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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021

Filed:

May. 17, 2018
Applicant:

Skyworks Solutions, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);

Inventors:

René Rodríguez, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);

Dinhphuoc Vu Hoang, Anaheim, CA (US);

Hardik Bhupendra Modi, Irvine, CA (US);

Assignee:

Skyworks Solutions, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/38 (2006.01); H01Q 9/30 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H01Q 9/28 (2006.01); H05K 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 9/30 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2266 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0442 (2013.01); H01Q 9/28 (2013.01); H05K 1/165 (2013.01); H05K 2201/1003 (2013.01);
Abstract

Reconfigurable antenna systems with ground tuning pads are provided herein. In certain configurations, an antenna system includes a module substrate including a ground plane and a ground tuning pad configured to receive a ground voltage from the ground plane. The antenna system further includes an antenna element and a tuning conductor that is spaced apart from the antenna element and operable to load the antenna element. Furthermore, a switch is electrically connected between the tuning conductor and the ground tuning pad, and operates to selectively connect the tuning conductor to the ground plane by way of the ground tuning pad to provide tuning to the antenna element.


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