Mobile wireless communications device with selective load switching for antennas and related methods
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1. An electronic device comprising:
- a plurality of antennas;
a plurality of wireless transceivers; and
a controller configured toswitch a desired one of said antennas to a desired one of said wireless transceivers, andswitch an used one of said antennas to an unused one of said wireless transceivers.
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Abstract
A mobile wireless communications device may include a plurality of antennas, a plurality of wireless transceivers, and signal processing circuitry. The device may further include a controller for selectively switching the signal processing circuitry to a desired one of the wireless transceivers, and for selectively switching a desired one of the antennas to the desired one of the wireless transceivers. Moreover, the controller may also be for selectively connecting and disconnecting the at least one other one of the antennas to an unused one of the wireless transceivers.
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1. An electronic device comprising:
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a plurality of antennas; a plurality of wireless transceivers; and a controller configured to switch a desired one of said antennas to a desired one of said wireless transceivers, and switch an used one of said antennas to an unused one of said wireless transceivers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An electronic device comprising:
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a plurality of antennas, each configured to operate over a different frequency band; a plurality of wireless transceivers; a plurality of loads having different loading characteristics; and a controller configured to switch a desired one of said antennas to a desired one of said wireless transceivers, switch an unused one of said antennas to at least one of said loads and to an unused one of said wireless transceivers. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for operating a mobile wireless communications device comprising a plurality of antennas, a plurality of wireless transceivers, and a controller coupled to the antennas and wireless transceivers, the method comprising:
operating the controller to switch a desired one of the antennas to a desired one of the wireless transceivers, and switch an unused one of the antennas to an unused one of the wireless transceivers. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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