Patent ID: 11923619
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 22:
23. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein each hybrid coupling means is further coupled to two antenna element means of the plurality of antenna element means for outputting a beam, the apparatus further comprising:
means for outputting, from each one of the plurality of hybrid coupling means, two signals based on the phase shifted signal received from the respective phase shifting means, wherein the two signals have a 180° phase shift between each other and are respectively output to the two antenna element means;
means for receiving, at each one of the plurality of antenna element means, one of the two signals output from the respective one of the plurality of hybrid coupling means; and
means for outputting, from each one of the plurality of antenna element means, a beam based on the one of the two signals output from the respective one of the plurality of hybrid coupling means,
wherein beams output from the plurality of antenna element means are output with different beam angles relative to each other and have a phase difference between adjacent beams.