Hybrid techniques for antenna retuning utilizing transmit and receive power information
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
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국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H01Q-011/12
H04B-001/04
출원번호
US-0484343
(2012-05-31)
등록번호
US-8457569
(2013-06-04)
발명자
/ 주소
Blin, Guillaume
출원인 / 주소
Research In Motion RF, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Guntin & Gust, PLC
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An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a transceiver, an antenna tuner connecting said transceiver to an antenna, a power sensor adapted to acquire measurements about transmit power, a receive signal strength indicator (RSSI) adapted to acquire measurements about re
An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a transceiver, an antenna tuner connecting said transceiver to an antenna, a power sensor adapted to acquire measurements about transmit power, a receive signal strength indicator (RSSI) adapted to acquire measurements about receive power and wherein said tuner tunes said antenna based upon said transmit and receive measurements to optimize said antenna in both the receive and transmit bands.
대표청구항▼
1. A wireless communication device, comprising: a transceiver;an antenna;a tunable network including one or more adjustable reactance elements;a power sensor; anda receive signal strength indicator (RSSI),wherein the power sensor acquires measurements associated with transmit power during a first bu
1. A wireless communication device, comprising: a transceiver;an antenna;a tunable network including one or more adjustable reactance elements;a power sensor; anda receive signal strength indicator (RSSI),wherein the power sensor acquires measurements associated with transmit power during a first burst transmission,wherein the RSSI acquires measurements associated with receive power, andwherein the tunable network is adjusted once per frame prior to a second burst transmission based upon the measurements associated with the transmit and receive power to improve performance of the antenna in both receive and transmit bands, wherein both of the measurements associated with the transmit and receive power are utilized in determining the adjustment to the tunable network, and wherein the second burst transmission is subsequent to the first burst transmission. 2. The wireless communication device of claim 1, further comprising: a modulator driving a power amplifier module (PAM);a low noise amplifier adapted to receive the output of the PAM via a switch; anda variable gain amplifier (VGA) receiving the output of the low noise amplifier. 3. The wireless communication device of claim 2, further comprising: a processor, wherein an output of the VGA is received by the RSSI and outputted to the processor. 4. The wireless communication device of claim 3, further comprising: a coupler and a switch that couple the output of the PAM to the power sensor to determine the measurements associated with the transmit power. 5. The wireless communication device of claim 1, further comprising: a processor; anda microcontroller that receives the measurements associated with the transmit power from the power sensor and receives the measurements associated with the receive power from the RSSI via the processor, wherein the microcontroller provides the measurements associated with the transmit and receive power to an application specific programmable integrated circuit (ASPIC) to control the tunable network. 6. The wireless communication device of claim 5, wherein transmit and receive states are specified to the microcontroller based on a base-band specification. 7. The wireless communication device of claim 5, wherein a receive state without a transmit state is specified to the microcontroller based on a base-band specification. 8. The wireless communication device of claim 5, wherein one of a default received state only or an optimized transmit or receive state based on a base-band specification is provided by the microcontroller to the ASPIC. 9. A method, comprising: acquiring, by a power sensor of a communication device, measurements associated with transmit power during a first burst transmission;acquiring, by a receive signal strength indicator of the communication device, measurements associated with receive power; andadjusting, by a control circuit of the communication device, a tunable network of the communication device for each frame prior to a second burst transmission based upon the measurements associated with the transmit and receive power to improve performance of an antenna of the communication device in both receive and transmit bands, wherein the second burst transmission is subsequent to the first burst transmission. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein both of the measurements associated with the transmit and receive power are utilized in determining the adjustment to the tunable network. 11. The method of claim 9, comprising: driving a power amplifier module (PAM) using a modulator;receiving an output of the PAM at a low noise amplifier via a switch; andreceiving an output of the low noise amplifier at a variable gain amplifier (VGA). 12. The method of claim 11, comprising receiving an output of the VGA at the RSSI. 13. The method of claim 12, comprising coupling the output of said PAM via a coupler and switch to the power sensor to determine the measurements associated with the transmit and receive power. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein the control circuit is an application specific programmable integrated circuit (ASPIC). 15. A communication device comprising: a transceiver;an antenna;a tunable network including one or more adjustable reactance elements;a first measuring component; anda second measuring component,wherein the first measuring component acquires measurements associated with transmit power during a first burst transmission,wherein the second measuring component acquires measurements associated with receive power, andwherein the tunable network is adjusted for each frame prior to a second burst transmission based upon the measurements associated with the transmit and receive power to improve performance of the antenna in both receive and transmit bands, wherein the second burst transmission is subsequent to the first burst transmission. 16. The communication device of claim 15, wherein the second measuring component is a receive signal strength indicator (RSSI), and wherein both of the measurements associated with the transmit and receive power are utilized in determining the adjustment to the tunable network. 17. The communication device of claim 15, further comprising: a modulator driving a power amplifier module (PAM);a low noise amplifier adapted to receive an output of the PAM via a switch;a variable gain amplifier (VGA) receiving an output of the low noise amplifier; anda processor, wherein the output of the VGA is received by the second measuring component and outputted to the processor. 18. The communication device of claim 17, further comprising: a coupler and a switch that couples the output of the PAM to the first measuring component to determine the measurements associated with the transmit power. 19. The communication device of claim 15, further comprising: a processor; anda microcontroller that receives the measurements associated with the transmit power from the power sensor and receives the measurements associated with the receive power from the second measuring component via the processor, wherein the microcontroller provides the measurements associated with the transmit and receive power to an application specific programmable integrated circuit (ASPIC) to control the tunable network. 20. The communication device of claim 19, wherein one of a default received state only or an optimized transmit or receive state based on a base-band specification is provided by the microcontroller to the ASPIC.
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