COMPACT SMART ANTENNA FOR MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20120299765A1
SERIAL NO

13468666

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A compact, high gain 8-element circular smart antenna is able to scan a beam azimuthally through 360°. The 8-element array is placed on a ground skirt and connected to an 8-channel beamforning board via a transfer plate. Each channel has two T/R switches, one band pass filer, one power amplifier, two low noise amplifiers, one phase shifter, and one attenuator. The 8-channel-signal is combined through power splitters/combiners and then sent to a connected radio. An FPGA chip controls the digital phase shifters, attenuators and switches for signal searching, beamforming and tracking. The smart antenna can be operated as a compact switched beam system or with an additional processor as an adaptive array system. The smart antenna is capable of tracking mobile targets, directionally communicating with desired users, suppressing interference and jamming, and enabling long range communications with high throughput and reliable connection because of its high antenna gain.

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MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYP O BOX 172460 304 MONTANA HALL BOZEMAN MT 59717-2460

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Huang, Yikun Bozeman, US 3 46
Olson, Andy Bozeman, US 5 67
Tidd, Will G Bozeman, US 1 45
Traxinger, Aaron S Bozeman, US 1 45
Wolff, Richard Bozeman, US 7 87

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