Unified antenna system and method supporting 4G and 5G modems in same device
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsSuresh K. Ramasamy, Changsoo Kim, Ching Wei Chang
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Abstract
An information handling system (IHS) includes a sensor for sensing a physical configuration of the IHS, the physical configuration dependent upon a position of a hinge of a housing of the IIS. A first proximity sensor probe may sense whether a first biological entity element is proximate to a first antenna of the IHS, and a second proximity sensor probe may sense whether a second biological entity element is proximate to a second antenna of the IHS. The IHS may reconfigure use of at least one of the first antenna and the second antenna in response to the sensing of at least one of the first proximity sensor probe and the second proximity sensor probe.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- sensing, by a processor, a physical configuration of an information handling system, the physical configuration dependent upon a position of a hinge of a housing of the information handling system;
- sensing whether a first biological entity element is proximate to a first antenna;
- sensing whether a second biological entity element is proximate to a second antenna;
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- reconfiguring use of at least one of the first antenna and the second antenna in response to the sensing of at least one of a first proximity sensor probe and a second proximity sensor probe, with dependence upon the physical configuration.
An information handling system comprising:
- a configuration sensor for sensing a physical configuration of the information handling system, the physical configuration dependent upon a position of a hinge of the information handling system;
- a first antenna;
- a first proximity sensor probe for sensing whether a first biological entity element is proximate a the first antenna;
- and
- a second proximity sensor probe for sensing whether a second biological entity element is proximate to a second antenna;
- wherein the information handling system is adapted to reconfigure use of at least one of the first antenna and the second antenna in response to the sensing of at least one of the first proximity sensor probe and the second proximity sensor probe, with dependence upon the physical configuration.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium to store instructions that are executable to perform operations comprising:
- sensing a physical configuration of an information handling system, the physical configuration dependent upon a position of a hinge of the information handling system;
- sensing whether a first biological entity element is proximate to a first antenna;
- sensing whether a second biological entity element is proximate to a second antenna;
- and
- reconfiguring use of at least one of the first antenna and the second antenna in response to the sensing of at least one of a first proximity sensor probe and a second proximity sensor probe, with dependence upon the physical configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.