Dynamic Impedance Matching for Wireless Communication Stability

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional electronic devices face challenges in maintaining stable communication performance due to variations in peripheral objects and user interactions, which restrict impedance matching and radiation efficiency across different environments.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device with a conductive pattern and multiple impedance matching circuits connected to a feeding unit and the conductive pattern, allowing for dynamic impedance matching through a closed-loop scheme to adapt to various peripheral situations and environments.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If a single impedance matching circuit is used at the input terminal, then the circuit complexity is reduced, but the impedance matching range is restricted and cannot effectively cope with various radiation environments

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimpedance matching circuit complexityVSAvoidimpedance matching range
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the impedance matching system into multiple independent matching circuits (first impedance matching circuit connected to feeding unit, second impedance matching circuit connected to conductive pattern) that operate in different areas. This segmentation allows each circuit to handle specific matching scenarios, expanding the overall impedance matching range while keeping individual circuits relatively simple.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent extends impedance matching from a single-point (input terminal) control to multi-point control by placing matching circuits in different spatial locations (feeding unit area and conductive pattern area). This dimensional expansion enables the system to address impedance variations across different regions of the antenna structure, effectively coping with various radiation environments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Device complexity

If impedance matching is controlled only at the input terminal, then the control mechanism is simplified, but the matching effectiveness varies with peripheral objects and user interactions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontrol mechanism complexityVSAvoidcommunication performance stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies different impedance matching control strategies to different locations: the first impedance matching circuit handles matching at the feeding unit, while the second impedance matching circuit handles matching at the conductive pattern. This local quality approach ensures that each location's specific electrical characteristics are optimized independently, improving overall communication performance stability despite peripheral object variations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements a closed-loop control scheme that measures input impedance and dynamically adjusts the impedance matching circuits accordingly. This feedback mechanism enables real-time adaptation to changing radiation environments, user interactions, and peripheral objects, maintaining reliable communication performance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Ease of manufacture

If conventional RF elements (switches, tunable capacitors) are used for impedance matching, then the matching mechanism is established, but the design is based on user-adjacent scenarios and cannot correspond to various situations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimpedance matching implementationVSAvoidsituational correspondence capability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a universal impedance matching system that can handle multiple situations through the combination of feeding unit matching and conductive pattern matching. The system can adapt to various scenarios including user-adjacent situations, non-user situations, and different radiation environments, making the design broadly applicable across diverse operational conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentEP3476004B1Electronic device employing antenna impedance matching and corresponding method
Publication Date: 2020.09.23 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

A communication method performed in an electronic device including a conductive pattern and the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a conductive pattern used as a radiator for wireless communication, a feeding unit connected with the conductive pattern, a ground unit connected with the conductive pattern, a first impedance matching circuit disposed in a first area adjacent to the feeding unit and connected to the conductive pattern, a second impedance matching circuit disposed in a second area adjacent to the conductive pattern and connected to the conductive pattern, and a control unit that matches impedance by controlling at least one of the first impedance matching circuit and the second impedance matching circuit by a closed-loop scheme.