Patents by Inventor Bruno BISCONTINI
Bruno BISCONTINI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
-
Publication number: 20230261387Abstract: The present disclosure relates to multiband antenna apparatuses. An example multiband antenna apparatus includes a first dipole radiating element, a second radiating element, and a metasurface superstrate (MSS) structure. The first dipole radiating element may be configured to operate at a first frequency band and arranged on an upper plane of a support structure in a first distance to a reflector plate. The second radiating element may be configured to operate at a second frequency band and arranged on a lower plane of the support structure in a second distance to the reflector plate. The second distance is smaller than the first distance. The second frequency band is higher than the first frequency band. The MSS structure is arranged in an area inside arms of the first dipole radiating element and enhances a performance of the second radiating element.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Muhammad Kamran KHATTAK, Bruno BISCONTINI, Juan SEGADOR ALVAREZ, Zhi GONG
-
Publication number: 20230253699Abstract: An antenna device for transmitting or receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal. The antenna device includes a plurality of RF signal feeds, and an array of M times N radiating elements. The array includes M rows and N columns, where M?2 and N?M. The array is subdivided into a plurality of clusters. Each cluster includes one or more radiating elements. The one or more radiating elements of each cluster are connected to one of the RF signal feeds. The columns of the array include two outer columns and one or more inner columns, where each inner column includes K1 clusters, where K1?1. Each outer column includes K2 clusters, where K2>K1.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Alejandro MURILLO BARRERA, Muhammad Kamran KHATTAK, Grzegorz WOLOSINSKI, Bruno BISCONTINI
-
Publication number: 20230238687Abstract: An antenna device. The antenna device includes a first radiating structure that operates at a first frequency band. A second radiating structure operates at a second frequency band. The second radiating structure includes a radiating loop formed along a closed line, wherein the radiating loop is made as a coil extending along the closed line and is electrically invisible at the first frequency band. The second radiating structure operates at the second frequency band that does not affect the performance of the first radiating structure that operate at the first frequency band even when both radiating structures are placed in the vicinity of each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Ignacio GONZALEZ, Bruno BISCONTINI, Dmitrij SEMILOVSKY
-
Publication number: 20230238699Abstract: The present disclosure relates to antenna devices and arrays of antenna devices. One example antenna device includes a first radiator configured to radiate a first electromagnetic signal, a second radiator configured to radiate a second electromagnetic signal, and a joint feeding network including a first 180-degree coupler and a second 180-degree coupler arranged in sequence. The first 180-degree coupler receives first input signal and second input signal, and the second 180-degree coupler provides first output signal to the first radiator and second output signal to the second radiator. In the joint feeding network, a first path connects the first 180-degree coupler to the second 180-degree coupler including a first phase shifter. A second path connects the first 180-degree coupler to the second 180-degree coupler including a second phase shifter and an attenuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Alejandro MURILLO BARRERA, Juan SEGADOR ALVAREZ, Francesco CAMINITA, Cristian DELLA GIOVAMPAOLA, Stefano MACI, Enrica MARTINI, Bruno BISCONTINI, Ignacio GONZALEZ
-
Publication number: 20230231319Abstract: An antenna device, an array of antenna devices, and a base station having an antenna device. A radiator is configured to radiate an electromagnetic signal in a direction parallel to a radiating axis of the antenna device. The radiator has a substantially planar shape perpendicular to the radiating axis and a resonant structure adjacent to the radiator. The resonant structure has a substantially planar shape parallel to the radiator, wherein the radiator is configured to radiate the electromagnetic signal in a first frequency band and the resonant structure is configured to have a resonant frequency within the first frequency band.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Ignacio GONZALEZ, Grzegorz WOLOSINSKI, Bruno BISCONTINI
-
Publication number: 20230223709Abstract: An antenna device comprising a base plate, a first radiator, a first balun and a second radiator. The base plate having a substantially planar shape. The first radiator is configured to radiate a first electromagnetic signal in a first frequency band. The first balun extends along a first axis between the base plate and the first radiator. The first axis is oriented perpendicular to the base plate and the first radiator. The first balun is arranged in order to support the first radiator. The second radiator is configured to radiate a second electromagnetic signal in a second frequency band. The second radiator includes one or more planar structures extending along the first axis and arranged between the base plate and the first radiator. The first and the second radiator operate in different frequency bands without any interference to form a compact multiband antenna device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Ajay Babu GUNTUPALLI, Juan SEGADOR ALVAREZ, Bruno BISCONTINI
-
Publication number: 20230155300Abstract: An antenna device comprising an antenna array for transmitting a signal. The antenna array includes a plurality of radiating elements with each radiating element configured to radiate the signal with a predetermined phase. The antenna device further including another radiating element that is not part of the antenna array. The phase of the signal for each radiating element of the antenna array is controlled such that the signals radiated by the radiating elements of the array interfere destructively at at least part of the other radiating element.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2023Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Ignacio GONZALEZ, Bruno BISCONTINI
-
Patent number: 11469516Abstract: A multiband antenna system comprises a first massive multiple input multiple output (mMIMO) antenna array comprising a plurality of first antenna elements for use in a first frequency band and at least a second antenna array comprising a plurality of second antenna elements for use in a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band. The second antenna array is at least partially interleaved with the first mMIMO antenna array. The multiband antenna system further includes a distribution network for distributing input and/or output signals of the antenna elements of the second antenna array arranged in a distribution layer, and a transition device.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ignacio Gonzalez, Christoph Spranger, Bruno Biscontini, Bernhard Rist, Johann Baptist Obermaier
-
Patent number: 11456544Abstract: An antenna that is suitable for multiband operation. The antenna includes a plurality of first radiating elements configured to radiate in a first frequency band. The first radiating elements are arranged in a sparse mMIMO array. The antenna further includes a plurality of second radiating elements configured to radiate in a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band. The second radiating elements are arranged in an array at least partially overlapping with the sparse array. At least some of the second radiating elements are disposed in an area covered by the sparse mMIMO array.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ignacio Gonzalez, Christoph Spranger, Bruno Biscontini
-
Patent number: 11362441Abstract: The invention refers to a radiating element comprising a support structure, a first dipole arranged on the support structure, and at least one electrically closed ring arranged on the support structure, wherein the ring surrounds the first dipole and is galvanically isolated from the first dipole, wherein a resonance frequency of the first dipole is higher than a center frequency of an operational bandwidth of the radiating element.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bruno Biscontini, Juan Segador Alvarez, Roberto Flamini, Vincent Mallepeyre
-
Patent number: 11342688Abstract: The present invention provides a dual-polarized radiating element comprising a feeding arrangement and four dipole arms. The feeding arrangement comprises four slots, which extend from a periphery towards a center of the feeding arrangement and which are arranged at regular angular intervals forming a first angular arrangement. The four dipole arms extend outwards from the feeding arrangement and are arranged at regular angular intervals to form a second angular arrangement. The second angular arrangement of the four dipole arms is rotated with respect to the first angular arrangement of the four slots.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ignacio Gonzalez, Juan Segador Alvarez, Christoph Spranger, Bruno Biscontini
-
Patent number: 11205859Abstract: The present disclosure provides a dual-polarized radiating element comprising a feeding arrangement and four dipole arms. The feeding arrangement comprises four slots, which extend from a periphery towards a center of the feeding arrangement and are arranged at regular angular intervals forming a first angular arrangement. The four dipole arms extend outwards from the feeding arrangement and are arranged at regular angular intervals forming a second angular arrangement. The second angular arrangement of the four dipole arms is rotated with respect to the first angular arrangement of the four slots.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Juan Segador Alvarez, Tao Tang, Bruno Biscontini
-
Patent number: 11201406Abstract: An antenna element includes a reflector plate and a radiator comprising a balun device and a dipole device for operating in a first frequency band. The dipole device is connected to the reflector plate by the balun device. A distance from the dipole device to the reflector plate is more than ¼ of a wavelength at a central frequency of the first frequency band. The balun device comprises a short-circuit at a distance from the dipole device of 15 to 35 percent of said wavelength.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tao Tang, Juan Segador Alvarez, Ajay Babu Guntupalli, Bruno Biscontini
-
Patent number: 11152703Abstract: A dual band antenna element suitable for use in a compact multiband antenna array is described. The dual band antenna element may have a main radiating direction with a first radiating element for use in a first frequency band, a first electrically closed ring for use in the first frequency band galvanically isolated from and arranged at a predetermined distance from the first radiating element in the main radiating direction. The first ring) may at least partially overlap the first radiating element in the main radiating direction. The dual band antenna element may also have a second radiating element for use in a second frequency band, where the second radiating element is arranged within a circumference of the first radiating element and is arranged substantially at the predetermined distance (D) from the first radiating element in the radiation direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Juan Segador Alvarez, Tao Tang, Ajay Babu Guntupalli, Bruno Biscontini
-
Patent number: 11145980Abstract: An antenna has a plurality of first radiating elements configured to radiate in a first frequency band and a plurality of second radiating elements configured to radiate in a second frequency band. The second frequency band at least partially overlaps the first frequency band. The first radiating elements are arranged along the longitudinal direction of the antenna in a first column, and the second radiating elements are arranged along the longitudinal direction of the antenna in a second column. The second column is separated from the first column along a lateral direction of the antenna. Further, feed points of each first radiating element are separated from feed points of each second radiating element along a bore sight direction of the antenna.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Juan Segador Alvarez, Tao Tang, Bruno Biscontini, Ignacio Gonzalez
-
Patent number: 10950926Abstract: A dual band antenna element comprises a support structure being a single molded part; a first feeding circuit and a second feeding circuit both arranged on the support structure; and a first radiating element arranged on the support structure and configured to radiate in a first operating frequency band. The first radiating element is fed by the first feeding circuit. Furthermore, a second radiating element is arranged on the support structure and configured to radiate in a second operating frequency band that is lower than the first operating frequency band. The second radiating element is fed by the second feeding circuit.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ajay Babu Guntupalli, Juan Segador Alvarez, Serban Rebegea, Bernhard Rist, Bruno Biscontini
-
Patent number: 10923811Abstract: An antenna element is provided. The antenna element comprises: a support structure; a radiating structure arranged on or within the support structure, said radiating structure comprising: a radiating element having a resonant frequency inside an operating frequency band of the antenna element; and a filter connected to the radiating element and configured to filter out harmonics of the operating frequency band. An antenna system is also provided, which comprises a first antenna element according to the first aspect configured to radiate in a first operating frequency band, and a second antenna element configured to radiate in a second operating frequency band, wherein the second operating frequency band overlaps with harmonics of the first operating frequency band.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ignacio Gonzalez, Bruno Biscontini, Titos Kokkinos
-
Publication number: 20200274256Abstract: The invention refers to a radiating element comprising a support structure, a first dipole arranged on the support structure, and at least one electrically closed ring arranged on the support structure, wherein the ring surrounds the first dipole and is galvanically isolated from the first dipole, wherein a resonance frequency of the first dipole is higher than a center frequency of an operational bandwidth of the radiating element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Bruno BISCONTINI, Juan SEGADOR ALVAREZ, Roberto FLAMINI, Vincent MALLEPEYRE
-
Publication number: 20200243970Abstract: A dual band antenna element suitable for use in a compact multiband antenna array is described. The dual band antenna element may have a main radiating direction with a first radiating element for use in a first frequency band, a first electrically closed ring for use in the first frequency band galvanically isolated from and arranged at a predetermined distance from the first radiating element in the main radiating direction. The first ring) may at least partially overlap the first radiating element in the main radiating direction. The dual band antenna element may also have a second radiating element for use in a second frequency band, where the second radiating element is arranged within a circumference of the first radiating element and is arranged substantially at the predetermined distance (D) from the first radiating element in the radiation direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Juan SEGADOR ALVAREZ, Tao TANG, Ajay Babu GUNTUPALLI, Bruno BISCONTINI
-
Publication number: 20200243972Abstract: An antenna element comprises a reflector plate, a radiating element comprising a balun device and a dipole device for operating in a first frequency band. The dipole device is connected to the reflector plate by the balun device, wherein a distance from the dipole device to the reflector plate is more than ¼ of a wavelength at a central frequency of the first frequency band, and wherein the balun device comprises a short-circuit at a distance from the dipole device between 0.15 and 0.35 of said wavelength, inclusively.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Tao TANG, Juan SEGADOR ALVAREZ, Ajay Babu GUNTUPALLI, Bruno BISCONTINI