US 12,463,672 B2
Antenna unit, transmission system and method for operating an antenna unit
Helmut Nast, Berlin (DE); Thomas Bartsch, Zossen (DE); Lars Lehmann, Wildau (DE); and Ahmed Sayed, Berlin (DE)
Assigned to Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL (US)
Filed by Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL (US)
Filed on May 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/651,703.
Application 18/651,703 is a continuation of application No. 17/055,125, granted, now 12,003,260, previously published as PCT/EP2019/062345, filed on May 14, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 102018207430.5 (DE), filed on May 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0291509 A1, Aug. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. H04K 1/02 (2006.01); H03F 3/24 (2006.01); H04B 1/04 (2006.01); H04B 1/18 (2006.01); H04B 17/13 (2015.01); H04B 17/21 (2015.01); H04L 25/03 (2006.01); H04L 25/49 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 1/0458 (2013.01) [H03F 3/245 (2013.01); H04B 1/18 (2013.01); H04B 17/13 (2015.01); H04B 17/21 (2015.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connection device comprising:
a first interface including a signal connector configured for connection with a signal source;
a second interface including an antenna to transmit and receive a wireless radio frequency signal;
a first switch between the first interface and the second interface;
a second switch between the first switch and the second interface, the second switch having a calibration mode and having an operation mode; and
wherein in the calibration mode, the second switch is configured to direct a signal from the signal source to an equivalent antenna and, in the operation mode, the second switch directs the signal from the signal source to the antenna.