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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2015
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Petri Antero Sinisalo, Hyvinkää, FI;
Marko Tapani Tuohimaa, Turku, FI;
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 17/12 (2015.01); H04B 17/10 (2015.01); H04B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/12 (2015.01); H04B 1/0458 (2013.01); H04B 17/103 (2015.01);
Abstract
A mobile communications device antenna assembly comprises at least one matrix antenna. The matrix antenna comprises a plurality of conductor elements connected by a plurality of radio frequency switches. An antenna performance assessment component is configured to determine performance of the matrix antenna. Control circuitry is configured to change a state of one or more of the radio frequency switches on the basis of the determined performance of the matrix antenna.