two frequency bands comprise a first frequency band and a second frequency band, each of the phased array channels comprises a first transmission channel corresponding to the first frequency band and a second transmission channel corresponding to the second frequency band, and the first transmission channel and the second transmission channel in a same phased array channel share the intermediate frequency phase shifter.

4 . The phased array apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein each of the phased array channels further comprises a local oscillator phase shifter configured to set a phase of a local oscillator signal transmitted on the phased array channel, and wherein the first transmission channel and the second transmission channel in the same phased array channel share the local oscillator phase shifter.

5 . The phased array apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the intermediate frequency phase shifter comprises a first intermediate frequency phase shifter; and the first transmission channel comprises a first receive circuit, the second transmission channel comprises a second receive circuit, and the first receive circuit and the second receive circuit share the first intermediate frequency phase shifter.

6 . The phased array apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the intermediate frequency phase shifter further comprises a second intermediate frequency phase shifter; and the first transmission channel further comprises a first transmit circuit, the second transmission channel further comprises a second transmit circuit, and the first transmit circuit and the second transmit circuit share the second intermediate frequency phase shifter.

7 . The phased array apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the first receive circuit, the first transmit circuit, the second receive circuit, and the second transmit circuit in the same phased array channel further share the same local oscillator phase shifter.

8 . The phased array apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein each of the first receive circuit and the second receive circuit further comprises a low noise amplifier (LNA) and a down-converter that are coupled in sequence, and each of the first transmit circuit and the second transmit circuit further comprises a power amplifier (PA) and an up-converter that are coupled in sequence.

9 . The phased array apparatus according to claim 6 further comprising a first power dividing/combining network and a second power dividing/combining network, wherein both the first receive circuit and the second receive circuit in the plurality of phased array channels are coupled to the first power dividing/combining network, and both the first transmit circuit and the second transmit circuit in the plurality of phased array channels are coupled to the second power dividing/combining network.

10 . The phased array apparatus according to claim 9 , further comprising a receive signal processing circuit and a transmit signal processing circuit, wherein the first power dividing/combining network is coupled to the receive signal processing circuit, and the second power dividing/combining network is coupled to the transmit signal processing circuit.

11 . The phased array apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two frequency bands comprise a first frequency band and a second frequency band, each of the phased array channels comprises a first transmission channel corresponding to the first frequency band and a second transmission channel corresponding to the second frequency band, and each of the first transmission channel and the second transmission channel in a same phased array channel comprises an independent intermediate frequency phase shifter.

12 . The phased array apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein each of the first transmission channel and the second transmission channel in the same phased array channel comprises an independent local oscillator phase shifter.

13 . The phased array apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein:

the intermediate frequency phase shifter comprises a first intermediate frequency phase shifter and a second intermediate frequency phase shifter;

the first transmission channel comprises a first receive circuit, and the first receive circuit comprises the first intermediate frequency phase shifter; and

the second transmission channel comprises a second receive circuit, and the second receive circuit comprises the second intermediate frequency phase shifter.

14 . The phased array apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein:

the intermediate frequency phase shifter further comprises a first intermediate frequency phase shifter and a second intermediate frequency phase shifter;

the first transmission channel further comprises a first transmit circuit, and the first transmit circuit comprises the first intermediate frequency phase shifter; and

the second transmission channel comprises a second transmit circuit, and the second transmit circuit comprises the second intermediate frequency phase shifter.

15 . The phased array apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein:

the local oscillator phase shifter comprises a first local oscillator phase shifter and a second local oscillator phase shifter,

a first receive circuit and a first transmit circuit in a same phased array channel share the first local oscillator phase shifter, and

a second receive circuit and a second transmit circuit in a same phased array channel share the second local oscillator phase shifter.

16 . The phased array apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein:

each of the first receive circuit and the second receive circuit further comprises a low noise amplifier (LNA), a down-converter, and a first switch that are coupled in sequence, and

each of the first transmit circuit and the second transmit circuit further comprises a power amplifier (PA), an up-converter, and a second switch that are coupled in sequence.

17 . The phased array apparatus according to claim 14 further comprising a first power dividing/combining network and a second power dividing/combining network, wherein both the first receive circuit and the first transmit circuit in the plurality of phased array channels are coupled to the first power dividing/combining network, and both the second receive circuit and the second transmit circuit in the plurality of phased array channels are coupled to the second power dividing/combining network.

18 . The phased array apparatus according to claim 17 further comprising a first signal processing circuit coupled to the first power dividing/combining network, and a second signal processing circuit coupled to the second power dividing/combining network;

wherein the first signal processing circuit comprises a first send signal processing circuit and a first receive signal processing circuit, and the second signal processing circuit comprises a second send signal processing circuit and a second receive signal processing circuit.

19 . The phased array apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising:

a plurality of switching switches coupled between the plurality of antenna units and the plurality of phased array channels in a one-to-one correspondence.

20 . A communication device, wherein the communication device comprises a phased array apparatus comprising:

a plurality of phased array channels coupled to a plurality of antenna units in an antenna array in a one-to-one manner, wherein each of the phased array channels is configured to transmit radio frequency signals of at least two frequency bands through a same antenna unit of the plurality of antenna units; and

each of the phased array channels comprises an intermediate frequency phase shifter configured to set a phase of an intermediate frequency signal corresponding to a radio frequency signal transmitted on the phased array channel.