TUNABLE WIRELESS ANTENNA FOR INFORMATION HANDLING DEVICE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

• US 20130178172A1
• Filed: 01/05/2012
• Published: 07/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Rutledge, James S., Perrin, Steven R., Fujii, Kazuo, Yamazaki, Mitsuhiro, Katoh, Takayuki
• Application Number:
  US13/343,830
• Publication Number:
  US 20130178172A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/77
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2266 disposed inside the computer
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/006 using switches for selecting the desired band H04B1/0057 takes precedence

Abstract

Systems, methods and products directed toward tuning a wireless antenna of an information handling device are disclosed herein. One aspect includes tuning one or more wireless antennas connected to an information handling device via one or more antenna tuning pins arranged within a system bus slot; wherein the one or more antenna tuning pins are configured to tune the one or more wireless antennas to operate within a frequency band based on one or more connections with one or more wireless communication pins of a device interface module arranged to interface with the system bus slot. Other embodiments are described herein.

Claims

1. An information handling device comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more memories storing program instructions accessible by the one or more processors;

one or more wireless antennas; and

a system bus slot comprising one or more antenna tuning pins configured to tune the one or more wireless antennas to operate within a frequency band based on one or more connections with one or more wireless communication pins of a device interface module;

wherein, responsive to execution of program instructions accessible to the one or more processors, the one or more processors are configured to execute wireless communications for the information handling device utilizing the one or more wireless antennas operating within the frequency band.

2. The information handling device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more wireless antennas are multi-band antennas configured to operate in a plurality of wireless frequency bands.

3. The information handling device according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of wireless frequency bands comprise third generation and fourth generation frequency bands.

4. The information handling device according to claim 1, wherein the system bus slot comprises a Mini Peripheral Component Interconnect Express slot.

5. The information handling device according to claim 4, wherein the device interface module comprises a Mini Peripheral Component Interconnect Express adapter.

6. The information handling device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more wireless antennas are tuned to operate in the Wi-Fi frequency band.

7. A hybrid information handling device comprising:

a first processor configured to operate within a primary environment;

a second processor configured to operate within a secondary environment;

one or more memories storing program instructions accessible by the first and second processors;

one or more wireless antennas; and

a system bus slot comprising one or more antenna tuning pins configured to tune the one or more wireless antennas based on one or more connections with one or more wireless communication pins of the device interface module;

wherein the hybrid information device is configured to switch between the primary environment and the secondary environment;

wherein, responsive to execution of program instructions accessible to the first processor, the first processor is configured to execute wireless communications for the information handling device utilizing the one or more wireless antennas operating within a primary environment wireless communication frequency band;

wherein, responsive to execution of program instructions accessible to the second processor, the second processor is configured to execute wireless communications for the information handling device utilizing the one or more wireless antennas operating within a secondary environment wireless communication frequency band.

8. The hybrid information handling device according to claim 7, wherein the one or more wireless antennas are multi-band antennas configured to operate in a plurality of wireless frequency bands.

9. The hybrid information handling device according to claim 8, wherein the plurality of wireless frequency bands comprise third generation and fourth generation frequency bands.

10. The hybrid information handling device according to claim 7, wherein the system bus slot comprises a Mini Peripheral Component Interconnect Express slot.

11. The hybrid information handling device according to claim 10, wherein the device interface module comprises a Mini Peripheral Component Interconnect Express adapter.

12. The hybrid information handling device according to claim 7, wherein the secondary environment wireless communication frequency band comprises the Wi-Fi frequency band.

13. The hybrid information handling device of claim 7, wherein the secondary environment platform comprises a system on chip architecture.

14. The hybrid information handling device of claim 7, wherein said primary operating environment is implemented on a primary environment platform.

15. A method comprising:

tuning one or more wireless antennas connected to an information handling device via one or more antenna tuning pins arranged within a system bus slot;

wherein the one or more antenna tuning pins are configured to tune the one or more wireless antennas to operate within a frequency band based on one or more connections with one or more wireless communication pins of a device interface module arranged to interface with the system bus slot.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the one or more wireless antennas are multi-band antennas configured to operate in a plurality of wireless frequency bands.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the plurality of wireless frequency bands comprise the third generation and fourth generation frequency bands.

18. The method according to claim 15, wherein the system bus slot comprises a Mini Peripheral Component Interconnect Express slot.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the device interface module comprises a Mini Peripheral Component Interconnect Express adapter.

20. The method according to claim 15, wherein the one or more wireless antennas are tuned to operate in the Wi-Fi frequency band.