There is disclosed a reconfigurable antenna device having a substrate incorporating a first groundplane, a two-arm antenna having first and second arms each having a proximal portion and a distal portion, a first unbalanced antenna located generally between the distal portions and adjacent to the proximal portions of the first and second arms, a second unbalanced antenna located generally adjacent to the first arm and a third unbalanced antenna located generally adjacent to the second arm. The antenna device may be configured with four or five feed points, and may drive from four up to ten signal ports.

There is disclosed a reconfigurable antenna device having a substrate incorporating a first groundplane, a two-arm antenna having first and second arms each having a proximal portion and a distal portion, a first unbalanced antenna located generally between the distal portions and adjacent to the proximal portions of the first and second arms, a second unbalanced antenna located generally adjacent to the first arm and a third unbalanced antenna located generally adjacent to the second arm. The antenna device may be configured with four or five feed points, and may drive from four up to ten signal ports.

An embedded antenna system is described for use with metallized enclosures and housings used with wireless communication devices. One or multiple radiators are coupled to a metal cover, with ground points established on the metal cover to improve radiation efficiency and control the frequency response of the antenna system. Dynamic tuning methods are described wherein detuning of the antenna system for sources such as body-loading are compensated at adjusting impedance properties of the combination of radiator and metallized cover.

Disclosed are an active antenna device and a test method therefor, for resolving the problem that existing large-scale active antennae cannot be tested by using a traditional test method due to no traditional antenna connectors. The active antenna device comprises: a transceiver array, a radio frequency calibration and test distribution network unit, an antenna passive distribution network unit, an antenna array, and S test connectors, wherein the radio frequency calibration and test distribution network unit is connected to the transceiver array through N data channels and M calibration channels respectively and is connected to the test connectors, and the antenna passive distribution network unit is connected to the radio frequency calibration and test distribution network unit through N data channels and is connected to the antenna array through P data channels, N being a positive integer greater than or equal to 1, M being a positive integer greater than or equal to 1, P being a positive integer greater than or equal to 1, and S being a positive integer greater than or equal to 1.

The disclosure provides an antenna device including an antenna element, a feeding portion, a filtering circuit, and a sensing circuit. The antenna element transmits or receives a radiation signal, wherein the radiation signal includes at least one of a first component and a second component, and a frequency band of the first component is lower than a frequency band of the second component. The feeding portion is coupled to the antenna element. The filtering circuit is coupled to the feeding portion, receives the radiation signal via the feeding portion and filters the second component of the radiation signal to generate a sensing signal. The sensing circuit is coupled to the filtering circuit, receives the sensing signal and determines whether a human body approaches the antenna device based on the sensing signal.

A multiport RF switch assembly with integrated impedance tuning capability is described that provides a single RFIC solution to switch between transmit and receive paths in a communication system. Dynamic tuning is integrated into each switch sub-assembly to provide the capability to impedance match antennas or other components connected to the multiport switch. The tuning function at the switch can be used to shape the antenna response to provide better filtering at the switch/RF front-end (RFFE) interface to allow for reduced filtering requirements in the RFFE. Memory is designed into the multiport switch assembly, allowing for a look-up table or other data to reside with the switch and tuning circuit. The resident memory will result in easier integration of the tunable switch assembly into communication systems.

A multiport RF switch assembly with integrated impedance tuning capability is described that provides a single RFIC solution to switch between transmit and receive paths in a communication system. Dynamic tuning is integrated into each switch sub-assembly to provide the capability to impedance match antennas or other components connected to the multiport switch. The tuning function at the switch can be used to shape the antenna response to provide better filtering at the switch/RF front-end (RFFE) interface to allow for reduced filtering requirements in the RFFE. Memory is designed into the multiport switch assembly, allowing for a look-up table or other data to reside with the switch and tuning circuit. The resident memory will result in easier integration of the tunable switch assembly into communication systems.

An antenna structure includes a first feeding source, a second feeding source, and a ring-shaped frame. The ring-shaped frame defines a first radiating portion and a second radiating portion. A current signal flows from the first feeding source to the first radiating portion, the first radiating portion activates a first resonance mode and a second resonance mode simultaneously to generate radiation signals in a first frequency band and a second frequency band. A current signal flows from the second feeding source to the second radiating portion, the second radiating portion activates a third resonance mode and a fourth resonance mode simultaneously to generate radiation signals in a third frequency band and a fourth frequency band. A wireless communication device is also provided.

An antenna is provided for a wearable personal computing device, such as a smartwatch. The antenna has a first radiating element and a second radiating element capacitively coupled to each other. The first radiating element is configured to be tunable to a first set of tuning states operating around a first set of resonant frequencies, and the second radiating element is configured to be tunable to a second set of tuning states operating around a second set of resonant frequencies. The antenna is configured to be tuned such that a tuning state from the first set of tuning states of the first radiating element can be combined with a tuning state from the second set of tuning states of the second radiating element to form a composite tuning state of the antenna. The wearable personal computing device has a housing made of a high permittivity material.

Embodiments of a circuit, system, and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a circuit includes first and second microstrip transmission lines. The first and second microstrip transmission lines include linearly arranged conductive strips on the circuit and a slotline formation extends between the first microstrip transmission line and the second microstrip transmission line so that the slotline formation is configured to electromagnetically couple the first microstrip transmission line to the second microstrip transmission line during operation of the circuit. In addition, the circuit includes at least one controllable capacitance circuit electrically connected to at least one of the first microstrip transmission line and the second microstrip transmission line, where a magnitude of a capacitance value of the at least one controllable capacitance circuit (e.g., including a barium strontium titanate (BST) capacitor) is controllable (e.g., in response to a capacitance control signal received at a control interface).