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Wireless communication apparatus and antenna switching method thereof

US9178557B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 31, 2013
Grant dateNov 3, 2015
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Expiry dateJan 3, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B1/401
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides an antenna switching method for a wireless communication apparatus. The wireless communication apparatus includes a first antenna, a second antenna, a first modem, a switch, and a second modem. The first modem generates a control signal; the switch is coupled to the first antenna, the second antenna, the first modem, and the second modem. The switch receives the control signal and performs switching according to the control signal to make the first antenna to be coupled to one of the first modem and the second modem, and to make the second antenna to be coupled to the other one of the first modem and the second modem.

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