Method and apparatus for antenna tuning and power consumption management in a communication device
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04B-001/40
H04B-001/18
H04B-001/04
H01Q-003/26
출원번호
US-0552804
(2012-07-19)
등록번호
US-9350405
(2016-05-24)
발명자
/ 주소
Zhu, Lizhong
Caci, Joseph
Manssen, Keith
출원인 / 주소
BlackBerry Limited
대리인 / 주소
Guntin & Gust, PLC
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초록▼
A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a controller that determines a radiated throughput for at least one of an uplink throughput or a downlink throughput of the communication device, reduces transmit power for the communication device responsive to
A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a controller that determines a radiated throughput for at least one of an uplink throughput or a downlink throughput of the communication device, reduces transmit power for the communication device responsive to the radiated throughput satisfying a throughput threshold, and tunes a matching network of the communication device responsive to the radiated throughput not satisfying the throughput threshold. Other embodiments are disclosed.
대표청구항▼
1. A mobile communication device, comprising: a matching network including an adjustable reactive element;an antenna coupled with the matching network;a memory storing computer instructions; anda processor coupled to the memory and the matching network, wherein the processor, responsive to executing
1. A mobile communication device, comprising: a matching network including an adjustable reactive element;an antenna coupled with the matching network;a memory storing computer instructions; anda processor coupled to the memory and the matching network, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the computer instructions, performs operations comprising: identifying a use case for the mobile communication device;retrieving a tuning value from a look-up table of the memory according to the identified use case, wherein the tuning value is empirical data based on at least one of a total radiated power or a total isotropic sensitivity;adjusting a reactance of the adjustable reactive element to perform first impedance tuning by the matching network based on the tuning value;determining a radiated data throughput for at least one of an uplink throughput or a downlink throughput;responsive to a first determination that the radiated data throughput satisfies a throughput threshold, reducing transmit power; andresponsive to a second determination that the radiated data throughput does not satisfy the throughput threshold, adjusting the reactance of the adjustable reactive element to perform second impedance tuning by the matching network, wherein the second impedance tuning includes selecting the reactance of the adjustable reactive element to increase the radiated data throughput to satisfy the throughput threshold, and wherein the throughput threshold is a single threshold utilized for both of the first and second determinations. 2. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the reactance is a capacitance of a voltage tunable capacitor operating as the adjustable reactive element, wherein the reducing of the transmit power setting is based on applying a pre-determined reduction step in an iterative process that repeats the applying of the pre-determined reduction step while maintaining the radiated data throughput in a threshold range associated with the throughput threshold, and wherein the second impedance tuning comprises performing an iterative adjustment of the adjustable reactive element based on a comparison of the radiated data throughput and the throughput threshold to adjust the radiated data throughput toward the throughput threshold. 3. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the computer instructions, performs operations comprising: tuning the matching network toward a pre-determined match prior to the first impedance tuning of the matching network based on the tuning value. 4. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first or second impedance tunings is based on a comparison of a current figure of merit with a target figure of merit, wherein the target figure of merit is determined according to weightings applied to a plurality of desired performance metrics, wherein the identified use case corresponds to at least one of a flip open state, a slider out state, a hand's free operation state, hand-held operation state, ear-piece speaker operation state, or a speaker-phone operation state. 5. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the reducing of the transmit power responsive to the radiated data throughput satisfying the throughput threshold comprises performing an iterative process based on a pre-determined step size for the reducing of the transmit power, and wherein the iterative process comprises determining a received signal strength indicator. 6. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the reducing of the transmit power responsive to the radiated data throughput satisfying the throughput threshold comprises determining a received signal strength indicator and determining head room for a link budget. 7. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the adjusting of the reactance of the adjustable reactive element to perform the second impedance tuning to increase the radiated data throughput to satisfy the throughput threshold is performed without increasing the transmit power, wherein the adjustable reactive element comprises a voltage tunable capacitor, a semiconductor varactor, a micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) varactor, a semiconductor switched capacitor, a MEMS switched capacitor, or a ferroelectric capacitor. 8. A method comprising: determining, by a controller circuit of a communication device, a radiated data throughput for at least one of an uplink throughput or a downlink throughput of the communication device;identifying, by the controller circuit, a use case for the communication device;responsive to a first determination that the radiated data throughput satisfies a throughput threshold, reducing transmit power for the communication device; andresponsive to a second determination that the radiated data throughput does not satisfy the throughput threshold, performing impedance tuning, by the controller circuit, via a matching network of the communication device, wherein the impedance tuning increases the radiated data throughput to satisfy the throughput threshold, and wherein the throughput threshold is a single threshold utilized for both of the first and second determinations. 9. The method of claim 8, comprising: tuning, by the controller circuit, the matching network of the communication device based on at least one of a total radiated power or a total isotropic sensitivity and based on the use case for the communication device prior to the tuning of the matching network that is responsive to the radiated data throughput not satisfying the throughput threshold. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the tuning of the matching network based on the use case comprises retrieving tuning data from a look-up table stored in a memory of the communication device, wherein the tuning data is utilized in adjusting an adjustable reactive element of the matching network, and wherein the use case corresponds to at least one of a flip open state, a slider out state, a hand's free operation state, hand-held operation state, ear-piece speaker operation state, or a speaker-phone operation state. 11. The method of claim 9, comprising: tuning the matching network toward a pre-determined match prior to the tuning of the matching network based on the at least one of the total radiated power or the total isotropic sensitivity and based on the use case. 12. The method of claim 8, wherein the reducing of the transmit power responsive to the radiated data throughput satisfying the throughput threshold comprises an iterative process based on a pre-determined step size for the reducing of the transmit power, and wherein the iterative process comprises determining a received signal strength indicator. 13. The method of claim 8, wherein the reducing of the transmit power responsive to the radiated data throughput satisfying the throughput threshold comprises determining a received signal strength indicator and determining head room for a link budget. 14. The method of claim 8, wherein the matching network comprises a voltage tunable capacitor, a semiconductor varactor, a micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) varactor, a semiconductor switched capacitor, a MEMS switched capacitor, or a ferroelectric capacitor. 15. The method of claim 8, comprising: tuning the matching network toward a pre-determined match utilizing a closed-loop process prior to the tuning of the matching network responsive to the radiated data throughput not satisfying the throughput threshold. 16. The method of claim 8, wherein the tuning of the matching network responsive to the radiated data throughput not satisfying the throughput threshold comprises performing an iterative adjustment of an adjustable reactive element of the matching network based on a comparison of the radiated data throughput and the throughput threshold. 17. A mobile communication device, comprising: a matching network including an adjustable reactive element;an antenna coupled with the matching network; anda controller circuit coupled to the matching network, wherein the controller circuit, responsive to executing computer instructions, performs operations comprising: identifying a use case for the mobile communication device;adjusting the adjustable reactive element to perform first impedance tuning by the matching network based on the tuning value;responsive to a first determination that a radiated data throughput satisfies a throughput threshold, adjusting transmit power; andresponsive to a second determination that the radiated data throughput does not satisfy the throughput threshold, adjusting a reactance of the adjustable reactive element to perform second impedance tuning by the matching network, wherein the second impedance tuning increases the radiated data throughput to satisfy the throughput threshold, wherein the first impedance tuning is according to the identified use case, and wherein the throughput threshold is a single threshold utilized for both of the first and second determinations. 18. The mobile communication device of claim 17, wherein the first impedance tuning is based on at least one of total radiated power or a total isotropic sensitivity and wherein the controller circuit, responsive to executing computer instructions, performs operations comprising: determining the radiated data throughput for at least one of an uplink throughput or a downlink throughput. 19. The mobile communication device of claim 17, wherein the controller circuit, responsive to executing computer instructions, performs operations comprising: determining the radiated data throughput for an uplink throughput and a downlink throughput,wherein the second impedance tuning comprises performing an iterative adjustment of the adjustable reactive element of the matching network based on a comparison of the radiated data throughput and the throughput threshold. 20. The mobile communication device of claim 17, wherein the controller circuit, responsive to executing computer instructions, performs operations comprising: performing an initial tuning by the matching network toward a pre-determined match prior to the first and second impedance tuning.
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