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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Ethertronics, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Laurent Desclos, San Diego, CA (US);
Chun Su Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Sung-soo Nam, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
M K Chun, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Ji-Chul Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
Ethertronics, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/50 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H01Q 5/385 (2015.01); H01Q 5/40 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/50 (2013.01); H01Q 5/385 (2015.01); H01Q 5/40 (2015.01); H01Q 9/0421 (2013.01);
Abstract
An active antenna and associated circuit topology is adapted to provide active impedance matching and band switching of the antenna using a shared tunable component. Using a shared tunable component, such as a tunable capacitor or other tunable component, the antenna provides a low cost and effective active antenna solution. In certain embodiments, one or more passive components can be further utilized to design band switching of the antenna from a first frequency to a second desired frequency.