The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2013
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Xiangdong Zhang, Westford, MA (US);
Jay Rodney Walton, Carlisle, MA (US);
Mark S. Wallace, Boxborough, MA (US);
Puay Hoe See, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/02 (2006.01); H04B 7/04 (2006.01); H04B 1/04 (2006.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0404 (2013.01); H04B 1/0458 (2013.01); H04B 7/0808 (2013.01); H04B 7/0608 (2013.01); H04B 17/0022 (2013.01); H04B 17/0007 (2013.01); H04B 7/082 (2013.01);
Abstract
Certain aspects of the present disclosure propose a method and an apparatus for antenna tuning and transmit path selection in an RF system. A method may include antenna diversity path selection by (optionally) diagnosing damaged antennas, tuning antennas, and selecting an antenna with better performance. Embodiments can be used in wireless radio-frequency (RF) front-ends. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.