Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for controlling an antenna
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Application No.: US13530394Application Date: 2012-06-22
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Publication No.: US09680218B2Publication Date: 2017-06-13
- Inventor: Marshall Joseph Katz , Randy Alan Wiessner
- Applicant: Marshall Joseph Katz , Randy Alan Wiessner
- Applicant Address: CA Waterloo, Ontario
- Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
- Current Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
- Current Assignee Address: CA Waterloo, Ontario
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: H01Q1/52
- IPC: H01Q1/52 ; H01Q7/00 ; H01Q1/24

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for controlling an antenna is provided. A load on a second antenna of a device is determined, the device comprising at least one processor, a first antenna, a variable tuning circuit connected to the first antenna, and the second antenna, wherein the processor determines the load. The processor controls the variable tuning circuit based on the load on the second antenna to change a match of the first antenna.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130342421A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AN ANTENNA Public/Granted day:2013-12-26
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