IP Library Granted Patent US 11,057,100
Granted Patent B2
US 11,057,100 · App. 16/588,877 · Granted Jul 6, 2021

Signal booster with spectrally adjacent bands

Inventor: Christopher Ken Ashworth (Toquerville, UT)
Assignee: Wilson Electronics, LLC
H04B7/15507H04B1/0057H04B7/15535H04B7/15542H04W16/26
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Patent No.
US 11,057,100
App. No.
16/588,877
Granted
Jul 6, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Technology for a repeater is disclosed. The repeater can include a first multiband filter. The repeater can include a second multiband filter. The repeater can include one or more first-direction signal paths communicatively coupled between the first multiband filter and the second multi-band filter. At least one of the one or more first-direction signal paths can be configured to amplify and filter signals in two or more spectrally adjacent bands. The repeater can include one or more second-direction signal paths communicatively coupled between the first multiband filter and the second multi-band filter. At least one of the one or more second-direction signal paths can be configured to amplify and filter signals in two or more spectrally adjacent bands.

Claims (42)

1. A repeater, comprising:

a first multiband filter;

a second multiband filter;

one or more first-direction signal paths communicatively coupled between the first multiband filter and the second multi-band filter, wherein at least one of the one or more first-direction signal paths are configured to amplify and filter signals in two or more spectrally adjacent first-direction bands; and

one or more second-direction signal paths communicatively coupled between the first multiband filter and the second multi-band filter, wherein at least one of the one or more second-direction signal paths are configured to amplify and filter signals in two or more spectrally adjacent second-direction bands,

wherein the two or more spectrally adjacent first-direction bands correspond to a different adjacent bund grouping as compared to the two or more spectrally adjacent second-direction bands.

2. The repeater of claim 1 , wherein the one or more first-direction signal paths includes:

a first-direction band 12 (B12) and a first-direction 600 megahertz (MHz) band combined signal path; and

a first-direction band 13 (B13) signal path; or

a first-direction band 13 (B13) and band 14 (B14) combined signal path.

3. The repeater of claim 2 , wherein the first-direction 600 MHz band is band 71 (B71).

4. The repeater of claim 2 , wherein B12 corresponds to a frequency range of 699 MHz to 716 MHz in the first-direction, B13 corresponds to a frequency range of 777 MHz to 787 MHz in the first-direction and B14 corresponds to a frequency range of 788 MHz to 798 MHz in the first-direction, wherein the first-direction is an uplink.

5. The repeater of claim 1 , wherein the one or more second-direction signal paths includes:

a second-direction band 12 (B12) and band 13 (B13) combined signal path; or

a second-direction band 12 (B12) and band 13 (B13) and band 14 (B14) combined signal path; and

a second-direction 600 megahertz (MHz) band signal path.

6. The repeater of claim 5 , wherein B12 corresponds to a frequency range of 729 MHz to 746 MHz in the second-direction, B13 corresponds to a frequency range of 746 MHz to 756 MHz in the second-direction and B14 corresponds to a frequency range of 758 MHz to 768 MHz in the second-direction, wherein the second-direction is a downlink.

7. A repeater, comprising:

a first multiplexer communicatively coupled to a first multiband filter and a second multiband filter;

a second multiplexer communicatively coupled to the first multiband filter and the second multiband filter;

one or more first-direction signal paths communicatively coupled between the first multiband filter and the second multiband filter, wherein the one or more first-direction signal paths are configured to amplify and filter signals in two or more signals in two or more spectrally adjacent first-direction bands; and

one or more second-direction signal paths communicatively coupled between the first multiband filter and the second multiband filter, wherein the one or more second-direction signal paths are configured to amplify and filter signals in two or more signals in two or more spectrally adjacent second-direction bands,

wherein the two or more spectrally adjacent first-direction bands correspond to a different adjacent bund grouping as compared to the two or more spectrally adjacent second-direction bands.

8. The repeater of claim 7 , wherein one or more of the first-direction signal paths or the second-direction signal paths include one or more switchable wideband bandpass filters and one or more switchable channelized bandpass filters.

9. The repeater of claim 7 , wherein the one or more switchable wideband bandpass filters is in parallel with the one or more switchable channelized bandpass filters.

10. The repeater of claim 7 , wherein the one or more first-direction signal paths includes one or more of:

a first-direction band 5 (B5) signal path;

a first-direction band 12 (B12) signal path; or

a first-direction band 13 (B13) signal path.

11. The repeater of claim 10 , wherein the first-direction B5 signal path includes a first-direction B5 switchable wideband bandpass filter, a first-direction B5 switchable channelized bandpass filter that corresponds to a first channel of the first-direction B5, and a first-direction B5 channelized bandpass filter that corresponds to a second channel of the first-direction B5, wherein B5 corresponds to a frequency range of 824 megahertz (MHz) to 849 MHz in the first-direction, wherein the first-direction is an uplink.

12. The repeater of claim 10 , wherein the first-direction B5 signal path includes a first splitter and a first combiner communicatively coupled to: a first-direction B5 switchable wideband bandpass filter, a first-direction B5 switchable channelized bandpass filter that corresponds to a first channel of the first-direction B5, and a first-direction B5 channelized bandpass filter that corresponds to a second channel of the first-direction B5.

13. The repeater of claim 10 , wherein:

the first-direction B12 signal path includes a first-direction B12 switchable wideband bandpass filter and a first-direction B12 switchable channelized bandpass filter; and

the first-direction B13 signal path includes a first-direction B13 switchable wideband bandpass filter and a first-direction B13 switchable channelized bandpass filter,

wherein B12 corresponds to a frequency range of 699 megahertz (MHz) to 716 MHz in the first-direction and B13 corresponds to a frequency range of 777 MHz to 787 MHz in the first-direction, wherein the first-direction is an uplink.

14. The repeater of claim 7 , wherein the one or more second-direction signal paths includes one or more of:

a second-direction band 5 (B5) signal path; or

a second-direction band 12 (B12) and band 13 (B13) combined signal path.

15. The repeater of claim 14 , wherein the second-direction B5 signal path includes a second-direction B5 switchable wideband bandpass filter, a second-direction B5 switchable channelized bandpass filter that corresponds to a first channel of the second-direction B5, and a second-direction B5 channelized bandpass filter that corresponds to a second channel of the second-direction B5, wherein B5 corresponds to a frequency range of 869 megahertz (MHz) to 894 MHz in the second-direction, wherein the second-direction is a downlink.

16. The repeater of claim 14 , wherein the second-direction B5 signal path includes a second splitter and a second combiner communicatively coupled to: a second-direction B5 switchable wideband bandpass filter, a second-direction B5 switchable channelized bandpass filter that corresponds to a first channel of the second-direction B5, and a second-direction B5 channelized bandpass filter that corresponds to a second channel of the second-direction B5.

17. The repeater of claim 14 , wherein the second-direction B12 and B13 combined signal path includes a second-direction B12/B13 switchable wideband pass filter, a second-direction B12 switchable channelized bandpass filter and a second-direction B13 channelized bandpass filter, wherein B12 corresponds to a frequency range of 729 megahertz (MHz) to 746 MHz in the second-direction and B13 corresponds to a frequency range of 746 MHz to 756 MHz in the second-direction, wherein the second-direction is a downlink.

18. The repeater of claim 14 , wherein the second-direction B12 and B13 combined signal path includes a second splitter and a second combiner communicatively coupled to: a second-direction B12/B13 switchable wideband pass filter, a second-direction B12 switchable channelized bandpass filter and a second-direction B13 channelized bandpass filter.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2022
From: WILSON ELECTRONICS, LLC; ZBOOST, LLC
To: SOUND POINT AGENCY LLC
Reel/Frame 060269/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 14, 2019
From: ASHWORTH, CHRISTOPHER KEN
To: WILSON ELECTRONICS, LLC
Reel/Frame 050703/0877 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation In Part 15887905 · Feb 2, 2018
Provisional Application 62487936 · Apr 20, 2017
Provisional Application 62453897 · Feb 2, 2017
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