Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wireless electronic device with antenna cycling
- Patent Title (中): 带天线循环的无线电子设备
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Application No.: US13212990Application Date: 2011-08-18
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Publication No.: US08626101B2Publication Date: 2014-01-07
- Inventor: Michael J. Stallman , Nicholas W. Lum
- Applicant: Michael J. Stallman , Nicholas W. Lum
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Treyz Law Group
- Agent Chih-Yun Wu
- Main IPC: H04B1/06
- IPC: H04B1/06 ; H04B7/00 ; H04B7/08 ; H01Q21/28

Abstract:
A wireless electronic device may contain multiple antennas. Control circuitry in the wireless electronic device may adjust antenna switching circuitry so that the device repeatedly cycles through use of each of the antennas. In a device with first and second antennas, the device may repeatedly toggle between the first and second antennas. During each toggling cycle time period, the first antenna may transmit for a fraction of the time period and the second antenna may transmit for a fraction of the time period. The wireless device may control the average power emitted by each antenna by adjusting the fractions of time assigned to each antenna. By performing antenna toggling, the average transmit power produced by each antenna may be reduced while maintaining the average transmit power produced by the device at a desired level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130045700A1 WIRELESS ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ANTENNA CYCLING Public/Granted day:2013-02-21
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