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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2018
Applicants:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Inventors:
Seong-Youp Suh, Portland, OR (US);
Harry G. Skinner, Beaverton, OR (US);
W. Dawson Kesling, Davis, CA (US);
Majid Manteghi, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/18 (2006.01); H04B 1/40 (2015.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H04B 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/04 (2006.01); H04B 1/401 (2015.01); H04B 1/403 (2015.01); H04B 17/12 (2015.01); H04B 17/21 (2015.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0442 (2013.01); H04B 1/006 (2013.01); H04B 1/0458 (2013.01); H04B 1/18 (2013.01); H04B 1/40 (2013.01); H04B 1/401 (2013.01); H04B 1/406 (2013.01); H04B 17/12 (2015.01); H04B 17/21 (2015.01); H04L 41/0809 (2013.01);
Abstract
A plug-and-play antenna may be used with many different types of wireless communication devices. An antenna may be coupled to an impedance tuning component and a waveform generator. A calibration control module receives radio status information, controls the waveform generator to vary a response of the antenna, and tunes the impedance tuning component to match impedances between a radio and the antenna.