US 11,942,971 B2
Split chaining for large phase array systems
Chuan Wang, San Diego, CA (US); Li Liu, San Diego, CA (US); Wu-Hsin Chen, San Diego, CA (US); Vinod Panikkath, San Diego, CA (US); Yunfei Feng, San Diego, CA (US); and Muhammad Hassan, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/686,794.
Prior Publication US 2023/0283303 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/04 (2006.01); H04B 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 1/0057 (2013.01) [H04B 1/0035 (2013.01); H04B 1/0483 (2013.01); H04B 2001/0408 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless communication apparatus, comprising:
a first millimeter wave (mmW) transceiver, the first mmW transceiver comprising:
a first port for communicating a merged control and data signal;
a second port for communicating a merged clock and data signal associated with the merged control and data signal;
one or more antenna elements;
a plurality of chain mmW transceiver ports; and
switching circuitry controllable by control data to route portions of the merged clock and data signal and the merged control and data signal between:
a first route between the one or more antenna elements and the first port and a second route between the one or more antenna elements and the second port; and
a third route between the first port and the plurality of chain mmW transceiver ports and a fourth route between the second port and the plurality of chain mmW transceiver ports.