# US 8,542,157 B2 · Antenna module

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- Number: US 8,542,157 B2
- Document ID: US8542157B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/092,985
- Filed: 2011-04-25
- Published: 2012-03-29
- Granted: 2013-09-24
- Earliest claimed: 2010-09-28
- Assignees: HTC Corporation
- Applicants: Wei-Yang Wu; Chien-Hua Ma; Yen-Chuan Lin
- Inventors: Wei-Yang Wu; Chien-Hua Ma; Yen-Chuan Lin
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8542157B2

## CPC

- H04B 1/0458: {Arrangements for matching and coupling between power amplifier and antenna or between amplifying stages (matching circuits in general H03H)}
- H03H 7/40: Automatic matching of load impedance to source impedance
- H04B 2001/0416: {having gain or transmission power control}
- H04B: TRANSMISSION
- H03H: IMPEDANCE NETWORKS, e.g. RESONANT CIRCUITS; RESONATORS (waveguides, resonators, lines or other devices of the waveguide type H01P)

## Abstract

An antenna module includes an antenna, a tunable matching circuit, a power detector and a control unit. The antenna comprises a feeding point. The tunable matching circuit, electrically connected between the antenna and the power detector and configured to provide a loading impedance, comprises a plurality of tunable impedance elements connected to each other and electrically connected to the feeding point as well. The power detector is electrically connected between the tunable matching circuit and a power amplifier and configured to detect a power indicator. The control unit, electrically connected to the tunable matching circuit and the power detector, is configured to read the power indicator and RSSI to generate a control signal for the tunable matching circuit, which consistently changes the loading impedance to achieve impedance matching.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An antenna module, comprising:
an antenna with a feeding point;
a tunable matching circuit electrically connected between the antenna and a power amplifier and configured to provide a loading impedance, wherein the tunable matching circuit comprises a plurality of tunable impedance elements connected to each other and electrically connected to the feeding point as well;
a power detector electrically connected between the tunable matching circuit and the power amplifier and configured to detect a power indicator; and
a control unit electrically connected to the tunable matching circuit and the power detector and configured to read the power indicator and a receiver signal strength indicator so as to generate a control signal for the tunable matching circuit, which consistently changes the loading impedance to achieve impedance matching, wherein the power indicator and the receiver signal strength indicator forms a communication quality function CQ, the control signal changes the loading impedance to maximize the communication quality function CQ.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The antenna module of claim 1, wherein the tunable impedance elements are tunable capacitors.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The antenna module of claim 1, wherein the tunable impedance elements are tunable inductors.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The antenna module of claim 1, wherein the tunable impedance elements are tunable capacitors and inductors.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The antenna module of claim 1, further comprising a coupler, wherein the power detector uses the coupler to detect the power indicator of the power amplifier.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The antenna module of claim 1, wherein the control unit includes a micro processor electrically connected to a CPU and the power detector.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The antenna module of claim 6, wherein the micro processor reads the receiver signal strength indicator from the CPU.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The antenna module of claim 7, wherein the micro processor reads the power indicator from the power detector.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The antenna module of claim 8, wherein the micro processor calculates a value of the tunable impedance elements based on the maximized communication quality function CQ.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The antenna module of claim 9, wherein the control unit further comprises a control circuit electrically connected to the micro processor and the tunable matching circuit.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The antenna module of claim 10, wherein the control circuit generates the control signal for the tunable matching circuit based on the value to change the impedance of the tunable impedance elements.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The antenna module of claim 10, the control unit further comprises a calculating module, wherein the calculating module is a Newton's Algorithm calculating module, a Genetic Algorithm calculating module or an Artificial Neural Network Techniques calculating module.