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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Daniel Charles Boire, Nashua, NH (US);
Jeffrey Schroeder, Nashua, NH (US);
Gregory Mendolia, Nashua, NH (US);
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/48 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 21/28 (2006.01); H01Q 21/30 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H03H 7/40 (2006.01); H04B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/48 (2013.01); H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0006 (2013.01); H01Q 21/28 (2013.01); H01Q 21/30 (2013.01); H03H 7/40 (2013.01); H04B 1/0064 (2013.01); H04B 1/0475 (2013.01); H04B 2001/485 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a communication device including a matching network for impedance tuning and pairs of antennas that can be utilized as primary and diversity antennas, respectively, and can provide high radiation efficiency. An RF switch can be utilized for re-configuring the primary and diversity antennas. Other embodiments are disclosed.