Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wireless electronic device with calibrated reflectometer
- Patent Title (中): 带校准反射计的无线电子设备
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Application No.: US14506123Application Date: 2014-10-03
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Publication No.: US09594147B2Publication Date: 2017-03-14
- Inventor: Liang Han , Matthew A. Mow , Thomas E. Biedka , Mattia Pascolini , Ming-Ju Tsai , James G. Judkins , Victor Lee , Robert W. Schlub
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Treyz Law Group, P.C.
- Agent G. Victor Treyz; Joseph F. Guihan
- Main IPC: G01R29/08
- IPC: G01R29/08 ; G01C3/08 ; G01R35/00 ; H01Q1/24 ; H04B17/10 ; H04B17/14

Abstract:
An electronic device may have control circuitry that uses a reflectometer to measure antenna impedance during operation. The reflectometer may have a directional coupler that is coupled between radio-frequency transceiver circuitry and an antenna. A calibration circuit may be coupled between the directional coupler and the antenna. The calibration circuit may have a first port coupled to the antenna, a second port coupled to the directional coupler, and a third port that is coupled to a calibration resistance. The reflectometer may have terminations of identical impedance that are coupled to ground. Switching circuitry in the reflectometer may be used to route signals from the directional coupler to a feedback receiver for measurement by the control circuitry or to ground through the terminations. Calibrated antenna reflection coefficient measurements may be used in dynamically adjusting the antenna.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160097833A1 Wireless Electronic Device With Calibrated Reflectometer Public/Granted day:2016-04-07
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