Patent ID: 7965235

Claim:
An active antenna assembly comprising at least one multi-channel transmit/receive (TR) module for reducing power consumption, the antenna assembly comprising: the at least one TR module comprising: a first phase shifter; a first switch coupled to the first phase shifter, the first switch configured to switch between a transmit circuit and a receive circuit; the transmit circuit comprising: a first power amplifier coupled to the first switch; a plurality of second phase shifters coupled to the first power amplifier; and a plurality of second power amplifiers, each second power amplifier coupled to one of the second phase shifters; the receive circuit comprising: a low noise amplifier coupled to the first switch; and a plurality of third phase shifters coupled to the low noise amplifier; and a plurality of second switches, each second switch configured to switch between one of the second power amplifiers and one of the third phase shifters.