Patent ID: 11894892
Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A base station antenna system comprising:
a beamforming radio having a plurality of radio signal ports;
an antenna array having a vertical stack of sub-arrays that each comprise a plurality of sub-columns of dual-polarized radiating elements,
wherein a first of the radio signal ports is coupled to two sub-columns of a first of the sub-arrays, and
wherein a second of the radio signal ports is coupled to two sub-columns of a second of the sub-arrays;

a plurality of first phase shifters per polarization that are coupled to the first of the sub-arrays; and
a plurality of second phase shifters per polarization that are coupled to the second of the sub-arrays,
wherein the first of the radio signal ports is coupled to the two sub-columns of the first of the sub-arrays via a first of the first phase shifters, and
wherein the second of the radio signal ports is coupled to the two sub-columns of the second of the sub-arrays via a first of the second phase shifters.