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EP 2534501 A1 20121219 - METHOD AND SYSTEM OF BEAMFORMING A BROADBAND SIGNAL THROUGH A MULTIPORT NETWORK

Title (en)

METHOD AND SYSTEM OF BEAMFORMING A BROADBAND SIGNAL THROUGH A MULTIPORT NETWORK

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM ZUR STRAHLFORMUNG EINES BREITBANDSIGNALS ÜBER EIN MULTIPORT-NETZWERK

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ ET SYSTÈME DE FORMATION DE FAISCEAU D'UN SIGNAL À LARGE BANDE PAR L'INTERMÉDIAIRE D'UN RÉSEAU MULTIPORT

Publication

EP 2534501 A1 20121219 (EN)

Application

EP 11740548 A 20110208

Priority

US 2011002153 W 20110118
US 30221410 P 20100208
US 2011024111 W 20110208

IPC 8 full level

H01Q 3/26 (2006.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 17/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H01Q 3/2647 (2013.01); H04B 7/0682 (2013.01); H04B 7/0691 (2013.01); H04B 17/12 (2015.01); H04B 17/309 (2015.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2534501 A1 20121219; EP 2534501 A4 20130828

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 11740548 A 20110208