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US 12,300,908 · App. 18/173,965 · Granted May 13, 2025

Multi-band antenna system and base station

Inventors: Jianping Li (Dongguan, CN); Bing Luo (Shenzhen, CN); Weihong Xiao (Dongguan, CN); Wenfang Li (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H01Q5/42H01Q1/246H01Q1/50H01Q1/521H01Q5/45H01Q15/0026H01Q19/108H01Q1/42
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Patent No.
US 12,300,908
App. No.
18/173,965
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application describes multi-band antenna systems and base stations. An example multi-band antenna system includes: a plurality of radiating element arrays, feeding networks separately corresponding to the plurality of radiating element arrays, at least one layer of a frequency selective surface (FSS), and a reflection panel. The plurality of radiating element arrays are located above the reflection panel. All or some of the plurality of radiating element arrays are stacked. The at least one layer of the FSS is located between the stacked radiating element arrays. A feeding network corresponding to at least one radiating element array in the stacked radiating element arrays is electrically connected to the at least one layer of the FSS, or the feeding network corresponding to the at least one radiating element array is integrated on the at least one layer of the FSS.

Claims (35)

1. A multi-band antenna system, comprising:

a plurality of radiating element arrays;

a plurality of feeding networks separately corresponding to the plurality of radiating element arrays;

a frequency selective surface (FSS); and

a reflection panel, wherein:

the plurality of radiating element arrays are located above the reflection panel when the reflection panel is horizontally placed, and all or some of the plurality of radiating element arrays are stacked forming stacked radiating element arrays;

the FSS is located between the stacked radiating element arrays; and

a feeding network corresponding to at least one radiating element array in the stacked radiating element arrays is electrically connected to the FSS according to an electrical connection manner, wherein the electrical connection manner is a direct current connection manner or a segmented direct current connection manner, or the feeding network corresponding to the at least one radiating element array is integrated on the FSS.

2. The multi-band antenna system according to claim 1 , wherein the FSS comprises one layer.

3. The multi-band antenna system according to claim 1 , wherein the FSS comprises a plurality of layers; and wherein:

that the feeding network corresponding to the at least one radiating element array in the stacked radiating element arrays is electrically connected to the FSS comprises: the feeding network corresponding to the at least one radiating element array in the stacked radiating element arrays is electrically connected to at least one layer of the plurality of layers of the FSS; or

that the feeding network corresponding to the at least one radiating element array is integrated on the FSS comprises: the feeding network corresponding to the at least one radiating element array is integrated on at least one layer of the plurality of layers of the FSS.

4. The multi-band antenna system according to claim 1 , wherein the FSS comprises a plurality of layers and at least two of the plurality of layers of the FSS are disposed adjacent to each other.

5. The multi-band antenna system according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of radiating element arrays comprise a first radiating element array and a second radiating element array, the first radiating element array corresponds to a first frequency band, the second radiating element array corresponds to a second frequency band, and the first frequency band is different from the second frequency band.

6. The multi-band antenna system according to claim 1 , wherein the feeding network comprises a cable.

7. The multi-band antenna system according to claim 6 , wherein at least a part of the cable is parallel to the FSS.

8. The multi-band antenna system according to claim 1 , wherein the feeding network comprises a microstrip.

9. The multi-band antenna system according to claim 1 , wherein the FSS comprises a first layer of the FSS, and in the plurality of radiating element arrays, a radiating element array located at an upper layer of the first layer of the FSS and a radiating element array located at a lower layer of the first layer of the FSS are respectively disposed in different radomes.

10. The multi-band antenna system according to claim 1 , wherein the FSS comprises a first layer of the FSS, and radiating element arrays located at an upper layer of the first layer of the FSS comprise a plurality of radiating element arrays separately corresponding to at least two different frequency bands.

11. The multi-band antenna system according to claim 1 , wherein the FSS comprises a first layer of the FSS, and radiating element arrays located at a lower layer of the first layer of the FSS comprise a plurality of radiating element arrays separately corresponding to at least two different frequency bands.

12. The multi-band antenna system according to claim 1 , wherein at least one layer of the FSS is with a grid.

13. A base station, comprising a multi-band antenna system, and a radio frequency module connected to the multi-band antenna system, wherein the multi-band antenna system comprises:

a plurality of radiating element arrays;

a plurality of feeding networks separately corresponding to the plurality of radiating element arrays; a frequency selective surface (FSS); and

a reflection panel, wherein:

the plurality of radiating element arrays are located above the reflection panel when the reflection panel is horizontally placed, and all or some of the plurality of radiating element arrays are stacked forming stacked radiating element arrays;

the FSS is located between the stacked radiating element arrays; and

a feeding network corresponding to at least one radiating element array in the stacked radiating element arrays is electrically connected to the FSS according to an electrical connection manner, wherein the electrical connection manner is a direct current connection manner or a segmented direct current connection manner, or the feeding network corresponding to the at least one radiating element array is integrated on the FSS.

14. The base station according to claim 13 , wherein the FSS comprises a plurality of layers; and wherein:

that the feeding network corresponding to the at least one radiating element array in the stacked radiating element arrays is electrically connected to the FSS comprises: the feeding network corresponding to the at least one radiating element array in the stacked radiating element arrays is electrically connected to at least one layer of the plurality of layers of the FSS; or

that the feeding network corresponding to the at least one radiating element array is integrated on the FSS comprises: the feeding network corresponding to the at least one radiating element array is integrated on at least one layer of the plurality of layers of the FSS.

15. The base station according to claim 13 , wherein the plurality of radiating element arrays comprise a first radiating element array and a second radiating element array, the first radiating element array corresponds to a first frequency band, the second radiating element array corresponds to a second frequency band, and the first frequency band is different from the second frequency band.

16. The base station according to claim 13 , wherein the FSS comprises a first layer of the FSS, and in the plurality of radiating element arrays, a radiating element array located at an upper layer of the first layer of the FSS and a radiating element array located at a lower layer of the first layer of the FSS are respectively disposed in different radomes.

17. The base station according to claim 13 , wherein the FSS comprises a first layer of the FSS, and radiating element arrays located at an upper layer of the first layer of the FSS comprise a plurality of radiating element arrays separately corresponding to at least two different frequency bands.

18. The base station according to claim 13 , wherein the FSS comprises a first layer of the FSS, and radiating element arrays located at a lower layer of the first layer of the FSS comprise a plurality of radiating element arrays separately corresponding to at least two different frequency bands.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2025
From: LI, JIANPING; LUO, BING; XIAO, WEIHONG; LI, WENFANG
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 070730/0644 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010856708.2 · Aug 24, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021109718 · Jul 30, 2021
Related Publication 20230216205A1 · Jul 6, 2023
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