IP Library Granted Patent US 11,444,388
Granted Patent B2
US 11,444,388 · App. 17/115,177 · Granted Sep 13, 2022

Radio wave measurement device

Inventors: Taichi Hamabe (Kanagawa, JP); Masami Saito (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
H01Q21/065H01Q1/42H04B3/52H04B2203/5441
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Patent No.
US 11,444,388
App. No.
17/115,177
Granted
Sep 13, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A radio wave measurement device includes: a transmission antenna; a reception antenna; a main circuit configured to output a transmission signal to the transmission antenna and measure a strength of a reception signal received with the reception antenna; a connection circuit disposed between the main circuit and the reception antenna, and configured to reduce flowing of the transmission signal into the reception antenna; at least one isolator disposed between the connection circuit and the reception antenna, and configured to reduce flowing of the transmission signal into the reception antenna; and a coupler disposed between the reception antenna and the at least one isolator, the coupler being configured to distribute the reception signal to the main circuit and an external signal-waveform measurement device.

Claims (38)

1. A radio wave measurement device, comprising:

a transmission antenna;

a reception antenna;

a main circuit configured to output a transmission signal to the transmission antenna and measure a strength of a reception signal received with the reception antenna;

a connection circuit disposed between the main circuit and the reception antenna, and configured to reduce flowing of the transmission signal into the reception antenna;

at least one isolator disposed between the connection circuit and the reception antenna, and configured to reduce flowing of the transmission signal into the reception antenna;

a coupler disposed between the reception antenna and the at least one isolator, the coupler being configured to distribute the reception signal to the main circuit and an external signal-waveform measurement device; and

a housing having a hexahedron shape and configured with six rectangular antenna-arrangement surfaces, each of the six rectangular antenna-arrangement surfaces facing a corresponding one of the six rectangular antenna-arrangement surfaces,

wherein the transmission antenna and the reception antenna constitute a pair disposed on each of the six rectangular antenna-arrangement surfaces.

2. The radio wave measurement device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the main circuit stores the strength of the reception signal and the waveform data of the reception signal in association with each other, the waveform data indicating a signal waveform of the reception signal measured by the external signal-waveform measurement device.

3. The radio wave measurement device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the transmission antenna transmits a horizontally polarized signal based on the transmission signal; and

the reception antenna receives a vertically polarized signal.

4. The radio wave measurement device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the transmission antenna transmits a vertically polarized signal based on the transmission signal; and

the reception antenna receives a horizontally polarized signal.

5. The radio wave measurement device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the transmission antenna includes:

a first transmission antenna part configured to emit a signal in a first communication frequency band; and

a second transmission antenna part configured to emit a signal in a second communication frequency band; and

the reception antenna includes:

a first reception antenna part configured to receive a signal in the first communication frequency band; and

a second reception antenna part configured to receive a signal in the second communication frequency band.

6. The radio wave measurement device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the transmission antenna includes:

a third transmission antenna part capable of emitting a horizontally polarized signal; and

a fourth transmission antenna part capable of emitting a vertically polarized signal;

the reception antenna includes:

a third reception antenna part capable of receiving a horizontally polarized signal; and

a fourth reception antenna part capable of receiving a vertically polarized signal;

the third transmission antenna part and the fourth reception antenna part constitute a pair and the fourth transmission antenna part and the third reception antenna part constitute another pair; and

the main circuit selects one pair from the pair and the another pair by switching between the pair and the another pair alternately in a time division manner.

7. The radio wave measurement device according to claim 1 , further configured to transmit a signal from the transmission antenna and simultaneously receive a signal with the reception antenna.

8. The radio wave measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission antenna and the reception antenna are each a patch antenna having a rectangle shape.

9. The radio wave measurement device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the transmission antenna and the reception antenna are each a patch antenna; and

in cases where the first communication frequency band is lower in frequency than the second communication frequency band, in at least one of the six rectangular antenna-arrangement surfaces, the first transmission antenna part is disposed outside the second transmission antenna part and the first reception antenna part is disposed outside the second reception antenna part.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 9, 2022
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059909/0607 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 20, 2021
From: HAMABE, TAICHI; SAITO, MASAMI
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057537/0157 →