Granted Patent B2

US 12,341,259 · App. 17/868,524 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Inventors: Nil Apaydin (Kirkland, WA); Fengyu Ge (Monroe, WA); Gordon Michael Coutts (Woodinville, WA); Liang Han (Sunnyvale, CA)

H01Q5/335H01Q1/273

Abstract

Claims (45)

1. A system comprising:

a processor;

an antenna; and

an antenna matching network including:

at least one aperture tuner configured to shift a frequency response of the antenna; and

at least one impedance tuner configured to dynamically change an amount of radiated power for the antenna,

wherein the antenna matching network is positioned at least a specified minimum distance from the antenna according to one or more operating characteristics of the antenna,

wherein the antenna is configured to provide a line-of-sight intralink connection to a first electronic device at an ultra-high frequency that operates above a minimum specified frequency and allows the processor to share computational load with the first electronic device;

wherein a second antenna of the system is positioned at a minimum offset angle relative to the antenna, allowing the second antenna to operate in conjunction with the antenna while avoiding interference with the line-of-sight intralink.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the aperture tuner includes at least one switch terminated with at least one inductor.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the at least one inductor is electrically connected to a location on the antenna that allows the antenna to operate at at least a minimum level of radiated power.

4. The system of claim 2 , wherein a first resonance of the antenna matching network occurs in an open state with an open circuit tuner load.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the switch terminated with the inductor is implemented to tune the open state antenna matching network.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the aperture tuner of the antenna matching network includes one or more operating characteristics including a specified off-state capacitance (Coff).

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the off-state capacitance is below a specified maximum amount of capacitance.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the aperture tuner is positioned according to voltage values of the antenna at different positions on the antenna.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the aperture tuner is positioned on the antenna at a point where the voltage value is below a specified maximum voltage value.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the aperture tuner of the antenna matching network includes one or more operating characteristics including a specified on-state resistance (Ron).

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the on-state resistance is below a specified maximum amount of resistance.

12. A wearable electronic device comprising:

a processor;

a support structure;

an antenna mounted to at least a portion of the support structure; and

an antenna matching network including:

at least one aperture tuner configured to shift a frequency response of the antenna; and

at least one impedance tuner configured to dynamically change an amount of radiated power for the antenna,

wherein the antenna matching network is positioned at least a specified minimum distance from the antenna according to one or more operating characteristics of the antenna,

wherein the antenna is configured to provide a line-of-sight intralink connection to a first electronic device at an ultra-high frequency that operates above a minimum specified frequency and allows the processor to share computational load with the first electronic device;

wherein a second antenna of the system is positioned at a minimum offset angle relative to the antenna, allowing the second antenna to operate in conjunction with the antenna while avoiding interference with the line-of-sight intralink.

13. The wearable electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the antenna comprises a low band antenna.

14. The wearable electronic device of claim 13 , further comprising at least one of a medium band antenna or a high band antenna.

15. The wearable electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the aperture tuner is placed at a position that reduces coupling between the aperture tuner and the medium band antenna or the high band antenna to an amount that is below a specified maximum amount.

16. The wearable electronic device of claim 14 , further comprising one or more resonance blockers that short one or more inactive inductors in the antenna matching network.

17. The wearable electronic device of claim 16 , further comprising one or more capacitors electrically connected to the resonance blockers.

18. The wearable electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the capacitors electrically connected to the resonance blockers are configured to tune one or more resonances of the inactive inductors.

19. The wearable electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the impedance tuner, in response to an input signal, switches to a different specified matching network topology.

20. A method of manufacturing an antenna tuning structure, comprising:

producing a processor;

producing an antenna; and

producing an antenna matching network including:

at least one aperture tuner configured to shift a frequency response of the antenna; and

at least one impedance tuner configured to dynamically change an amount of radiated power for the antenna,

wherein the antenna matching network is positioned at least a specified minimum distance from the antenna according to one or more operating characteristics of the antenna,

wherein the antenna is configured to provide a line-of-sight intralink connection to a first electronic device at an ultra-high frequency that operates above a minimum specified frequency and allows the processor to share computational load with the first electronic device;

wherein a second antenna of the system is positioned at a minimum offset angle relative to the antenna, allowing the second antenna to operate in conjunction with the antenna while avoiding interference with the line-of-sight intralink.

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