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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2014
Google Technology Holdings Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Vijay L. Asrani, Round Lake, IL (US);
Khan Mohammed Shams, Lindenhurst, IL (US);
Timothy J. Sutherland, Gurnee, IL (US);
Google Technology Holdings LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A mobile communication device is provided having a peripheral metal bezel made up of a plurality of metal segments. At least one of the metal segments on the bezel is configured to be a main antenna that is connected to a transceiver circuit via an antenna matching circuit. Proximate to the main antenna is another metal segment on the metal bezel that is configured to be a capacitance proximity sensor. The capacitance proximity sensor, in conjunction with a capacitance sensing circuit provide information to the circuitry within the mobile communication device to tune the antenna matching circuit to impedance match the transceiver with the antenna.