Adaptively tunable antennas and method of operation therefore
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H01Q-001/50
H04B-001/04
출원번호
US-0653643
(2007-01-16)
등록번호
US-8325097
(2012-12-04)
발명자
/ 주소
McKinzie, III, William E.
Manssen, Keith
Mendolia, Greg
출원인 / 주소
Research In Motion RF, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Guntin Meles & Gust, PLC
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초록▼
An embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus, comprising a tunable antenna including a variable reactance network connected to the antenna a closed loop control system adapted to sense the RF voltage across the variable reactance network and adjust the reactance of the network to maximize
An embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus, comprising a tunable antenna including a variable reactance network connected to the antenna a closed loop control system adapted to sense the RF voltage across the variable reactance network and adjust the reactance of the network to maximize the RF voltage. The variable reactance network may comprise a parallel capacitance or a series capacitance. Further, the variable reactance networks may be connected to the antenna, which may be a patch antenna, a monopole antenna, or a slot antenna.
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1. A non-transitory machine-accessible medium that provides instructions, which when accessed, cause a machine to perform operations comprising: increasing an efficiency of an antenna system by sensing a radio frequency (RF) voltage present on a variable reactance network embedded in an antenna of s
1. A non-transitory machine-accessible medium that provides instructions, which when accessed, cause a machine to perform operations comprising: increasing an efficiency of an antenna system by sensing a radio frequency (RF) voltage present on a variable reactance network embedded in an antenna of said antenna system;controlling a bias signal presented to said variable reactance network based on the sensing of the RF voltage; andincreasing the RF voltage present on the variable reactance network using an algorithm implemented on a digital processor, wherein the algorithm is an iterative process repeating the sensing of the RF voltage and the controlling of the bias signal based on the sensing of the RF voltage,wherein the digital processor operates in a mobile phone, wherein the digital processor initially obtains a default bias signal from a look-up table stored in a memory of the mobile phone, and wherein the default bias signal is adjusted based on the iterative process. 2. The non-transitory machine accessible medium of claim 1, wherein said variable reactance network comprises at least one of a parallel capacitance or a series capacitance. 3. The non-transitory machine accessible medium of claim 1, wherein the sensing of the RF voltage is at an input port of the antenna, and wherein the sensing is performed during a receive mode of the antenna system. 4. The non-transitory machine accessible medium of claim 1, wherein a multiplicity of variable reactance networks are coupled to said antenna system. 5. The non-transitory machine accessible medium of claim 1, wherein a dual input voltage detector monitor forward and reverse power levels allowing a return loss to be calculated. 6. The non-transitory machine-accessible medium of claim 1, wherein the antenna comprises a patch antenna, a monopole antenna, or a slot antenna, wherein the default bias signal is determined based on frequency information received by the digital processor. 7. The non-transitory machine-accessible medium of claim 1, wherein the variable reactance network comprises at least one of one or more variable capacitors or one or more variable inductors. 8. The non-transitory machine-accessible medium of claim 1, wherein the variable reactance network comprises at least one of one or more semiconductor varactors, one or more micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) varactors, one or more MEMS switched reactive elements, one or more semiconductor switched reactive elements, or one or more ferroelectric capacitors. 9. A method, comprising: reducing a radiated harmonic distortion of a transmitting antenna system by sensing a radio frequency (RF) voltage present on a variable reactance network within said antenna system;controlling a bias signal presented to said variable reactance network based on the sensing of the RF voltage; andadjusting the RF voltage present on the variable reactance network using an algorithm implemented on a digital processor, wherein the algorithm is an iterative process repeating the sensing of the RF voltage and the controlling of the bias signal based on the sensing of the RF voltage,wherein the variable reactance network comprises at least one of one or more variable capacitors or one or more variable inductors, wherein the digital processor operates in a mobile phone, wherein the digital processor initially obtains a default bias signal from a look-up table stored in a memory of the mobile phone, and wherein the default bias signal is adjusted based on the iterative process. 10. The method of claim 9 wherein said variable reactance network comprises a parallel capacitance. 11. The method of claim 9 wherein said variable reactance network comprises a series capacitance. 12. The method of claim 9 wherein a multiplicity of variable reactance networks are coupled to the antenna system. 13. The method of claim 9, wherein the variable reactance network comprises at least one of one or more semiconductor varactors, one or more micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) varactors, one or more MEMS switched reactive elements, one or more semiconductor switched reactive elements, or one or more ferroelectric capacitors. 14. The method of claim 9, wherein the variable reactance network is embedded in an antenna of the antenna system. 15. A method, comprising: reducing a direct current (DC) power consumption of a transceiver system by sensing a radio frequency (RF) voltage present on a variable reactance network within the transceiver's antenna system;controlling a bias signal presented to said variable reactance network based on the sensing of the RF voltage; andadjusting the RF voltage present on the variable reactance network using an algorithm implemented on a digital processor, wherein the algorithm is an iterative process repeating the sensing of the RF voltage and the controlling of the bias signal based on the sensing of the RF voltage,wherein the variable reactance network comprises at least one of one or more variable capacitors or one or more variable inductors, wherein the digital processor operates in a mobile phone, wherein the digital processor initially obtains a default bias signal from a look-up table stored in a memory of the mobile phone, and wherein the default bias signal is adjusted based on the iterative process. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein the variable reactance network comprises at least one of one or more semiconductor varactors, one or more micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) varactors, one or more MEMS switched reactive elements, one or more semiconductor switched reactive elements, or one or more ferroelectric capacitors. 17. The method of claim 15, wherein the variable reactance network is embedded in an antenna of the antenna system.
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