Method and apparatus for adaptive impedance matching
AssigneeParatek Microwave, Inc.
InventorWILLIAM E. McKINZIE, III
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a matching network having one or more controllable variable reactive elements coupled to at least one input port and at least one output port. The one or more controllable variable reactive elements can be adapted to increase power transferred from the at least one input port to the at least one output port responsive to signals generated by a controller adapted to adjust one or more reactances within the matching network according to a mode of operation of a device detected by the controller. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
Claims22
An apparatus, comprising:
- an RF matching network coupled to at least one RF input port and at least one RF output port and comprising one or more controllable variable reactive elements,
- wherein said RF matching network is adapted to increase signal power transferred from said at least one input port to said at least one output port by varying signals applied to said controllable variable reactive elements,
- wherein said one or more controllable variable reactive elements are coupled to a circuit adapted to map one or more control signals that are output from a controller, and
- wherein said controller manages one or more reactances within the matching network according to a mode of operation of a communication device.
A matching network, comprising one or more controllable variable reactive elements coupled to at least one input port and at least one output port, wherein said one or more controllable variable reactive elements are adapted to increase power transferred from said at least one input port to said at least one output port responsive to one or more control signals generated by a controller adapted to adjust one or more reactances within the matching network according to a mode of operation of a device detected by the controller.
A machine-readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions to:
- determine a mode of communication operation of a communication device;
- generate one or more control signals according to the determined mode of operation;
- and
- supply said one or more control signals to a matching network to modify one or more reactances therein and thereby increase power transferred from at least one input port to at least one output port of said matching network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.