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US 12,244,066 · App. 17/772,861 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Multi-band massive MIMO antenna array

Inventors: Jeffrey Shamblin (San Marcos, CA); Yang Xu (San Diego, CA); Claudio Anzil (Encinitas, CA)
Assignee: INNOPHASE, INC.
H01Q21/064H01Q5/307
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Patent No.
US 12,244,066
App. No.
17/772,861
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dual-band, tri-band, or higher-order multi-band array of antenna elements, with each element, or subsets of elements, connected to multiple radios at each antenna port. In one embodiment, an array comprises a 128 element Massive MIMO array having 64 horizontally-polarized (H-pol) and 64 vertically-polarized (V-pol) elements configured to provide dual polarization capability over multiple bands to accommodate highly-configurable simultaneous 4G and 5G operation.

Claims (20)

1. An apparatus comprising:

an array of tapered slot antenna elements, each antenna element having a horizontal polarization portion and a vertical polarization portion;

each portion of each antenna element having a first tapered slot formed by a gap in a metallization layer positioned on a first side of a dielectric substrate, and an associated first feedline port formed from a first metallization stripline positioned on a second side of the dielectric substrate, the first metallization stripline crossing over the first gap in the metallization layer to couple electromagnetic radiation from the antenna element to free space within a first frequency band;

at least a subset of the antenna elements having a second slot joined to the first slot and formed by a second gap in the metallization layer positioned on the first side of the dielectric substrate, and an associated second feedline port formed from a second metallization stripline positioned on the second side of the dielectric substrate, the second metallization stripline crossing over the second gap in the metallization layer to couple electromagnetic radiation from the antenna element to free space within a second frequency band, the second frequency band being lower than the first frequency band.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least a subset of the antenna elements comprises alternately-spaced antenna elements.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a center frequency of the first frequency band is approximately twice a center frequency of the second frequency band.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a spacing between adjacent antenna elements is substantially equal to λ F1 /2, where λ F1 is a wavelength of a center frequency of the first frequency band, and a spacing between alternate antenna elements is substantially equal to λ F2 /2, where λ F2 is a wavelength of a center frequency of the second frequency band.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first feedline of each element of the array of tapered slot antenna elements is connected to a respective radio frequency transceiver operating within the 3400 to 4000 MHz frequency band, and each second feedline of each antenna element of the subset of antenna elements is connected to a respective radio frequency transceiver operating within the 1960 to 2170 frequency band.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein each radio frequency transceiver operating within the 1960 to 2170 MHz frequency band is connected to the corresponding antenna element using a diplexer to allow simultaneous signal transmission within a first sub-band of 1960 to 2170 MHz frequency band, and signal reception within a second sub-band of the 1960 to 2170 MHz frequency band.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least a subset of antenna elements are configured into two or more groups of elements, wherein each group of the two or more groups form a sub-array.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each second feedline is coupled to a respective microstrip stub that suppresses signal energy in the first frequency band from coupling to the second feedline port.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a selectable impedance element connected to antenna elements positioned between elements of the at least a subset of the antenna elements, the selectable impedance elements configured to switch to one of a high impedance, low impedance, or intermediate impedance when the second frequency band is in use.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the selectable impedance element is a tunable capacitor.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein adjacent tapered slot antennas comprise a choke slot between the adjacent elements.

12. A method comprising:

providing a plurality of first transmit signals in a first frequency band to an array of tapered slot antenna elements, each antenna element having a horizontal polarization portion and a vertical polarization portion; each of the plurality of first transmit signals being provided between a metallization layer of each antenna element having a first tapered slot formed by a gap in a metallization layer positioned on a first side of a dielectric substrate, and an associated first feedline port formed from a first metallization stripline positioned on a second side of the dielectric substrate, the first metallization stripline crossing over the first gap in the metallization layer to couple electromagnetic radiation from the antenna element to free space within the first frequency band;

providing a plurality of second transmit signals in a second frequency band to at least a subset of the antenna elements having a second slot joined to the first slot and formed by a second gap in the metallization layer positioned on the first side of the dielectric substrate, and an associated second feedline port formed from a second metallization stripline positioned on the second side of the dielectric substrate, the second metallization stripline crossing over the second gap in the metallization layer to couple electromagnetic radiation from the antenna element to free space within the second frequency band, the second frequency band being lower than the first frequency band.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the at least a subset of the antenna elements comprises alternately-spaced antenna elements or wherein a center frequency of the first frequency band is approximately twice a center frequency of the second frequency band.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein a spacing between adjacent antenna elements is substantially equal to λ F1 /2, where λ F1 is a wavelength of a center frequency of the first frequency band, and a spacing between alternate antenna elements is substantially equal to λ F2 /2, where λ F2 is a wavelength of a center frequency of the second frequency band.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first plurality of transmit signals are generated by a respective first plurality of radio frequency transceivers operating within the 3400 to 4000 MHz frequency band, and wherein the plurality of second transmit signals are generated by a respective second plurality of transceivers operating in a frequency division duplex mode within the 1960 to 2170 MHz frequency band.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2025
From: SHAMBLIN, JEFFREY
To: INNOPHASE, INC.
Reel/Frame 070037/0204 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62927109 · Oct 28, 2019
Related Publication 20220384964A1 · Dec 1, 2022
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