US 12,218,430 B2
Integrated antenna and filter unit (IAFU) for 5th generation advanced antenna system (AAS) systems
Martin Da Silveira, Ottawa (CA); Neil McGowan, Stittsville (CA); Andrew McNair, Ottawa (CA); Weigang Zeng, Nepean (CA); Chunyun Jian, Ottawa (CA); Martin Ethier, Ottawa (CA); Francis Marion, Gatineau (CA); and Zhen Hong Wang, Stittsville (CA)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/495,206.
Application 18/495,206 is a continuation of application No. 17/599,144, granted, now 11,837,789, previously published as PCT/IB2020/053456, filed on Apr. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/833,987, filed on Apr. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0088572 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. H01P 7/06 (2006.01); H01P 1/207 (2006.01); H01P 1/213 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/52 (2006.01); H01Q 3/26 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 21/061 (2013.01) [H01P 1/207 (2013.01); H01P 1/213 (2013.01); H01P 7/06 (2013.01); H01Q 1/246 (2013.01); H01Q 1/523 (2013.01); H01Q 1/526 (2013.01); H01Q 3/267 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A grounding apparatus, comprising:
a plurality of grounding conductors, each of the plurality of grounding conductors being paired with a corresponding one of a plurality of radio frequency (RF) conductors; and
a plurality of grounding receptacles, each of the plurality of grounding receptacles being configured to mate with a corresponding one of the plurality of grounding conductors, and each grounding receptacle being in communication with an electrical ground, each grounding conductor of the plurality of grounding conductors including a pair of grounding pins, each RF conductor of the plurality of RF conductors including an RF pin, each respective pair of grounding pins being paired with a corresponding RF pin.