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20130078932 | TUNALBE ANTENNA WITH A CONDUCTIVE, PHUSICAL COMPONENT CO-LOCATED WITH THE ANTENNA - A method and device for providing impedance tuning to compensate for capacitive loading effects on an antenna which are associated with conductive or physical components in close proximity to the antenna is provided. A dynamic impedance tuning (DIT) controller periodically receives information that indicates that one or more functions of a physical component and/or a particular device operating state are currently active. In response to one or more functions of the physical component being activated, the DIT controller configures the tunable impedance to a pre-set impedance level to compensate for capacitive loading effects on the antenna. In addition, the controller triggers a switch to connect the tunable impedance to the ground signal line to provide antenna tuning corresponding to the preset impedance level. The tunable impedance adjusts the terminal impedance of the ground signal line to minimize capacitive loading effects associated with the signal line. | 03-28-2013 |
20140044286 | DYNAMIC SPEAKER SELECTION FOR MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES - A method is disclosed for optimizing audio performance of a portable electronic device having multiple audio ports. The method can include detecting an orientation of the mobile device. Therefore, the portable electronic device includes a sensor for determining orientation of the portable electronic device; and one or more sensors placed near each audio port for sampling whether each audio port is obstructed; and a processor for activating one or more unobstructed audio ports and deactivating one or more obstructed audio ports. | 02-13-2014 |
20140066126 | Portable Electronic Device Having an Antenna System with a Non-Resonating Structure - An antenna system for reception and transmission of radio frequency (RF) signals and a method for tuning the antenna system are provided. The antenna system includes a ground plane, a first element and a second element. The first element includes a driven unbalanced antenna element that resonates within at least one predetermined first frequency band to transmit and receive radio frequency (RF) signals modulated at one or more frequencies within the at least one predetermined first frequency band. The second element is non-resonating within the at least one predetermined first frequency band and is located within an antenna volume of the first element to create a partial loop response within the antenna volume of the first element by capacitively coupling to the first element when connected to the ground plane. | 03-06-2014 |
20140159779 | STICTION REDUCTION FOR MEMS DEVICES - A capacitive micro-electromechanical switch (MEMS) integrated circuit (IC) comprises a plurality of capacitors, each having a voltage terminal for applying an actuation voltage to the individual capacitor, wherein each capacitor is capable of being individually cycled. The MEMS IC further includes: a high voltage driver having a voltage distribution mechanism that couples to the voltage terminal of each of the plurality of capacitors to enable the high voltage driver to selectively provide a pre-determined voltage input required to actuate and charge a selected one or more of the plurality of capacitors; and control logic communicatively coupled to the high voltage driver and which deterministically applies power cycle times (less than a stiction limit) for an actuation and de-actuation of at least a first capacitor of the plurality of capacitors to substantially reduce an occurrence of stiction within at least the first capacitor during operation of the MEMS device. | 06-12-2014 |
20140176387 | REDUCING RF ENERGY LEAKAGE BETWEEN BATTERY AND PCB - An improved system | 06-26-2014 |
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20140273882 | EVOLVING ANTENNA SYSTEM BASED ON USER HABITS - A method and system configures an antenna system to enhance communication signal quality within a wireless communication device. An antenna system controller determines a usage state of the wireless communication device based on received sensor data. In addition, the antenna system controller determines whether the usage state matches a pre-identified reference usage state. If the usage state matches a reference usage state, the antenna system controller configures the antenna system using configuration data mapped to the reference usage state. In addition, the antenna system controller tracks occurrences of usage states to generate usage state statistics and uses the generated usage state statistics to predict a timing of future usage states within the wireless communication device. The antenna system controller configures the wireless communication device for the predicted usage state when an associated trigger event is detected. Additionally, the antenna system controller configures the antenna system based on signal quality feedback. | 09-18-2014 |
20140372360 | Determining Micro-Climates Based on Weather-Related Sensor Data from Mobile Devices - This disclosure describes techniques and apparatuses for determining micro-climates based on weather-related sensor data from mobile devices. In some embodiments, current and projected micro-climates can be determined for multiple micro-locations. With these micro-climates a user may better plan his or her day, including what to wear, which path to walk to work, and what activities to plan. | 12-18-2014 |
20140376735 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION EARPIECE - A method and apparatus for a wireless communication earpiece. The wireless communication earpiece comprises an earbud and an electronics portion. A manual selection of one of a left ear and a right ear position of the earbud is conveyed to the electronics portion by one of an electrical and mechanical means. In some embodiments, a right antenna element is electrically coupled (activated) to a transceiver when the right ear position is selected and a left antenna element is activated when the left ear position is selected. In some embodiments, an antenna element is coupled to the transceiver and the antenna element is rotated to a right side (activated) of the earpiece when the right ear position is selected and the antenna element is rotated to a left side (activated) of the earpiece when the left ear position is selected. | 12-25-2014 |
20150024786 | Method and Apparatus for Disconnecting a Wireless Communication Link Between a Communication Device and a Mobile Device - A method and apparatus of determining whether to disconnect a wireless communication link between a communication device disposed in a vehicle and a mobile device is provided. The method comprises determining whether the communication device is moving or not moving, determining whether the mobile device has exited the proximity of the vehicle, and disconnecting the wireless communication link when the communication device is not moving and the mobile device has exited the proximity of the vehicle. | 01-22-2015 |
20150048979 | ANTENNA SYSTEM FOR A SMART PORTABLE DEVICE USING A CONTINUOUS METAL BAND - A method and portable device provide multi-band, multi-antenna signal communication in a portable device having wireless communication capability. A portable device comprises a single loop multi-feed (SLM) antenna system which includes a continuous conductive ring located along and adjacent to a first device periphery area. The SLM antenna system also comprises multiple communication feeds each respectively coupled to one of multiple transceivers and to the conductive ring. The SLM antenna system includes multiple ground connection points each of which is coupled to a ground plane. Each ground connection point is selectively positioned at a corresponding location on the continuous conductive ring in order to configure, within the SLM antenna system, multiple corresponding antenna elements. The SLM antenna system enables frequency tuning associated with a first antenna element to be performed independently of frequency tuning associated with a second antenna element and supports signal propagation via the multiple antennas using respective frequency bands. | 02-19-2015 |
20150102960 | Systems and Methods for Location Assistance with Personal Area Network Devices - Implementations relate to systems and methods for location assistance using devices ( | 04-16-2015 |
20150188210 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA USING DESIGN ELEMENTS ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE HOUSING - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing an electronic device ( | 07-02-2015 |
20150189767 | Metal Mosaic Housing - A housing for an electronic device and a method for manufacturing the housing are provided that combine metal and plastic in an aesthetically pleasing manner while meeting physical and technical requirements and specifications for the electronic device. Metal islands may be engaged with a plastic member so that projections of the plastic member are interlocked with corresponding recesses of formed between each of the metal islands. An exterior of the housing includes a surface of each of the metal islands and at least a portion of a surface of the plastic member. The interior of the housing includes another surface of the plastic member. | 07-02-2015 |
20150312058 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANTENNA MATCHING - A method and apparatus are for performing antenna matching and include determining a cable connection state of a cable connector, generating a cable detection signal that indicates the cable connection state, and modifying impedance transform of a tunable matching circuit in response to the cable detection signal. The cable detection signal indicates one of a presence and an absence of a cable connector. The tunable matching circuit couples a transceiver and an antenna. The tunable matching circuit couples the selected impedance transform between the transceiver and the antenna. The apparatus is a radio communication device that includes a transceiver, a processing system, an antenna, a tunable matching circuit, an input/output section, a cable connector, and a sensor. | 10-29-2015 |
20150380812 | HAND GRIP SENSOR FOR EXTERNAL CHASSIS ANTENNA - A method and system for detecting whether the position of a user's hand gripping a mobile communication device chassis affects an external antenna is provided. A sectioned metal band about a periphery of a mobile communication device has a radiating antenna in at least one metal section. The radiating antenna section is bounded on both sides by electrically floating metal sections. Each of the electrically floating metal sections is bounded on the side distal from the antenna section by a ground metal section. Each metal section separated from an adjacent metal section by an insulating gap. Embodiments measure a differential capacitance between the antenna section and the floating metal section and measure a single and capacitance between the floating metal section and the grounded section to determine whether a user's hand is bridging one or more of the insulating gaps. | 12-31-2015 |