TUNING MATCHING CIRCUITS FOR TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER BANDS AS A FUNCTION OF THE TRANSMITTER METRICS
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1. A method comprising:
- obtaining, by a processor of a communication device, an operational metric for a transceiver of the communication device;
determining, by the processor, a target figure of merit based on a compromise between a desired transmitter performance and a desired receiver performance;
determining, by the processor, a current figure of merit based on the operational metric;
comparing, by the processor, the current figure of merit to the target figure of merit; and
adjusting, by the processor, a variable reactance component of an impedance matching circuit operably coupled with an antenna of the communication device, the adjusting of the variable reactance component being performed based on the comparing of the current and the target figures of merit.
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Abstract
A system can obtain an operational metric associated with the transceiver, determine a target figure of merit based on a compromise between a desired transmitter performance and a desired receiver, determine a current figure of merit based on the operational metric, and adjust the variable reactance component of the impedance matching circuit based on a comparison of the current figure of merit with the target figure of merit. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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1. A method comprising:
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obtaining, by a processor of a communication device, an operational metric for a transceiver of the communication device; determining, by the processor, a target figure of merit based on a compromise between a desired transmitter performance and a desired receiver performance; determining, by the processor, a current figure of merit based on the operational metric; comparing, by the processor, the current figure of merit to the target figure of merit; and adjusting, by the processor, a variable reactance component of an impedance matching circuit operably coupled with an antenna of the communication device, the adjusting of the variable reactance component being performed based on the comparing of the current and the target figures of merit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A communication device comprising:
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an antenna; a transceiver; an impedance matching network coupled with the antenna and the transceiver, wherein the impedance matching network includes a variable reactance component; a memory to store computer instructions; and a controller coupled with the memory and the matching network, wherein the controller, responsive to executing the computer instructions, performs operations comprising; obtaining an operational metric associated with the transceiver; determining a target figure of merit based on a compromise between a desired transmitter performance and a desired receiver; determining a current figure of merit based on the operational metric; and adjusting the variable reactance component of the impedance matching circuit based on a comparison of the current figure of merit with the target figure of merit. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method comprising:
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obtaining an operational metric for a transceiver of a communication device; determining a target figure of merit based on transceiver performance of the communication device; determining a current figure of merit based on the operational metric; comparing the current figure of merit to the target figure of merit to determine a figure of merit comparison; and adjusting, by a processor of the communication device, a variable reactance component of an impedance matching circuit operably coupled with an antenna of the communication device, the adjusting of the variable reactance component being performed based on the figure of merit comparison and based on previous tuning results associated with previous adjusting of the variable reactance component. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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