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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Frédéric Broyde, Maule, FR;
Evelyne Clavelier, Maule, FR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for radio communication using a plurality of antennas, and to an apparatus for radio communication using a plurality of antennas. An apparatus for radio communication of the invention comprises: 4 antennas; a radio device; an antenna tuning apparatus having 2 antenna ports and 2 radio ports; a switching unit comprising 4 input ports each coupled to one of the antennas through a feeder, and 2 output ports, the switching unit operating in an active configuration in which it provides a path between any one of the output ports and one of the input ports, the active configuration being determined by a configuration instruction generated by the radio device; and a tuning control unit, the tuning control unit receiving a tuning instruction generated by the radio device, the tuning control unit delivering a plurality of tuning control signals to the antenna tuning apparatus.