EP2514028B1 - Équipement de formation multi-faisceau - Google Patents

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EP2514028B1
EP2514028B1 EP11706487.3A EP11706487A EP2514028B1 EP 2514028 B1 EP2514028 B1 EP 2514028B1 EP 11706487 A EP11706487 A EP 11706487A EP 2514028 B1 EP2514028 B1 EP 2514028B1
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Wolfgang Voges
Alexander Seeor
Markus Mohr
Stefan Reichelt
Stefan Berger
Hubert Polster
Ralf Häntsch
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    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
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    • H01Q1/241—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles with receiving set used in mobile communications, e.g. GSM
    • H01Q1/246—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles with receiving set used in mobile communications, e.g. GSM specially adapted for base stations
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    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q25/00—Antennas or antenna systems providing at least two radiating patterns
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q3/00—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system
    • H01Q3/26—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system varying the relative phase or relative amplitude of energisation between two or more active radiating elements; varying the distribution of energy across a radiating aperture
    • H01Q3/30—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system varying the relative phase or relative amplitude of energisation between two or more active radiating elements; varying the distribution of energy across a radiating aperture varying the relative phase between the radiating elements of an array
    • H01Q3/32—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system varying the relative phase or relative amplitude of energisation between two or more active radiating elements; varying the distribution of energy across a radiating aperture varying the relative phase between the radiating elements of an array by mechanical means

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  • the invention relates to a multi-beam shaping device according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Beamforming devices are used in particular in mobile radio technology, i. in mobile radio base stations to adjust the main source of a mobile radio antenna with respect to their radiation angle differently.
  • a respective mobile radio cell can be illuminated to different sizes and thus adjusted.
  • a beam shaping device In such beam shaping devices is usually spoken of a RET unit, ie a so-called "remote electrical tilt” device, as for example from the WO 02/061877 A2 is known.
  • a beam shaping device it is not only possible to set a different down-tilt angle in the elevation direction, for example by means of different settings of phase shifters, but it can also be particularly in the case of an antenna array having a plurality of columns, for example using phase shifters, the main beam direction and thus the main source of an antenna system are adjusted in the horizontal direction, that is to say with different azimuth angle.
  • the beam width can be set differently both in the azimuth and in the elevation direction, ie in this case set the half-width of a main beam lobe differently to be able to (half power beam width).
  • the previously known antennas are usually designed so that the so-called RET unit can be installed at a designated mechanical interface (for example, at the lower mounting flange of the antenna housing), which also includes a motor in addition to electronics, which via a mechanical Implementation controls the integrated in the antenna phase shifter.
  • a designated mechanical interface for example, at the lower mounting flange of the antenna housing
  • the phase change thus achieved has a direct effect on the beam characteristic, i. to the down-tilt angle of the antenna.
  • the beam characteristic of multi-antenna systems can be set differently by means of such RET units, wherein the mentioned RET motors for adjusting the main beam direction of the antenna not only in the vertical direction (ie in the elevation direction for setting a different down-tilt angle), but also in the horizontal direction (ie in the azimuth direction) as well as for setting the half-width of a main lobe can be used.
  • control unit the so-called RET unit with the associated motor within the antenna arrangement, ie, can be arranged within the radome.
  • RET unit with the associated motor within the antenna arrangement
  • WO 02/061877 A2 has been proposed to grow such a RET unit outside the radome, preferably directly below a mounting flange of the antenna order, which has the advantage that such a RET unit can be retrofitted without opening the antenna cover (radome).
  • the control side of the RET actuators is specified in the AISG or 3GPP standard.
  • the RET actuators of various antenna manufacturers can be controlled via this standardized interface.
  • the two device types "Single-RET (device type 0x01) and" Multi-RET (device type 0x11) have been specified.
  • Multi-RET One possible implementation of a multi-RET is e.g. accommodated in a single housing, which is equipped several times with the manufacturer-specific mechanical interfaces.
  • the Multi-RET can then, after mounting on a corresponding multi-band antenna, controlled by a control unit, control the beam characteristics of the individual bands.
  • the embodiment is only possible or useful if the multi-mechanical interfaces on the antenna allow it to operate with a single device.
  • a multi-beam shaping device in the form of a multi-RET device which has three manually actuable adjustment axes has, for example, to be able to control three separate antenna arrays.
  • Multi-band antennas are thus equipped per band with the already mentioned “single-RET actuators".
  • a generic multi-beam shaping device is known from WO 2009/102775 A2 known.
  • This multi-beam shaping device comprises, for example, three manually operated down-tilt adjustment devices, each comprising an adjustment axis, which protrude on the lower cover plate of the antenna housing and are provided with a dial. There, the individual adjustment of the down-tilt angle can be made manually.
  • the beam shaping is intended, for example, a different setting of the emission direction in the vertical direction (in the elevation direction by using a down-tilt angle) and / or in the horizontal direction (ie for different setting of the azimuth angle of the main lobe) and / or generally to change the beam characteristic in the form serve that, for example, the half-width of the main lobe of the antenna system is adjustable.
  • the beam shaping device for example a so-called RET device or unit, comprises, for example, only one drive unit (for example an electric motor, an actuator etc.) and only one associated electronics, ie in particular only one Microprocessor and preferably also includes only a motor driver.
  • This so-called RET device is understood here as an abbreviated version of the beam shaping device according to the invention, which for example serves for the different setting of a down-tilt angle, but also for the different setting of an azimuth angle, in other words enables the main lobe to be arranged in different horizontal directions.
  • a mechanical interface arrangement is realized, which is designed, for example, in a dual-band or dual-sector antenna configuration so that at least two axle or shaft connections can be driven, whose end facing the mechanical interface arrangement with a respective one Setting and / or transmission device for changing a beam drop angle of the associated radiator device is in communication.
  • the at least one drive means of the multi-beam shaping device is connected via a multi-gear with the at least two mechanical cutting and / or coupling points, via the at least one drive means, the associated control device in each case at least one of the plurality Drive connections is targeted actuated.
  • the invention further assumes that the number of cutting and / or coupling points is greater than the number of drive devices.
  • the structure is preferably such that the individual antenna devices, which operate in a respective frequency band and which are provided in a different sector configuration, can be selectively controlled in time only one after the other.
  • the shaft and / or axle connections between the mechanical interface arrangement and the corresponding setting and / or transmission device for adjusting the phase shifter for performing a targeted adjustment of the down-tilt angle and / or to a specific adjustment of the azimuth angle (or thus generally to a different setting of the elevation and the azimuth angle) for the individual frequency bands or for the individual sectors of the antenna are selectively set successively different.
  • the beam shaping device is further distinguished by the fact that it preferably has only one communication interface, via which it receives the corresponding control signals from a control device for the purposeful adjustment of the different down-tilt angles, wherein such a control device, for example, also can be integrated in an associated base station. Also possible is the remote transmission from a remote location, for example, via the base station or via radio, etc.
  • the shafts or axes consist of so-called flexible shafts or axles.
  • axles or shafts instead of flexible axles or shafts but also axes or shafts with universal joints can be used, which allow a comparable variability.
  • any phase shifter disposed in the antenna over several rigid shafts or axles, as well as other gear stages (e.g., gears containing bevel gears).
  • the preferably flexible shafts or axles can be attached to a mechanical interface of a transmission device of the relevant antenna in order to actually actuate the phase shifters provided in the antenna housing via the transmission device.
  • the flexible shafts or axles may terminate in so-called RET couplings, which, like conventional jet-forming devices, also directly at a corresponding interface-for example, at a downward pointing flange of a mobile radio antenna housing (Radom) - can be connected and mounted.
  • RET couplings which, like conventional jet-forming devices, also directly at a corresponding interface-for example, at a downward pointing flange of a mobile radio antenna housing (Radom) - can be connected and mounted.
  • RET couplings which, like conventional jet-forming devices, also directly at a corresponding interface-for example, at a downward pointing flange of a mobile radio antenna housing (Radom) - can be connected and mounted.
  • an arrangement is also possible in such a way that the preferably flexible shafts or axe
  • the multi-beam shaping device necessarily comprises at least two interfaces, furthermore generally at least two coupling points and / or at least coupling positions.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a triple-band antenna station, each of the three frequency bands to be transmitted, a base station BS1, BS2, BS3 is assigned.
  • the various radiator and radiator arrangements for the three-band antenna arrangement are arranged under a radome 3 (generally inside or below an antenna cover 3) and not shown in detail. In this respect, reference is made to known solutions.
  • radiators and radiator devices are provided below the radome 3 at the upper end of a Antennenmastkonstrutation 5, wherein for each frequency band from each base station BS1 to BS3 each two RF feeder cables 7 extend between the base station and the associated radiator means of the antenna.
  • the entire antenna arrangement comprising the three antenna devices radiating in different frequency bands would comprise three single beam shaping devices, each antenna device provided for a frequency band being assigned a separate single beam shaping device, which is usually abbreviated as Single RET, where RET stands for "remote electrical tilt".
  • the amplifier device TMA1 would be provided, for example, with an AISG socket (for example an eight-pin socket connection), via which a communication bus, for example in the form of a communication cable, to the first single-RET unit RET1 and from there to a respective next RET unit runs.
  • AISG socket for example an eight-pin socket connection
  • a single multi-beam shaping device M-RET is provided, so that only one communication bus 11, for example in the form of a communication cable 11 ', leads from the amplifier device TMA1 to this multi-RET unit M-RET.
  • FIG. 2 Based on FIG. 2 is shown in simplified detail overall arrangement.
  • the overall antenna arrangement ANT comprises three individual antenna devices ANT1, ANT2 and ANT3, which function as separate antenna devices and emit, for example, transmit and / or receive in three different frequency bands.
  • FIG. 2 In this case, the three antennas or antenna sectors ANT1 to ANT3 are indicated only in their abstract position via the connection couplings 29, which are explained in more detail below, without corresponding antenna elements in FIG FIG. 2 are drawn.
  • a Multi-beam shaping device M-RET provided, hereinafter also referred to as M-RET becomes.
  • a wide range of arbitrary beam shaping can be carried out, so that in other words ultimately by one or more of the above measures or in other ways a radiation pattern of a corresponding antenna device, in particular a mobile Antenna device can be adjusted and / or changed accordingly.
  • This multi-beam shaping device M-RET comprises a communication interface 13, via which a communication bus 11, for example in the form of a corresponding (eg eight-wire) communication cable 11 'directly or indirectly with an integrated, for example in a base station BS1, BS2 or BS3 control unit via the mentioned amplifier device TMA1 is connected.
  • a communication interface can thus serve (similar to the prior art), for example, an AISG connector.
  • the mentioned, e.g. integrated in the base station and not shown control unit can communicate via a suitable protocol, such as an AISG / 3GPP protocol with the mentioned multi-beamforming device M-RET (device-type 0x11).
  • FIG. 2 is also schematically seen that the multi-beam shaping device, for example, a PCB PCB, a lightning protection device 17, a power supply 19 (which is also partially referred to below as an internal power supply 19 '), a microprocessor 21 with associated motor drivers and an electrical Actuator 23 (for example in the form of an electric motor, a stepper motor, a magnetically actuable adjusting device, etc.) which is connected to an associated shift and transmission gear 23 'with a first mechanical interface and / or coupling assembly 25.
  • the multi-beam shaping device for example, a PCB PCB, a lightning protection device 17, a power supply 19 (which is also partially referred to below as an internal power supply 19 '), a microprocessor 21 with associated motor drivers and an electrical Actuator 23 (for example in the form of an electric motor, a stepper motor, a magnetically actuable adjusting device, etc.) which is connected to an associated shift and transmission gear 23 'with a first mechanical interface and / or coupling assembly
  • the first mechanical interface and / or coupling arrangement 25 comprises three separate first mechanical cutting and / or coupling points 25a to 25c, each of which can be connected or connected to a drive connection 27, in the exemplary embodiment shown, three drive connections 27a to 27c. These lead at its opposite end 125, ie 125a to 125c, to a second mechanical interface 35, ie 35a to 35c, via which the respective drive connections 27a to 27c are connected to a connection coupling 29 assigned to it and are in drive connection.
  • interfaces 125 provide a connection from their drive connection 27a to 27c to their associated connection couplings 29, in the illustrated embodiment, couplers 29a to 29c, as in the prior art also to a mechanical antenna interface 39 (RET interfaces 39a to 39c) the provided for a given frequency band single antenna (usually with a variety of radiators or radiator arrangements) can be connected and mounted, for example, as shown in WO 02/061877 A2 is shown and described for a single retrofittable beam forming device.
  • RET interfaces 39a to 39c the provided for a given frequency band single antenna (usually with a variety of radiators or radiator arrangements) can be connected and mounted, for example, as shown in WO 02/061877 A2 is shown and described for a single retrofittable beam forming device.
  • connection couplings 29 have for this purpose a coupling housing 31, in which a connection axis or shaft 33 possibly with an additional gear ratio can be accommodated, about which a drive connection between the multi-beam device-side connection point 35 and the antenna-side connection point 37 is made.
  • a screw sleeve 139 may be provided, via which the aforementioned connection coupling 29, for example, as in the WO 02/061877 A2 described, can be attached to the associated antenna device to adjust over this interface time provided in the antennas phase shifter accordingly.
  • the mentioned drive connections 27a to 27c preferably consist of a flexible axle or of a flexible shaft 27, but may also be designed and designed such that the respective flexible axle or flexible shaft 27 consists of rigid shaft and axle sections and in each case with elastic or flexible Axle or shaft intermediate sections, universal joints, etc. are added to ensure a connection from the mechanical interface 25 a to 25 c to the connection interfaces 125 to the associated coupling housings 31.
  • the structure of the multi-beam shaping device M-RET is thus such that the mechanical and electronic component within the RET housing M-RET-G identical or substantially identical, that is at least similar to a conventional simple, ie so-called single-beam shaping device, wherein in the region of the output shaft of the electric motor 23 in this case, a preferably interchangeable multi-axis transmission 23 '(ie, generally a transmission with multiple output and / or branching strands, which subsequently partly as a multi-shaft gearbox or Multi-axis transmission or only briefly as multi-gear or multi-gear device 23 'is called) can be grown, which is provided according to the number of individual antennas to be adjusted a corresponding number of drive shafts 123, at the mechanical cutting and / or Clutch points 25 then the preferred flexible shafts 27 are connected.
  • a preferably interchangeable multi-axis transmission 23 ' ie, generally a transmission with multiple output and / or branching strands, which subsequently partly as a multi-s
  • Structure and mode of operation of the described multi-beam shaping device M-RET is such that now corresponding control signals via the electronics in the multi-beam shaping device M-RET purposefully each allow a control of the specific mechanical first cutting and / or coupling points 25a, 25b or 25c, about which purpose the here connected flexible axis or shaft 27a, 27b or 27c is actuated, so that here via the following coupling housing 31 in an antenna device ANT1, ANT2 and ANT3 housed phase shifter can be adjusted targeted to the relevant in this antenna arrangement ANT1 to ANT3 provided radiator devices in their Absenkwinkel specific.
  • the individual mechanical cutting and / or coupling points 25a to 25c are actuated correspondingly in time one after the other in order to activate and actuate only one drive connection 27a to 27c at a time.
  • a variant embodiment is shown insofar as here no separate coupling housing 31 are provided, but here the preferably flexible drive connections 27a to 27c are connected in particular in the form of a flexible axis or flexible shaft directly to the phase shifters 61 (here in the region of their mechanical second interface 35, ie 35a, 35b or 35c at the end 125, ie at the respective end 125a, 125b or 125c of the drive connections 27a to 27c), in order to provide a direct connection to the transmission device and / or adjusting device provided within the antenna arrangement (eg within the radome, ie the antenna cover) Adjustment of the phase shifter 61 and thus to set a down-tilt angle, in the elevation direction, a different radiation angle in azimuth and / or beam forming under adjustment of a different half width, etc.
  • FIG. 3 it may be one in which, by means of the multi-gear arrangement according to the invention, different phase shifters of a single antenna device are actuated. It is also possible that within the antenna cover 3, a plurality of single-band antennas or a combination of multi-band antennas and single-band antennas are provided.
  • the mechanical angle of an antenna can also be set differently with the beam shaping device according to the invention, ie that a different roll, pitch or yaw adjustment ("roll”, "pitch”, “yaw”) can be made.
  • roll roll
  • pitch yaw
  • a different adjustment and / or modification of a radiation pattern can be made (ie, a different setting of the radiation pattern of a radiator device, in general an antenna or antenna device and in particular a mobile radio antenna system).
  • phase shifters driven via the flexible shafts or axles 27 may be constructed in a conventional and / or suitable manner. You can - as in FIG. 3 is indicated only schematically - for example, meshing with each other transmission gears 63, whereby a transmission of the rotational movement and / or translation of the rotational movement can be generated. By means of a phase shifter or phase shift lever 65, the adjustment of the phase shifter and thus the generation of a desired phase shift can then be effected in each case.
  • phase shifter or phase shift lever 65 may be suitable phase shifters, for example differential phase shifters etc.
  • phase shifter 61 a mechanical coupling of several phase shifters is also conceivable, which can thus be driven synchronously by a flexible shaft 27a to 27c.
  • a second phase shift device 61 ' is still provided, which is coupled to the respective first phase shifter 61, for example, by means of a mechanical coupling 67 (not shown).
  • the multi-beam shaping device M-RET with its housing M-RET-G outside and above all below the antenna cover (ie the radome) may be spaced apart so that the flexible shafts or axles 27 (bowdenzugä GmbH, for example Protected by a sheath not shown) in the open air between the multi-beam shaping device M-RET and the antenna device or the antenna cover.
  • the multi-beam shaping device or parts thereof may be more or less integrated into the housing of the antenna cover.
  • FIG. 3 a first integration line 71 indicated that should show that, for example, the multi-axis transmission 23 'may be housed partially or completely within the antenna housing cover 3, as shown in arrow 3' from the integration line 71 in the direction of arrow the antenna cover or the so-called.
  • Radom 3 extends, so therefore the multi-axis gear 23 'as mentioned partially or completely within this antenna cover 3 comes to rest.
  • the housing of the multi-beam shaping device M-RET ie the housing M-RET-G is integrated wholly or partially within the antenna cover 3, if in fact according to the arrow 3 "the antenna cover, ie the radome 3 already from the Integrationsline 73 in the direction of arrow 3 "extending starting.
  • this integration line 73 or also the above-mentioned integration line 71 may differ between the two in FIG. 3 move areas shown so that the housing M-RET-G is not only quite, but possibly only partially inside the housing cover 3.
  • the communication interface 13 may be wholly or partially outside the radome or the antenna cover 3, or only partially or almost entirely within the radome, so that only the actual interface access actually from the outside or accessible from the bottom.
  • the communication interface 13 which has already been mentioned several times, can be embodied differently depending on the type of application to the control system, for example as an AISG plug or as a modem connected to the antenna feeder cable.
  • FIG. 4 which describes a corresponding inventive solution not for the case of a triple-band antenna arrangement, but for tri-sector antenna configuration, in which three individual antennas ANT1, ANT2, ANT3 are aligned in three different sectors and can be individually controlled via the multi-beam shaping device M-RET, for each antenna sector ANT1 or ANT2 or ANT3, the lowering angle and / or, for example, the azimuth angle for the beam direction and / or beam shaping under different settings to be able to set the horizontal beam width separately and differently.
  • the corresponding control signals for the multi-beam shaping device M-RET can be transmitted via one or a pair of feeder cables starting from a base station, for example, to one of the amplifier units, for example the amplifier unit TMA2, the control signals then via a control line 11, for example in the form of a corresponding Control cable or Steuerbusses 11 'to the multi-beam shaping device M-RET is transmitted, then what about the flexible shafts or axles 27 to the optionally provided coupling means 29, the accommodated in the individual antenna devices phase shifter 61, 61' can be controlled according to perform the beam shaping.
  • beam shaping in the vertical direction and / or horizontal direction for setting a different down-tilt angle in the elevation direction and / or for setting a different emission direction in the horizontal direction, ie with a different azimuth angle and / or also a different setting of the antenna characteristic are made in such a way that, for example, a different half-width can be adjusted complementary or alternative to the above-mentioned settings with the aforementioned RET units.
  • the master beam shaping device it is possible within the scope of the invention with the master beam shaping device to be able to adjust the beam characteristics of multi-beam systems, in particular also of multi-mobile systems in different ways depending on circumstances and customer requirements. These different beam characteristics can therefore be adjusted accordingly changed by the RET motors used.
  • multi-output gearbox gear assembly does not have to have several parallel branched cutting or coupling points, but may also comprise only one power take-off, at least two corresponding cutting and / or coupling points or at least two different coupling positions are provided or possible in order to be able to operate, for example, one or the other phase shifter module or another adjusting element or an adjusting device in the antenna arrangement.
  • FIG. 5 is schematically illustrated the multi-gear device 23 ', in which, for example, two offset output shafts 123 are located. Deviating from this, only a single output shaft could 123 may be arranged.
  • this output shaft 123 are staggered actuators or actuators 71, for example in the form of a screw 71 ', which cooperates with a corresponding transmission and / or adjusting device 73, for example in the form of a gear 73'.
  • the gear is in FIG. 5 shown schematically from its side view, ie with a perpendicular to the plane and thus perpendicular to the output axis 123 alignment.
  • a phase shifter including a phase shifter assembly 75 can be actuated directly or indirectly.
  • the arrangement may be such that via the multi-gear arrangement 23 ', the shaft 123 can be set in clockwise or counterclockwise rotation to set the phase shifters.
  • each actuator or actuator 71 is associated with a clutch assembly 77 which can be actuated via a separate clutch actuator 79.
  • This coupling actuator 79 may for example be constructed of a control device in the form of a cable, a cable, a linkage, a lever, etc. and / or combinations.
  • the coupling device can be mechanically actuated or triggered or actuated or triggered electrically or electronically or actuated from combinations thereof and / or triggered.
  • these clutch actuators 79 also lead to the multi-gear device 23 or at least to the housing MRET-G of Multi-gear device 23 '.
  • the associated worm 71 ' ie the associated actuator 71
  • the associated worm 71 ' By operating a corresponding coupling 77, the associated worm 71 ', ie the associated actuator 71, can be brought into a fixed rotational connection with the shaft in each case.
  • rotating shaft 123 either the uppermost, the middle or, for example, the lowermost one may be targeted FIG. 5 left phase shifters 75 are adjusted in two opposing directions.
  • the output shaft 123 is in the context of the invention preferably understood as part of the multi-gear device 23 '.
  • FIG. 5 is also shown that such an arrangement with an output shaft 123 and thereon several times offset in the axial direction cutting and / or coupling points 25 on the gear assembly can also be formed several times, which is why FIG. 5 on the right, for example, a further output shaft 123 is shown, but there only for example with two offset in the axial direction actuating and / or actuators 71 and a respective associated coupling device 77 with associated clutch actuators 79th
  • FIG. 6 top right lying a first phase shifter assembly 75 shown with a corresponding transmission and / or adjusting device 73, for example in the form of a gear 73 ', about which the phase shifter similar to FIG. 5 is different adjustable.
  • offset phase shifting means 75 may be provided, in the illustrated embodiment 3, wherein of the other two phase shifters 75 only the associated transmission and / or adjusting device 73, for example in the form of a gear 73 ' is indicated.
  • a plurality of circumferentially offset respective actuators i. corresponding adjusting or actuating devices 71 provided, for example in the form of a rack portion 71 ".
  • the output line 125 is adjustable not only clockwise and counterclockwise, so according to the double arrow view 81 rotatable about its longitudinal axis, but also in accordance with the further double arrow representation 83 in the longitudinal direction of the output shaft and retractable, so also adjustable.
  • the output shaft 123 is first extended so far until the associated Actuator, ie the rack-shaped actuator 71 at the level of the transmission and / or adjusting device 73, for example in the form of the gear 73 'comes to rest. Thereafter, the output train is rotated in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction until the rack-shaped actuator 71 engages with the transmission and / or adjusting device 73, for example in the form of the gear 73 '.
  • the phase shifter can be set arbitrarily in two opposing directions.
  • a cutting and / or coupling point 25 is defined, which in this case also describes a coupling position 25 ', i. a coupling device with three coupling positions 25'a, 25'b and 25'c.
  • These coupling positions 25 ', i. 25'a, 25'b and 25'c are so far only a special case of the general cutting and / or coupling point 25, i. 25a, 25b and 25c.
  • the mean phase shifter 75 in the illustration according to FIG. 6 To drive, the output shaft 123 is pivoted, for example in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction, for example, 90 °, in order then to be retracted in the sense of shortening in the multi-gearbox M-RET-G, ie by an axial displacement until the actuating or actuating device 71 in the amount of the second transmission and / or adjusting device 73 of the phase shifter assembly comes to rest. Also for this position is in FIG. 6 the actuator 71 drawn.
  • the power train 125 would then be rotated again until the rack-like actuator 71 shown in the middle position engages the next transmission and / or adjustment device 73 in the form of a next gear 73 ' again a piece off or retracted, this axial movement is converted into a rotational movement of the transmission and / or adjusting 73 and set the phase shifter above.
  • this intervention can be reversed and the output shaft so adjusted further down and retracted until the actuator and / or actuator 71 at the level of the lowest gear-like transmission and / or adjustment device 73 comes to rest, so that after a corresponding further rotational movement of the output shaft 123, the lowermost gear 73 'and thus the lowest phase shifter assembly can be adjusted accordingly.
  • the embodiment also has three cutting and / or Kupplüngsstellen 25, at least when considering the three transmission and / or adjusting devices 73, wherein based on the output line 125 thereby three coupling positions 25 'are defined or to purposefully one of the Phasenschieber- To operate assembly or other adjustment of the antenna.
  • Such output strands can also be formed several times on the multi-RET unit, whereby the number of selectively controllable phase shifter can be increased.
  • a switchable, in particular electromechanically switchable clutch or adjusting be integrated in the transmission, as well as a corresponding drive control with one or more motors to perform the adjustment.
  • At least one servomotor may be provided.
  • the servomotor would serve, for example, to adjust the output shaft 123 with the associated actuating and actuating elements 71, 71 "so that this actuating and actuating element 71, 71" is moved into a desired position, in which a clutch with a corresponding, in the side embodiment gear-shaped transmission and / or adjusting device 73 is added.
  • the axial adjustment could be carried out via the drive motor and the rotary motion could be brought about via the actuating or coupling motor to finally bring about the coupling with the corresponding setting and actuating device 71, 71 "
  • the drive unit and the setting unit wherein the one motor, the axial adjustment and the adjustment of the phase other motor accomplished the twisting movement, ie rotation of the shaft.
  • the number of cutting and / or coupling points is greater than the number of drive means, that is, the common drive means, wherein, as explained, for example, a drive means may also include one or more additional actuator or coupling drives or motors, to make a drive connection between the corresponding actuators can.
  • a drive means may also include one or more additional actuator or coupling drives or motors, to make a drive connection between the corresponding actuators can.
  • coupling means 77 are actuated and adjusted accordingly with the associated clutch actuators 79, wherein after a prepared coupling connection (by means of a servomotor) then the adjustment z. B. the connected phase shifter can be performed by means of the drive means.
  • phase shifters in the antenna can be controlled, similar to the structure described using flexible shafts or axles. which are positioned at different positions.
  • the bridging between the gear assembly or the multi-gear housing M-RET-G and the corresponding components to be controlled as the phase shifters be positioned at various points.
  • additional control devices can run from the M-RET unit into the antenna interior, via which electromechanical actuators located there can be actuated, so that the power flow in the drive trains can be separated or closed.
  • coupling devices which are arranged directly on the shaft or the output line 123 of the gear arrangement or also on the phase shifters themselves or in the vicinity of the phase shifters or other adjustable subassemblies, as is particularly apparent from the exemplary embodiment FIG. 5 (or FIG. 6 ).
  • an electric motor is used as a drive device.
  • all other controllable drive devices are basically considered.
  • the multi-beam shaping device M-RET can also be provided with at least one further communication interface, for example in the sense of daisy-chain cabling to connect another multi-RET unit to control other antenna devices.
  • the control of a plurality of multi-beam shaping devices interconnected therewith can take place via a communication line 11, 11 '.
  • the described multi-gear can be used in all antenna designs, in single-band antennas as well as in dual-band or multi-band antennas.
  • the invention can be used with radiator antenna arrays arranged in one or more columns.
  • the radiator devices can be singly or multiply polarized. There are no restrictions in any direction.

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  1. Dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples en particulier pour des installations d'antennes de radiotéléphonie multiples, présentant les caractéristiques suivantes :
    - le dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux est réalisé sous la forme d'un dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples (M-RET), à savoir avec un dispositif de commande commun doté au moins d'un microprocesseur (21),
    - le dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples (M-RET) dispose au moins d'une interface de communication (13) électronique servant à commander dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples (M-RET) aux fins du réglage différent des deux diagrammes de rayonnement ou plus,
    - le dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples (M-RET) comprend au moins un dispositif d'entraînement doté d'un moteur électrique (23) et une partie réseau (19),
    - le dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples (M-RET) comprend au moins deux premières interfaces et/ou positions de couplage mécaniques (25 ; 25a, 25b, 25c ; 25' ; 25'a, 25'b, 25'c),
    - une liaison d'entraînement (27 ; 27a, 27b, 27c) vient en prise respectivement avec les deux premières interfaces et/ou positions de couplage mécaniques (25 ; 25a, 25b, 25c ; 25' ; 25'a, 25'b, 25'c) ou plus,
    caractérisé par les caractéristiques supplémentaires qui suivent :
    - le dispositif d'entraînement (23) au moins au nombre de un du dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples (M-RET) est relié par l'intermédiaire d'un engrenage multiple (23') aux deux interfaces et/ou positions de couplage mécaniques (25 ; 25a, 25b, 25c ; 25' ; 25'a, 25'b, 25'c) ou plus, sachant que respectivement au moins une des nombreuses liaisons d'entraînement (27 ; 27a, 27b, 27c) peut être actionnée de manière ciblée par l'intermédiaire du dispositif d'entraînement (23) au moins au nombre de un et du dispositif de commande associé, et
    - sachant que le nombre des interfaces et/ou positions de couplage (25 ; 25a, 25b, 25c ; 25' ; 25'a, 25'b, 25'c) est supérieur au nombre des dispositifs d'entraînement (23).
  2. Dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'engrenage multiple (23') comprend un dispositif de couplage ou d'ajustement (77) pouvant être commuté de manière électromécanique, lequel permet d'établir de manière commandée une liaison d'entraînement entre un dispositif d'entraînement (23) et respectivement uniquement une des nombreuses liaisons d'entraînement (27 ; 27a, 27b, 27c ; 71, 71' ; 73, 73').
  3. Dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que l'engrenage multiple (23') est interchangeable.
  4. Dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que l'engrenage multiple (23') est logé avec le dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples dans un boîtier (M-RET-G) commun.
  5. Dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que l'engrenage multiple (23') est installé à l'extérieur d'un boîtier (M-RET-G) du dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples.
  6. Dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que les liaisons d'entraînement (27 ; 27a, 27b, 27c) respectives sont constituées d'un axe flexible ou d'un arbre flexible ou comprennent ces derniers.
  7. Dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que les liaisons d'entraînement flexibles (27 ; 27a, 27b, 27c) comprennent des sections d'axe rigides ainsi que des liaisons à joint universel.
  8. Dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que plusieurs branches ou arbres de sortie (123) sont prévus, au niveau desquels sont prévues des interfaces et/ou positions de couplage (25, 25') correspondantes, au niveau desquelles est prévue une liaison motrice avec le dispositif d'entraînement ou de transmission et/ou de réglage (27), laquelle peut être mise en service de manière permanente ou par l'intermédiaire de dispositifs de couplage.
  9. Dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins une branche d'entraînement ou un arbre de sortie (123) sont prévus, au niveau desquels sont prévues au moins deux interfaces et/ou positions de couplage (25, 25'), par l'intermédiaire desquelles au moins deux dispositifs d'entraînement ou de transmission et/ou de réglage (27, 71, 73) suivants sont entraînés ou peuvent être entraînés.
  10. Dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce que les liaisons d'entraînement (27 ; 27a, 27b, 27c) sont formées à la manière de câbles Bowden et comprennent un câble de transmission pouvant être déplacé longitudinalement dans une gaine extérieure ou une tige de poussée pouvant être déplacée longitudinalement de préférence élastique.
  11. Dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10, caractérisé en ce que l'extrémité, faisant face respectivement à l'engrenage multiple (23'), de la liaison d'entraînement (27 ; 27a, 27b, 27c) peut être raccordée à une interface d'antenne (39 ; 39a, 39b, 39c) aux fins du réglage d'au moins un déphaseur prévu dans l'antenne.
  12. Dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11, caractérisé en ce que l'extrémité, faisant face respectivement à l'engrenage multiple (23'), des liaisons d'entraînement (27 ; 27a, 27b, 27c) est reliée, dans un boîtier de couplage (31), de préférence par l'intermédiaire d'une interface supplémentaire mécanique (35 ; 35a, 35b, 35c), à un dispositif d'actionnement, qui peut être raccordé à une interface d'antenne (39 ; 39a, 39b, 39c) d'une configuration d'antenne associée ou aux fins du réglage d'au moins un déphaseur prévu.
  13. Dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples selon selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 12, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples (M-RET) pour plusieurs antennes à bande unique d'un ensemble d'antennes à bandes multiples ou pour des antennes sectorielles individuelles d'un ensemble d'antennes multisectorielles comprend au moins une interface de communication (13), sachant qu'une liaison avec un appareil de commande peut être établie.
  14. Dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples selon selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 13, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples (M-RET) comprend seulement un équipement de protection contre la foudre (17).
  15. Dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 14, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples (M-RET) et, en particulier, le boîtier de dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples (M-RET-G) sont disposés à l'extérieur d'un capot d'antenne (3).
  16. Dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 15, caractérisé en ce que l'engrenage multiple (23') est également disposé à l'extérieur du capot d'antenne (3).
  17. Dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 15, caractérisé en ce que l'engrenage multiple (23) est disposé intégralement ou en partie à l'intérieur du capot d'antenne (3).
  18. Dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 14 ou 17, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples (M-RET) et, en particulier, le boîtier de dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples (M-RET-G) viennent se placer intégralement ou en partie à l'intérieur du capot d'antenne (3).
  19. Dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples selon la revendication 18, caractérisé en ce que l'interface de communication (13) servant au moins à établir une liaison directe à une station de base (BS1, BS2, BS3) est également disposée intégralement ou en partie à l'intérieur du capot d'antenne (3).
  20. Dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 19, caractérisé en ce que des dispositifs de commande et/ou de couplage-actionnement (79) s'étendent, depuis le dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples (M-RET), à l'intérieur de l'antenne, commutent de manière ciblée les actionneurs ou dispositifs de couplage (77) électromécaniques se trouvant dans l'antenne, lesquels permettent de mettre en service et hors service les dispositifs d'entraînement, de transmission et/ou de réglage (27, 71, 73) suivants.
  21. Dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 20, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins une liaison d'entraînement (27, 123) comprend plusieurs arbres ou axes rigides ainsi que des étages d'engrenage supplémentaires servant à guider un flux de force à des dispositifs d'actionnement au choix se trouvant ou réalisés au niveau de l'antenne ou dans cette dernière de préférence sous la forme de dispositifs de déphaseur (75).
  22. Dispositif de mise en forme de faisceaux multiples selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 21, caractérisé en ce que l'extrémité faisant face (125 ; 125a, 125b, 125c) de la liaison d'entraînement (27 ; 27a, 27b, 27c) respective peut être reliée ou est reliée au niveau d'une interface supplémentaire (35 ; 35a, 35b, 35c ; 39 ; 39a, 39b, 39c) directement ou indirectement à un dispositif de transmission et/ou de réglage aux fins du réglage différent des diagrammes de rayonnement.
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