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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
May. 20, 2016
Applicant:
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Mohammad-Reza Nezhad-Ahmadi, Waterloo, CA;
Andrew Kuikman, Kitchener, CA;
Assignee:
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 5/321 (2015.01); H01Q 5/392 (2015.01); H01Q 5/371 (2015.01); H01Q 5/328 (2015.01); H01Q 5/385 (2015.01); H01Q 9/42 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H03H 7/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 5/321 (2015.01); H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); H01Q 5/328 (2015.01); H01Q 5/371 (2015.01); H01Q 5/385 (2015.01); H01Q 5/392 (2015.01); H01Q 9/42 (2013.01); H03H 7/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system, in some embodiments, comprises: a processor; a transceiver coupled to the processor; and an antenna including a central element that connects to one or more of the processor and the transceiver, said antenna further including multiple coupling elements that electromagnetically couple to the central element, wherein each of the multiple coupling elements comprises a separate variable capacitor.