Integrated Antenna Management System for Power Efficiency
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mobile wireless devices have power inefficient transmitters and receivers, which significantly impact battery life due to high power consumption, especially in communication systems where these components are prominent.
Innovation Solution
An integrated antenna management system that includes a hybrid circuit with tunable reactances, such as variable capacitors and inductors, embedded within a multi-layer package, allowing for selective frequency tuning and simultaneous transmission and reception using multiple antennas, reducing power consumption through efficient signal processing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by moving object
If conventional transmitters and receivers are used in mobile wireless devices, then communication functionality is achieved, but power consumption is high which significantly impacts battery life
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the transmitter and receiver into an integrated antenna management system where a single antenna structure serves both transmission and reception functions. This merging eliminates the need for separate transmitter and receiver hardware, reducing overall power consumption while maintaining full communication functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The antenna management system is designed to perform multiple functions - both transmission and reception - through a unified antenna structure. This multi-functional approach allows the system to achieve full communication capabilities while using fewer power-consuming components compared to conventional separate transmitter and receiver designs.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple antennas are used for frequency tuning and simultaneous transmission/reception, then communication versatility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple antenna elements are merged into a single integrated antenna management system with unified control logic. This combination allows the system to achieve frequency tuning and simultaneous transmission/reception capabilities while managing complexity through centralized control rather than multiple independent antenna systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The antenna management system employs dynamic switching and tuning mechanisms that allow the same antenna structure to adapt to different frequencies and modes (transmission/reception) as needed. This dynamic capability provides versatility without requiring separate fixed antennas for each function, thereby managing complexity.
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AI summary
Aspects of a method and system for an integrated antenna and antenna management are provided. In this regard, one or more reactances coupled to an antenna in a hybrid circuit may be tuned and signals may be transmitted and/or received based on the tuning. The hybrid circuit may comprise an integrated circuit (IC) bonded to a multi-layer package. The antenna may be embedded within and/or on the multi-layer package. The reactances may be within and/or on the IC and/or the multi-layer package. In this regard, the IC may be bonded to or mounted to an underside of the multi-layer package. The reactances may be tuned via one or more switching elements and/or logic, circuitry, and/or code within the IC. The reactances may comprise one or more inductors and/or capacitor arrays. The multi-layer package may comprise one or more layers of ferromagnetic and/or ferrimagnetic material.