Methods and apparatus for tuning circuit components of a communication device

A communication device, comprising:

• a plurality of circuit components of a radio frequency circuit, wherein each circuit component of the plurality of circuit components comprises one of a tunable reactive element, a control interface, or both for enabling at least one of a plurality of tuning algorithms to control an operation of the circuit component;
• a memory storing computer instructions;
• and
• a controller coupled to the memory and the tunable reactive element of each of the plurality of circuit components, wherein responsive to executing the computer instructions the controller performs operations comprising:
• executing a first tuning algorithm of the plurality of tuning algorithms according to an order of execution of a plurality of tuning algorithms, wherein the plurality of tuning algorithms function as independently operating closed loop algorithms that perform a sample measurement and tune a corresponding one of the plurality of circuit components of the radio frequency circuit according to the sample measurement;
• detecting a stability condition of the first tuning algorithm;
• executing a remainder of the plurality of tuning algorithms to determine whether the first tuning algorithm has affected a tuning state of each the remainder of the plurality of tuning algorithms;
• and
• executing a second tuning algorithm of the plurality of tuning algorithms responsive to the detected stability condition of the first tuning algorithm.

A method, comprising:

• detecting, by a processor, a plurality of use cases of a communication device;
• determining, by the processor, an initial tuning state for each of a plurality of tuning algorithms according to the plurality of use cases, wherein each of the plurality of tuning algorithms controls one of a tunable reactive element, a control interface, or both of one of a plurality of circuit components of a radio frequency circuit, and wherein the plurality of tuning algorithms function as independently operating closed loop algorithms that perform a sample measurement and tune a corresponding one of the plurality of circuit components of the radio frequency circuit according to the sample measurement;
• configuring, by the processor, each of the plurality of tuning algorithms according to their respective initial tuning state;
• executing, by the processor, a first tuning algorithm of the plurality of tuning algorithms according to an order of execution of the plurality of tuning algorithms;
• detecting, by the processor, a stability condition of the first tuning algorithm;
• executing, by the processor, a remainder of the plurality of tuning algorithms to determine whether the first tuning algorithm has affected a tuning state of each the remainder of the plurality of tuning algorithms;
• and
• executing, by the processor, a second tuning algorithm of the plurality of tuning algorithms responsive to the detected stability condition of the first tuning algorithm.