Intel Corporation

Intel Deutschland Gmbh

Apple Inc.

Pablo Herrero

Thorsten Clevorn

Christian Drewes

Juergen H Kreuchauf

Thorsten Meyer

Georg Seidemann

Andreas Wolter

Jan-Erik Mueller

Mikael Bergholz Knudsen

Saravana Maruthamuthu

Pauli Jaervinen

Alfonso Munoz-Acevedo

Adel A Elsherbini

Telesphor Kamgaing

Bernhard Raaf

Uri Perlmutter

Andreas Langer

Harry G Skinner

Grigory Itkin

Gunther Kraut

Omer Asaf

Ronen Kronfeld

Eyal Goldberger

Nir Weisman

Naftali Landsberg

Apparatuses and systems for millimeter-wave antennas are described. An apparatus comprises a board assembly, and a first and second antenna disposed within the board assembly. A third antenna can comprise a semiconductor antenna attached to the board assembly. A parasitic layer can be gap-coupled to the first and second antenna. The first and second antenna can include a rectangular patch antenna and an annular ring antenna. Other aspects are described.

Hybrid and thinned millimeter-wave antenna solutions

A communication device is described comprising a first antenna, a second antenna and a third antenna; a first transceiver configured to communicate using at least the first antenna; a second transceiver configured to communicate using at least the second antenna; and a controller configured to determine whether the third antenna is to be used by the first transceiver or the second transceiver based on a selection criterion and configured to control the first transceiver to communicate using the first antenna and the third antenna if the controller has determined that the third antenna is to be used by the first transceiver and to control the second transceiver to communicate using the second antenna and the third antenna if the controller has determined that the third antenna is to be used by the second transceiver.

Communication device and method for performing radio communication

A radio communication device may be provided. The radio communication device may include: a receiver configured to receive data using an antenna on a first carrier and a second carrier; an operation mode determination circuit configured to determine an active antenna operation mode based on information of the first carrier and information of the second carrier; and an antenna controller configured to control the antenna to operate in the determined active antenna operation mode.

Radio communication devices and methods for controlling a radio communication device

An antenna is described on ceramics that may be used for a packaged die. In one example, a package has a die, a ceramic substrate over the die, an antenna attached to the ceramic substrate, and conductive leads electrically connecting the antenna to the die.

Antenna on ceramics for a packaged die

A device a radio communication device may be provided. The radio communication device may include: an antenna configured to operate in a plurality of operation modes; a receiver configured to receive a first channel signal and a second channel signal using the antenna; and a mode switching circuit configured to switch an operation mode of the antenna if the first channel signal fulfils a first channel specific criterion or configured to switch an operation mode of the antenna if the second channel signal fulfils a second channel specific criterion.

A self-calibrating antenna system having a radio frequency (RF) detector configured to estimate a time delay of a transmission signal on a transmission line, which couples an RF front end with an antenna tuner, based on a magnitude and phase of an input impedance of the transmission line at a first set of a plurality of respective frequencies, and a transceiver configured to transmit to the antenna tuner a calibrated tuning control command based on the estimated time delay to calibrate the antenna tuner and the transmission line.

Self-calibrating antenna system

Described herein are architectures, platforms and methods for implementing an antenna array with a dynamic polarization adjustment in a portable device.

Dual polarized antenna array

A device a radio communication device may be provided. The radio communication device may include: a movement characteristics determination circuit configured to determine a movement characteristics of the radio communication device; a beam pattern determination circuit configured to determine a beam pattern based on the determined movement characteristics; and an antenna controller configured to control an antenna to operate using the determined beam pattern.

Techniques and configurations are disclosed for bulk acoustic wave resonator (BAWR) tuner circuits and their use in integrated circuit (IC) packages and mobile communication devices for radio frequency (RF) communication. In some embodiments, a mobile communication device may include an antenna; a transmitter circuit having an output port, a tuner circuit having one or more BAWRs, an antenna port coupled to the antenna, a transmitter port coupled to the output port of the transmitter circuit, and a control port; and a control circuit, coupled to the control port, configured to adjust an impedance of the tuner circuit, via adjustment of a BAWR or another component of the tuner circuit, based at least in part on an impedance of the antenna. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Bulk acoustic wave resonator tuner circuits

An antenna tuner control system includes an RF path, a lookup table and a state table analysis component. The RF path is configured to generate an RF signal. The lookup table has a state table that correlates antenna states with impedance values. The state table analysis component is configured to generate a tuner control signal from the RF signal using the lookup table.

Antenna tuner control system using state tables

A semiconductor device may include: a chip; a chip packaging structure at least partially surrounding the chip and having a receiving region configured to receive a first capacitive coupling structure; a first capacitive coupling structure disposed in the receiving region; and a second capacitive coupling structure disposed over the first capacitive coupling structure and capacitively coupled to the first capacitive coupling structure.

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Pablo Herrero