Tunable multiband antenna with passive and active circuitry
US10008764B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 13, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jun 26, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 4, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01Q5/392
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electronic device may have an antenna for providing coverage in wireless communications bands of interest such as a low frequency communications band and a high frequency communications band. The antenna may have an antenna ground and an antenna resonating element. The antenna resonating element may have a high band arm that contributes to a first high band resonance in the high band and may have a low band arm that exhibits a low band resonance in the low band. A passive filter that is coupled between first and second portions of the antenna resonating element may be configured to exhibit a short circuit impedance associated with a bypass path that allows the antenna resonating element to contribute to a second high band resonance in the high band. A tunable inductor coupled to the antenna resonating element may be used to tune the low band resonance.
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