SENSOR-DRIVEN ADAPTIVE COUNTERPOISE ANTENNA SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An adaptive antenna system for a communication device having a transceiver disposed within a housing, the system comprising:
- an antenna being electrically coupled to the transceiver;
at least one conductor counterpoise to the antenna, the at least one counterpoise conductor being contained within the housing and located distally from such surfaces of the housing that can be held by or placed in proximity to a user;
a second conductor coupled to a ground connection of the antenna and being contained within the housing; and
a tuning circuit coupled between the at least one counterpoise conductor and the second conductor, the tuning circuit is operable to adapt the resonant frequency of the at least one counterpoise conductor to attract operational RF currents onto the at least one counterpoise conductor and divert operational RF currents away from the second conductor.
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Abstract
An adaptive antenna system having a counterpoise conductor contained within a housing of a communication device and located distally from such surfaces of the housing that can be held by or placed in proximity to a user or external objects which detune the counterpoise. A tuning circuit is coupled between the counterpoise conductor and a ground. The tuning circuit is operable to adapt the resonant frequency of the counterpoise conductor to divert operational RF currents away from the ground located in proximity the user or external objects and onto the counterpoise conductor.
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22 Claims
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1. An adaptive antenna system for a communication device having a transceiver disposed within a housing, the system comprising:
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an antenna being electrically coupled to the transceiver;
at least one conductor counterpoise to the antenna, the at least one counterpoise conductor being contained within the housing and located distally from such surfaces of the housing that can be held by or placed in proximity to a user;
a second conductor coupled to a ground connection of the antenna and being contained within the housing; and
a tuning circuit coupled between the at least one counterpoise conductor and the second conductor, the tuning circuit is operable to adapt the resonant frequency of the at least one counterpoise conductor to attract operational RF currents onto the at least one counterpoise conductor and divert operational RF currents away from the second conductor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An adaptive antenna system for a communication device having a transceiver disposed within a conductive housing, the system comprising:
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an antenna being electrically coupled to the transceiver, the housing forming a ground plane for the antenna;
at least one conductor counterpoise to the antenna, the at least one counterpoise conductor being contained within the housing and located distally from such surfaces of the housing that can be held by or placed in proximity to a user;
a tuning circuit coupled between the at least one counterpoise conductor and the housing; and
a controller for controlling the operation of the tuning circuit in response to inputs indicating the proximity of the device to external objects that detune the at least one counterpoise conductor, the controller directs the tuning circuit to adapt the resonant frequency of the at least one counterpoise conductor to attract operational RF currents onto the at least one counterpoise conductor and divert operational RF currents away from the housing. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for antenna counterpoise tuning in a communication device with a housing, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing at least one conductor counterpoise to the antenna, a second conductor contained within the housing, and a tuning circuit coupled between the counterpoise conductor and the second conductor;
monitoring a detuning of the counterpoise conductor; and
tuning the at least one counterpoise conductor to resonance to effect;
an attracting of RF currents onto the at least one counterpoise conductor, and a diverting of RF currents away from the second conductor. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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