Patent ID: 9742060
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H01Q

Claim:
1. A t-bar mounted active antenna ceiling assembly comprising: at least one t-bar support beam; a ground plane structure comprising a plurality of ground plane tiles without an antenna layer, wherein each ground plane tile comprises an electromagnetically reflective layer; and a t-bar mounted active antenna tile having a same approximate area as a ground plane tile from the plurality of ground plane tiles, the t-bar mounted active antenna tile comprising: a first dielectric layer; an antenna layer comprising a number of antennas configured to receive and transmit radio frequency (RF) signals, the antenna layer disposed on the first dielectric layer; and a ground plane layer disposed above the antenna layer and in electrical communication with the ground plane structure, wherein a ratio between a number of ground plane tiles and a number of t-bar mounted active antenna tiles is greater than or equal to 8 to 1; wherein the t-bar mounted active antenna tile is mounted on the at least one t-bar support beam.