Transceiver for Concurrently Transmitting and Receiving Wireless Signals
A wireless transceiver using a phased array antenna panel for concurrently transmitting and receiving wireless signals is disclosed. The wireless transceiver includes receive antennas forming a receive configuration and transmit antennas forming a transmit configuration. The receive antennas form a receive beam at a receive frequency based on phase and amplitude information provided by a master chip in the phased array antenna panel. The transmit antennas form a transmit beam at a transmit frequency based on phase and amplitude information provided by the master chip in the phased array antenna panel. The phase and amplitude information for the receive antennas is provided by an RF front end chip that is connected to the master chip. The phase and amplitude information for the transmit antennas is provided by the RF front end chip that is connected to the master chip.
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21 : A wireless transceiver using a phased array antenna panel for concurrently transmitting and receiving wireless signals, said wireless transceiver comprising:
receive antennas forming a receive configuration;
transmit antennas forming a transmit configuration;
said receive configuration comprising a cluster of said receive antennas being capable of forming a receive beam at a receive frequency;
said transmit configuration comprising a cluster of transmit antennas surrounded by said cluster of receive antennas, said cluster of transmit antennas being capable of forming a transmit beam at a transmit frequency.
22 : The wireless transceiver of claim 21 wherein said cluster of transmit antennas is a rectangular cluster of transmit antennas surrounded by said cluster of receive antennas.
23 : The wireless transceiver of claim 21 wherein said cluster of transmit antennas is a non-rectangular cluster of transmit antennas surrounded by said cluster of receive antennas.
24 : The wireless transceiver of claim 21 wherein said transmit antennas are smaller than receive antennas.
25 : The wireless transceiver of claim 21 wherein said transmit antennas and said receive antennas have substantially equal sizes.
26 : The wireless transceiver of claim 21 wherein said receive frequency and said transmit frequency are separated by approximately 2 GHz.
27 : The wireless transceiver of claim 21 wherein a total number of said receive antennas is greater than a total number of said transmit antennas.
28 : A wireless transceiver using a phased array antenna panel for concurrently transmitting and receiving wireless signals, said wireless transceiver comprising:
receive antennas forming a receive configuration;
transmit antennas forming a transmit configuration;
reconfigurable receive/transmit antennas;
said receive configuration comprising a cluster of said receive antennas being capable of forming a receive beam at a receive frequency;
said transmit configuration comprising a cluster of transmit antennas surrounded by said cluster of receive antennas, said cluster of transmit antennas being capable of forming a transmit beam at a transmit frequency;
wherein said wireless transceiver is configured to dynamically assign said reconfigurable receive/transmit antennas so as to increase a number of said transmit antennas or increase a number of said receive antennas.
29 : The wireless transceiver of claim 28 wherein said cluster of transmit antennas is a rectangular cluster of transmit antennas surrounded by said cluster of receive antennas.
30 : The wireless transceiver of claim 28 wherein said cluster of transmit antennas is a non-rectangular cluster of transmit antennas surrounded by said cluster of receive antennas.
31 : The wireless transceiver of claim 28 wherein said transmit antennas are smaller than receive antennas.
32 : The wireless transceiver of claim 28 wherein said transmit antennas and said receive antennas have substantially equal sizes.
33 : The wireless transceiver of claim 28 wherein said receive frequency and said transmit frequency are separated by approximately 2 GHz.
34 : The wireless transceiver of claim 28 wherein a total number of said receive antennas is greater than a total number of said transmit antennas.
35 : A wireless transceiver using a phased array antenna panel for concurrently transmitting and receiving wireless signals, said wireless transceiver comprising:
reconfigurable receive/transmit antennas;
said reconfigurable receive/transmit antennas forming a receive beam at a receive frequency;
said reconfigurable receive/transmit antennas forming a transmit beam at a transmit frequency;
wherein said wireless transceiver is configured to dynamically assign said reconfigurable receive/transmit antennas so as to increase a number of transmit antennas or increase a number of receive antennas.
36 : The wireless transceiver of claim 35 wherein said receive frequency and said transmit frequency are separated by approximately 2 GHz.
37 : The wireless transceiver of claim 35 wherein said number of said receive antennas is greater than said number of said transmit antennas.