Method and system for antenna geometry for multiple antenna handsets
First Claim
1. A method for wireless communication, the method comprising:
- processing by signal processing circuitry within a mobile terminal, RF signals received by a patch antenna coupled to said signal processing circuitry, wherein said received RF signals comprise at least one of a plurality of polarizations;
determining via said signal processing circuitry, orthogonality of said patch antenna based on cross-polar discrimination of said received RF signals; and
determining whether to combine or independently process a plurality of said received RF signals based on one or both of said orthogonality and data content of said plurality of received RF signals.
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Abstract
Certain embodiments for antenna geometry for multiple antenna handsets may include receiving RF signals via a patch antenna coupled to a signal processing circuitry within a mobile terminal. The signal processing circuitry may process the RF signals, comprising at least one of a plurality of polarizations that are received by the patch antenna. The patch antenna may be a dual-polarized antenna, and may comprise a plurality of ports. RF signals at a first of the plurality of ports may be orthogonally polarized with respect to RF signals at a second of the plurality of ports. The patch antenna may be optimized to receive multiple RF bands. Each of the multiple RF bands may be communicated via different ports to be processed.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for wireless communication, the method comprising:
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processing by signal processing circuitry within a mobile terminal, RF signals received by a patch antenna coupled to said signal processing circuitry, wherein said received RF signals comprise at least one of a plurality of polarizations; determining via said signal processing circuitry, orthogonality of said patch antenna based on cross-polar discrimination of said received RF signals; and determining whether to combine or independently process a plurality of said received RF signals based on one or both of said orthogonality and data content of said plurality of received RF signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for wireless communication, the system comprising:
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signal processing circuitry for use within a mobile terminal, said signal processing circuitry is operable to process RF signals received by a patch antenna coupled to said signal processing circuitry, wherein said RF signals comprise a plurality of polarizations, wherein said signal processing circuitry determines orthogonality of said patch antenna based on cross-polar discrimination of said received RF signals; and said signal processing circuitry is operable to determine whether to combine or independently process a plurality of said received RF signals based on one or both of said orthogonality and data contents of said plurality of received RF signals. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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