US 11,916,632 B2
Beam forming and beam steering using antenna arrays
Olivier Pajona, Antibes (FR)
Assigned to KYOCERA AVX Components (San Diego), Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by KYOCERA AVX Components (San Diego), Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/175,105.
Application 18/175,105 is a continuation of application No. 17/571,929, filed on Jan. 10, 2022, granted, now 11,595,096.
Application 17/571,929 is a continuation of application No. 16/910,521, filed on Jun. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,223,404, issued on Jan. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/865,450, filed on Jun. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0224002 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/0413 (2017.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04B 7/0617 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0413 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An antenna system comprising:
an antenna array having a plurality of first antenna elements and a plurality of second antenna elements, the plurality of first antenna elements respectively operable to communicate one or more signals via a communication protocol; and
a control circuit configured to control operation of one or more of the second antenna elements in a first mode or a second mode,
wherein in the first mode, a first subset of the second antenna elements is configured to provide a secondary function to support communication of the first antenna elements via the communication protocol and a second subset of the second antenna elements is configured to support beam forming of the first antenna elements or beam steering of the first antenna elements; and
wherein in the second mode, one or more of the second antenna elements are configured to support beam forming of the first antenna elements or beam steering of the first antenna elements.