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Granted Patent B2
US 8,861,646 · App. 13/648,056 · Granted Oct 14, 2014

Terminal comprising multi-antennas and method of processing received frequency

Inventors: Jong Guk Kim (Seoul, KR); Ja Kwon Ku (Seoul, KR); Kyung Suk Kim (Seoul, KR); Seung Taek Woo (Seoul, KR); Jong Chang Lee (Seoul, KR); Jeong Hoon Cho (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
H01Q1/243H01Q9/42H01Q21/28
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Patent No.
US 8,861,646
App. No.
13/648,056
Granted
Oct 14, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless communication terminal according to the embodiment includes a communication module including a circuit board having a plurality of pins; a shield case antenna overlapping with one side of the circuit board, electrically connected to a part of the pins and including a signal receiving unit; and a signal processing unit for processing the received signals. An antenna matching unit for matching impedance between the signal processing unit and an antenna unit, a phase shifter for controlling a phase of the received signal and an amplitude regulator for adjusting amplitude of the received signal are provided between the signal processing unit and the antenna unit.

Claims (25)

1. A terminal comprising multi-antennas, the terminal comprising:

an antenna unit to receive a signal;

a signal processing unit to process the received signal; and

a beam direction and shape control unit provided between the antenna unit and the signal processing unit,

wherein the beam direction and shape control unit comprises:

an antenna matching unit to match an impedance between the antenna unit and the signal processing unit;

a phase shifter to shift a phase of the received signal; and

an amplitude regulator to adjust an amplitude of the received signal,

wherein the antenna matching unit and the phase shifter are connected with each other in parallel.

2. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein a signal which is impedance-matched through the antenna matching unit is input into the signal processing unit.

3. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the phase shifter and the amplitude regulator are connected to each other in series.

4. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the antenna matching unit and the amplitude regulator are connected with each other in parallel.

5. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the antenna unit and the beam direction/shape control unit are configured as a pair structure.

6. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the antenna unit and the beam direction/shape control unit are configured as a plurality of pair structures to implement MIMO (multi-in multi-out).

7. The terminal of claim 5 , wherein the received signal is input into the signal processing unit after being controlled through the antenna matching unit, the phase shifter and the amplitude regulator.

8. A method of processing a signal in a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving, by an antenna unit, a signal;

matching, by an antenna matching unit, an impedance between the antenna unit and a signal processing unit;

shifting, by a phase shifter, a phase of the received signal;

adjusting, by an amplitude regulator, an amplitude of the received signal; and

processing, by the signal processing unit, the received signal,

wherein the antenna matching unit, the phase shifter and the amplitude regulator are provided between the antenna unit and the signal processing unit, and

wherein the antenna matching unit and the phase shifter are connected with each other in parallel.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the phase shifter and the amplitude regulator are connected to each other in series.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the antenna matching unit and the amplitude regulator are connected with each other in parallel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2012
From: KIM, JONG GUK; KU, JA KWON; KIM, KYUNG SUK; WOO, SEUNG TAEK; LEE, JONG CHANG; CHO, JEONG HOON
To: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029106/0319 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2011-0103191 · Oct 10, 2011 · national
KR 10-2012-0109537 · Sep 28, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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