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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. 14, 2023

Filed:

Aug. 30, 2021
Applicant:

Meta Platforms Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Dong Zheng, Saratoga, CA (US);

Qi Qu, Redmond, WA (US);

Abhishek Kumar Agrawal, Bellevue, WA (US);

Assignee:

Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0426 (2017.01); H04B 7/024 (2017.01); H01Q 1/27 (2006.01); H04B 1/44 (2006.01); H04L 1/06 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/043 (2013.01); H01Q 1/273 (2013.01); H04B 1/44 (2013.01); H04B 7/024 (2013.01); H04L 1/06 (2013.01); H04L 5/0023 (2013.01);
Abstract

Described embodiments provide devices and methods for directing portions of signals to reduce power consumption. A wearable device may comprise N antennas configured to wirelessly receive and/or transmit incoming and/or outgoing signals. The N antennas may be spatially disposed on the device to enable at least one of the N antennas to be clear from blockage by a body part of a user when the device is maintained or worn against the body part, wherein N is an integer value greater than or equal to 2. The wearable device may comprise N receive chains coupled to the N antennas via transmit-receive couplers, the N receive chains configured to process the incoming signals. The wearable device may comprise a transmit chain configured to generate the outgoing signals. The wearable device may comprise a RF controller circuitry configured to direct portions of the generated outgoing signals via the transmit-receive couplers to the N antennas.


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