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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:
Dec. 08, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2010
Applicants:

Jin-man Kim, Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR;

Chang-ha Kim, Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR;

Byung-kyu Kim, Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR;

Jun-hui Lee, Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR;

Inventors:

Jin-Man Kim, Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR;

Chang-Ha Kim, Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR;

Byung-Kyu Kim, Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR;

Jun-Hui Lee, Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR;

Assignee:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 11/12 (2006.01); H04B 1/04 (2006.01); H04B 1/18 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H03H 7/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/18 (2013.01); H01Q 1/242 (2013.01); H04B 1/0458 (2013.01); H03H 7/40 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for enhancing an efficiency of an antenna in a mobile terminal includes an antenna matcher whose setting is changed under control of a controller, the antenna matcher coupled to the antenna, a sensing unit for sensing whether or not a user holds the mobile terminal and a holding pattern in which the user holds the mobile terminal, and a controller for controlling the setting of the antenna matcher according to whether or not the user holds the mobile terminal and the holding pattern.


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