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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2010
Applicants:
Kevin R. Boyle, Horsham, GB;
Maurice DE Jongh, Nijmegen, NL;
Adrianus Van Bezooijen, Molenhoek, NL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/50 (2006.01); H03H 7/40 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 9/0442 (2013.01); H03H 7/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cheaper to produce, smaller and easy to drive adaptive antenna module is presented. The module comprises a signal path, an antenna, and a tuning circuit with two variable impedance elements. The tuning circuit operates over a restricted range of impedances and maintains the series resonance characteristic of the antenna.