IP Library Granted Patent US 9,419,337
Granted Patent B2
US 9,419,337 · App. 14/255,969 · Granted Aug 16, 2016

Wireless communication device

Inventors: Huang-Tse Peng (Hsinchu, TW); Hsiang-Feng Hsieh (Hsinchu, TW); Wen-Tsan Chung (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation
H01Q5/335H04B1/0053H04B1/0458H04B1/18
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Patent No.
US 9,419,337
App. No.
14/255,969
Granted
Aug 16, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless communication device includes an antenna for receiving a receiving signal and including a radiator whose input impedance is inductively centralized, a tunable matching circuit coupled to the antenna for adjusting a matching of the antenna according to a control signal, and a radio-frequency processing circuit coupled to the tunable matching circuit, for determining whether to adjust the matching of the antenna according to a receiving band and a transmitting band corresponding to the receiving signal to generate the control signal to the tunable matching circuit, wherein the tunable matching circuit adjusts the matching of the antenna to optimize the matching of the antenna in the receiving band and the transmitting band.

Claims (21)

1. A wireless communication device, comprising:

an antenna for receiving a receiving signal and including a radiator;

a tunable matching circuit coupled to the antenna for adjusting a matching of the antenna according to a control signal; and

a radio-frequency processing circuit coupled to the tunable matching circuit, for determining whether to adjust the matching of the antenna according to a receiving band and a transmitting band corresponding to the receiving signal to generate the control signal to the tunable matching circuit;

wherein the tunable matching circuit adjusts the matching of the antenna to optimize the matching of the antenna in the receiving band and the transmitting band;

wherein an input impedance of the radiator is inductively centralized before the antenna is coupled to the tunable matching circuit;

wherein the tunable matching circuit further comprises:

a second matching unit coupled between the antenna and a first matching unit; and

a third matching unit coupled between the first matching unit and the radio-frequency processing circuit;

wherein the second and third matching units are L-type matching circuits and input impedances of the second and third matching units are fixed.

2. The wireless communication device of claim 1 , wherein the tunable matching circuit comprises:

the first matching unit coupled between the antenna and the radio-frequency processing circuit for matching the antenna; and

a control unit coupled to the radio-frequency processing circuit and the first matching unit for outputting an adjusting signal according to the control signal to the first matching unit to adjust the matching of the antenna.

3. The wireless communication device of claim 1 , wherein the radio-frequency processing circuit comprises:

a radio-frequency processing unit for processing the receiving signal and generating the transmitting signal;

a storage unit for storing a matching information; and

a central processor coupled to the radio-frequency processing unit and the storage unit for accessing the matching information according to the receiving band and the transmitting band to generate the control signal, and controls the radio-frequency processing unit to generate the transmitting signal to the antenna.

4. The wireless communication device of claim 1 , wherein the antenna is a planar inverted-F antenna or an inverted-F antenna.

5. The wireless communication device of claim 1 , wherein the antenna comprises:

the radiator for receiving the receiving signal and transmitting the transmitting signal, wherein a volume of the radiator is substantially smaller than 55*10*7 cubic millimeters; and

a ground unit coupled to the radiator, wherein an area of the ground unit is substantially smaller than 55*80 square millimeters.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 29, 2025
From: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION
To: WNC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072255/0226 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2014
From: PENG, HUANG-TSE; HSIEH, HSIANG-FENG; CHUNG, WEN-TSAN
To: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032705/0271 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 103101485 A · Jan 15, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150200458A1 · Jul 16, 2015