Antenna-like matching component
An antenna-like matching component is provided, comprising one or more conductive portions formed on a substrate. Shapes and dimensions of the one or more conductive portions are determined to provide impedance matching for one or more antennas coupled to the matching component.
1. A communication system, comprising:
one or more antennas, said one or more antennas including at least two antenna feeds, each of the at least two antenna feeds being coupled to a feed path coupling section;
an RF front end module coupled to the feed path coupling section via a plurality of RF paths extending therebetween, the plurality of RF paths comprising at least a first RF path and a second RF path; and
a matching component coupled to each of the RF paths, respectively;
further characterized in that:
the matching component comprises:
a first driving element coupled to a first solder pad;
a first parasitic element coupled to a second solder pad and positioned adjacent to the first driving element;
a second driving element coupled to a third solder pad; and
a second parasitic element coupled to a fourth solder pad and positioned adjacent to the second driving element;
each of the first driving element, first parasitic element, second driving element and second parasitic element being disposed on a substrate;
wherein the first solder pad is electrically coupled to the first RF path in shunt; and
wherein the third solder pad is electrically coupled to the second RF path in shunt.
2. The communication system of claim 1 , wherein the second solder pad is configured to be electrically coupled to ground, kept open, or coupled to another circuit.
3. The communication system of claim 1 , wherein the fourth solder pad is configured to be electrically coupled to ground, kept open, or coupled to another circuit.
4. The communication system of claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises a dielectric material.
5. The communication system of claim 1 , wherein the matching component is further coupled to a circuit block, wherein the circuit block comprises one or more electronic components selected from the group consisting of: capacitors, inductors, switches, varactors, and transmission lines.
6. The communication system of claim 5 , wherein the circuit block is configured to vary an impedance associated with the matching component.
7. The communication system of claim 1 , wherein said one or more antennas comprises a single antenna having a plurality of antenna feeds.
8. The communication system of claim 1 , wherein the matching component is further connected to one of the antennas via a transmission line extending therebetween.