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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
May. 17, 2021
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hong-Ming Lee, San Diego, CA (US);
Darryl Sheldon Jessie, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/04 (2006.01); H04B 1/16 (2006.01); H01Q 23/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/0458 (2013.01); H01Q 23/00 (2013.01); H04B 1/1036 (2013.01); H04B 1/1607 (2013.01); H04B 2001/0408 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed for implementing an antenna tuner. In an example aspect, the apparatus includes a substrate, an antenna disposed on or in the substrate, a radio-frequency integrated circuit disposed on the substrate, and an antenna tuner. The radio-frequency integrated circuit includes an amplification circuit. The antenna tuner is coupled between the antenna and the amplification circuit. The antenna tuner includes an inductive component disposed on or in the substrate and a capacitive component implemented within the radio-frequency integrated circuit.