US 12,294,439 B2
Meta-structure wireless infrastructure for beamforming systems
Taha Shahvirdi Dizaj Yekan, San Diego, CA (US); Maha Achour, Encinitas, CA (US); Jun Fang, San Jose, CA (US); and Conny Marx, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to BDCM A2 LLP, Dover, DE (US)
Appl. No. 17/634,925
Filed by BDCM A2 LLC, Dover, DE (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 12, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/046009
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 11, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/030492, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/926,404, filed on Oct. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/885,783, filed on Aug. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0278740 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 7/145 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/38 (2006.01); H01Q 15/14 (2006.01); H01Q 19/10 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 7/145 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/246 (2013.01); H01Q 1/38 (2013.01); H01Q 15/14 (2013.01); H01Q 19/104 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless distribution system, comprising:
a configuration geometry of components;
a radio transmitter having a line of sight (LOS) area;
at least one reflectarray, comprising:
a substrate;
a set of reflector elements configured on the substrate, the set of reflector elements arranged to reflect incident waves outside the LOS area; and
an overlay for the set of reflector elements, wherein the at least one reflectarray is positioned at a distance from the radio transmitter defined by the configuration.