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System and method for tuning an antenna in a wireless communication device

A wireless communication and antenna technology, applied in the field of wireless communication, can solve problems such as signal performance degradation, and achieve the effect of eliminating the degradation of transmission performance

Active Publication Date: 2012-09-26
APPLE INC
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These changes in electrical characteristics may cause changes in the ratio of incident and reflected power sent to the antenna, which may result in a degradation of the performance of the transmitted signal

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[0011] figure 1 A block diagram of an example wireless communication system 100 is shown in accordance with certain embodiments of the present disclosure. For brevity, figure 1 Only two terminals 110 and two base stations 120 are shown in . Terminals 110 may also be called remote stations, mobile stations, access terminals, user equipment (UE), wireless communication devices, cellular telephones, or some other terminology. Base station 120 may be a fixed station and may also be called an Access Point, Node B, or some other terminology.

[0012] Terminal 110 may or may not be able to receive signals from satellite 130 . The satellites 130 may belong to a satellite positioning system such as the well-known Global Positioning System (GPS). Each GPS satellite may transmit a GPS signal encoded with information that allows GPS receivers on Earth to measure the time of arrival of the GPS signal. Measurements for a sufficient number of GPS satellites can be used to accurately est...

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In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure, a control path for a wireless communication device may include a radio frequency coupler having a coupled port and a terminated port, the radio frequency coupler configured to couple at least a portion of a transmission power of a transmission line coupled to the antenna tuner such that the coupled port carries a first signal indicative of an incident power transmitted to an antenna coupled to the antenna tuner and the terminated port carries a second signal indicative of a reflected power reflected by the antenna. the control path may also include a control module configured to communicate the one or more control signals to the antenna tuner for controlling the impedance of the antenna tuner based at least on the first signal and the second signal.

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technical field [0001] The present disclosure relates generally to wireless communications, and more particularly to tuning antennas in wireless communications devices. Background technique [0002] Wireless communication systems are used in various telecommunications systems, television, radio and other media systems, data communication networks, and other systems that use wireless transmitters and wireless receivers to transmit information between remote points. A transmitter is an electronic device that propagates electromagnetic signals, such as radio, television, or other telecommunications, usually by means of an antenna. A transmitter typically includes digital signal processing circuitry that encodes a data signal, upconverts it to a radio frequency signal, and passes it to a signal amplifier that receives the radio frequency, amplifies the signal by a predetermined gain, and transmits it through an antenna through amplified signal. A receiver, on the other hand, i...

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IPC IPC(8): H04B1/40H04L25/02
CPCH04B1/04H04B1/0458H04B1/525H04B1/40H04B1/401H04B1/0053
Inventor 普拉文·普莱马坎森许兵马克·基尔申曼阿米特·巴维斯丹尼尔·施瓦兹马海布·拉曼
Owner APPLE INC