IP Library Granted Patent US 12,176,621
Granted Patent B2
US 12,176,621 · App. 18/082,715 · Granted Dec 24, 2024

Integrated base station antenna

Inventors: Xun Zhang (Suzhou, CN); Hangsheng Wen (Suzhou, CN); Yutong Liu (Suzhou, CN); Nengbin Liu (Suzhou, CN)
Assignee: Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC
H01Q21/28H01Q1/24H01Q1/246H01Q1/42H01Q5/314H01Q19/10H01Q21/061H01Q21/08
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,176,621
App. No.
18/082,715
Filed
Dec 16, 2022
Granted
Dec 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Examiner
TRAN, HAI V
Art Unit
2845
USPC
343/702
Abstract

An integrated base station antenna comprises a passive antenna that includes a front radome, a matching dielectric layer and a rear radome; and an active antenna mounted on the back of the passive antenna. A distance between the rear radome of the passive antenna and the matching dielectric layer is a first distance, and the distance between the active antenna and the rear radome of the passive antenna is a second distance, where the first distance is selected as 0.25+n/2 times the equivalent wavelength, where n is a positive integer, and the second distance is selected as 0.25+N/2 times the equivalent wavelength, where N is a natural number. The equivalent wavelength is within the range of 0.8 to 1.2 times of the wavelength corresponding to a center frequency of an operating frequency band of the radiating elements in the active antenna.

Claims (27)

1. An integrated base station antenna, comprising:

a passive antenna device that includes a front radome, a matching dielectric layer and a rear radome; and

an active antenna device mounted on the back of the rear radome of the passive antenna device,

wherein within a region corresponding to the active antenna device, a distance between the rear radome of the passive antenna device and the matching dielectric layer is a first distance, and a distance between the active antenna device and the rear radome of the passive antenna device is a second distance, wherein a first distance is selected as 0.25+n/2 times an equivalent wavelength, where n is a positive integer, and the second distance is selected as 0.25+N/2 times an equivalent wavelength, where N is a natural number, wherein the equivalent wavelength is within a range of 0.8 to 1.2 times of a wavelength corresponding to a center frequency of an operating frequency band of a plurality of radiating elements in the active antenna device.

2. The integrated base station antenna according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between the matching dielectric layer and the front radome of the passive antenna device is a third distance, which is selected as 0.25+M/2 times the equivalent wavelength, where M is a natural number, in which, the dielectric constant of the matching dielectric layer is larger than the dielectric constant of air.

3. The integrated base station antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the equivalent wavelength is within the range of 0.9 to 1.1 times of the wavelength corresponding to the center frequency.

4. The integrated base station antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the equivalent wavelength is equivalent to the wavelength corresponding to the center frequency.

5. The integrated base station antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the passive antenna device includes a 4G antenna device.

6. The integrated base station antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the active antenna device includes a 5G antenna device.

7. The integrated base station antenna according to claim 1 , wherein radiating elements of the passive antenna device are mounted rearwardly of the matching dielectric layer.

8. The integrated base station antenna according to claim 7 , wherein a reflective strip is mounted rearwardly of the matching dielectric layer, where the reflective strip is arranged lateral to the horizontal direction of the passive antenna device and the radiating elements are mounted on the reflective strip.

9. The integrated base station antenna according to claim 8 , wherein the reflective strip is mounted outside of the region corresponding to the active antenna device.

10. The integrated base station antenna according to claim 8 , wherein the radiating elements of the passive antenna device are low-frequency band radiating elements that are configured to provide services in at least part of the operating frequency band of 617 to 960 MHz.

11. The integrated base station antenna according to claim 7 , wherein tuning elements used for the active antenna device are mounted in a space between the rear radome of the passive antenna device and the matching dielectric layer, and the tuning elements are directly in front of the active antenna device.

12. The integrated base station antenna according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of the rear radome of the passive antenna device that corresponds to the active antenna device is flat.

13. An integrated base station antenna, comprising:

a passive antenna device that includes a front radome and a rear radome; and

an active antenna device that is mounted on the back of the rear radome of the passive antenna device,

wherein, within a region corresponding to the active antenna device, a distance between the rear radome of the passive antenna device and the front radome of the passive antenna device is a first distance, and a distance between the active antenna device and the rear radome of the passive antenna device is a second distance,

wherein the first distance is selected as 0.25+n/2 times an equivalent wavelength, where n is a positive integer, and the second distance is selected as 0.25+N/2 times the equivalent wavelength, where N is a natural number, where the equivalent wavelength is within a range of 0.8 to 1.2 times a wavelength corresponding to a center frequency of an operating frequency band of radiating elements in the active antenna device.

14. The integrated base station antenna according to claim 13 , wherein the equivalent wavelength is within the range of 0.9 to 1.1 times of the wavelength corresponding to the center frequency.

15. The integrated base station antenna according to claim 14 , wherein the equivalent wavelength is equivalent to the wavelength corresponding to the center frequency.

16. The integrated base station antenna according to claim 13 , wherein a reflective strip is mounted in the passive antenna device, where the reflective strip is arranged lateral to the horizontal direction of the passive antenna device and radiating elements of the passive antenna device are mounted on the reflective strip.

17. The integrated base station antenna according to claim 16 , wherein the reflective strip is mounted outside of the region corresponding to the active antenna device.

18. The integrated base station antenna according to claim 16 , wherein the radiating elements of the passive antenna device are low-frequency band radiating elements that are configured to provide services in at least part of the operating frequency band of 617 to 960 MHz.

19. The integrated base station antenna according to claim 13 , wherein tuning elements used for the active antenna device are mounted in the passive antenna device directly in front of the active antenna device.

20. The integrated base station antenna according to claim 13 , wherein the rear radome of the passive antenna device is flat.

Assignments (12)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL/FRAME 067252/0657 Recorded Jan 12, 2026
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; COMMSCOPE NORTH CAROLINA, LLC (F/K/A COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA)
Reel/Frame 074593/0348 →
RELEASE (REEL 068770 / FRAME 0460) Recorded Feb 7, 2025
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: OUTDOOR WIRELESS NETWORKS LLC
Reel/Frame 070149/0432 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL/FRAME 068770/0632 Recorded Dec 19, 2024
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: OUTDOOR WIRELESS NETWORKS LLC
Reel/Frame 069743/0264 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL/FRAME 067259/0697 Recorded Dec 19, 2024
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC (F/K/A ARRIS ENTERPRISES, INC.); COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 069790/0575 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2024
From: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; COMMSCOPE INC., OF NORTH CAROLINA; OUTDOOR WIRELESS NETWORKS LLC; RUCKUS IP HOLDINGS LLC
To: APOLLO ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY LLC
Reel/Frame 069889/0114 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (TERM) Recorded Aug 26, 2024
From: OUTDOOR WIRELESS NETWORKS LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 068770/0632 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (ABL) Recorded Aug 26, 2024
From: OUTDOOR WIRELESS NETWORKS LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 068770/0460 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2024
From: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
To: OUTDOOR WIRELESS NETWORKS LLC
Reel/Frame 068107/0089 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (TERM) Recorded Apr 29, 2024
From: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 067259/0697 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (ABL) Recorded Apr 29, 2024
From: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 067252/0657 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2023
From: ZHANG, XUN; WEN, HANGSHEN; LIU, YUTONG
To: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 062989/0122 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2023
From: LIU, NENGBIN
To: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 062989/0413 →
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