US 12,176,607 B2
Base station
Tao Xie, Beijing (CN); Jianjun An, Beijing (CN); Jialin Li, Beijing (CN); and Ningmin Liu, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 18/022,547
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Sep. 29, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/118777
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 22, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/067486, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0327331 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/42 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 21/24 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/42 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/246 (2013.01); H01Q 21/24 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A base station for a communication network, the base station comprising:
a multi-function board, arranged to include functionality corresponding to at least two of the following: a radio board, an EMC cover, an antenna calibration (AC) board, an antenna reflector, and an antenna board;
a radome arranged to cover the multi-function board; and
at least one antenna element, arranged between the multi-function board and the radome, wherein each of the at least one antenna element includes a primary radiator arranged on the multi-function board and a corresponding secondary radiator arranged according to one of the following: on a surface of the radome facing the multi-function board, or above the primary radiator.