Mobile wireless communications device with selective load switching for antennas and related methods
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1. An electronic device comprising:
- a housing having a top and a bottom;
a plurality of antennas carried by said housing, at least one of said plurality of antennas positioned within the bottom of said housing;
a plurality of wireless transceivers carried by said housing; and
switching circuitry carried by said housing, wherein according to a configuration the switching circuitry connects any disconnected first antenna of said plurality of antennas to any first wireless transceiver of said plurality of wireless transceivers, connects any disconnected second antenna of said plurality of antennas to a first impedance load and to any second wireless transceiver of said plurality of wireless transceivers, wherein the first antenna operates in an active mode and the second antenna operates in a passive mode, and wherein the second wireless transceiver provides a second impedance load at the second antenna in the passive mode.
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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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19 Claims
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1. An electronic device comprising:
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a housing having a top and a bottom; a plurality of antennas carried by said housing, at least one of said plurality of antennas positioned within the bottom of said housing; a plurality of wireless transceivers carried by said housing; and switching circuitry carried by said housing, wherein according to a configuration the switching circuitry connects any disconnected first antenna of said plurality of antennas to any first wireless transceiver of said plurality of wireless transceivers, connects any disconnected second antenna of said plurality of antennas to a first impedance load and to any second wireless transceiver of said plurality of wireless transceivers, wherein the first antenna operates in an active mode and the second antenna operates in a passive mode, and wherein the second wireless transceiver provides a second impedance load at the second antenna in the passive mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An electronic device comprising:
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a housing having a top and a bottom; a plurality of antennas carried by said housing and operable at different frequency bands, at least one of said plurality of antennas positioned within the bottom of said housing; a plurality of wireless transceivers operable at different frequency bands corresponding to the different frequency bands operable by the plurality of antennas, wherein the plurality of wireless transceivers are carried by said housing; a plurality of loads carried by said housing and having different loading characteristics; and switching circuitry carried by said housing that, according to a configuration, connects any disconnected first antenna of said plurality of antennas operable at a first frequency band of the different frequency bands to any first wireless transceiver of said plurality of wireless transceivers that transmits in the first frequency band, and connects any disconnected second antenna of said plurality of antennas to a first impedance load of said plurality of loads and to any second wireless transceiver of said plurality of wireless transceivers, wherein the first antenna operates in an active mode and the second antenna operates in a passive mode, and wherein the second wireless transceiver provides a second impedance load at the second antenna in the passive mode. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for operating a mobile wireless communications device comprising a housing having a top and a bottom, a plurality of antennas with at least one of the antennas carried within the bottom of the housing, a plurality of wireless transceivers carried by the housing, and switching circuitry carried by the housing, the method comprising:
operating the switching circuitry according to a configuration to connect any disconnected first antenna of the plurality of antennas to any first wireless transceiver of the plurality wireless transceivers, and to connect any disconnected second antenna of the plurality of antennas to a first impedance load and to any second wireless transceiver of the plurality of wireless transceivers, wherein the first antenna operates in an active mode and the second antenna operates in a passive mode, and wherein the second wireless transceiver provides a second impedance load at the second antenna in the passive mode. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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