SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MINIATURIZED CELL TOWER ANTENNA ARRAYS AND HIGHLY DIRECTIONAL ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION

摘要

The disclosure provides a solution to the growing customer demand on cell tower signal capacity. As such, the disclosure provides a directional antenna for cellular communication, a communications system using the directional antenna, and a method of communicating using the directional antenna. In one embodiment, the directional antenna includes: (1) a Luneburg lens having a spherical shape, and (2) a curved substrate that conforms to the spherical shape of the Luneburg lens, the curved substrate having a feed network of signal conveyors affixed to a front side and a ground plane back side, wherein the signal conveyors are aligned with the Luneburg lens to communicate radio frequency signals within a sector.