US 11,742,561 B2
Communication apparatus and method for adaptive cooling of antenna elements
Mehdi Hatamian, Mission Viejo, CA (US); and Venkat Kalkunte, Saratoga, CA (US)
Assigned to PELTBEAM INC., Saratoga, CA (US)
Filed by PELTBEAM INC., Saratoga, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/986,043.
Application 17/986,043 is a continuation of application No. 17/453,477, filed on Nov. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,527,809.
Application 17/453,477 is a continuation of application No. 17/321,976, filed on May 17, 2021, granted, now 11,211,682, issued on Dec. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0074487 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/02 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); G01J 5/12 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/02 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/2283 (2013.01); G01J 5/12 (2013.01); G01J 2005/123 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication apparatus, comprising:
a first antenna array that comprises a first plurality of antenna elements;
a first plurality of thermoelectric devices that are arranged on the first plurality of antenna elements of the first antenna array such that each thermoelectric device covers a different subset of antenna elements of the first plurality of antenna elements; and
a processor communicatively coupled to the first antenna array and the first plurality of thermoelectric devices, wherein the processor is configured to:
determine which subset of antenna elements of the first plurality of antenna elements are in an activated state and which are in a deactivated state, wherein the activated state or the deactivated state of one of the first antenna array and a second antenna array is based on a visibility status of the first antenna array and the second antenna array to a network node, and wherein the network node comprises at least one of: a base station or a road-side unit (RSU); and
control each of the first plurality of thermoelectric devices to execute an activation or a deactivation of each of the first plurality of thermoelectric devices in synchronization with the activated state or the deactivated state of different subsets of antenna elements of the first plurality of antenna elements.