Antenna tuning system and method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10411352-B2
Application number	US-201715627436-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 19, 2017
Priority date	Dec 21, 2016
Publication date	Sep 10, 2019
Grant date	Sep 10, 2019

Abstract

The present invention discloses an antenna tuning system and method thereof. The method comprises the following steps: choosing a parasitic antenna that combined with a main antenna, the strongest received signal strength indicator of a target station is detected; controlling the selected parasitic antenna that combined with a main antenna, to generate a scattering resonance through turning on or off a switch unit; and controlling a diffraction radiation pattern between the main antenna and the selected parasitic antenna through adjusting a load of a designed circuit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An antenna tuning system, adapted for adjusting a composite radiation pattern generated by a main antenna cooperating with at least one parasitic antenna, wherein the antenna tuning system comprises:
a processor, connected to the main antenna and each of the at least one parasitic antenna, wherein the processor chooses a first parasitic antenna of the at least one parasitic antenna, wherein a greatest received signal strength indicator (RSSI) is detected between a target station and the first parasitic antenna cooperating with the main antenna, and wherein the processor comprises:
a transceiver unit, detecting the RSSI between the antenna tuning system and the target station individually;
a control unit, coupled to the transceiver unit, wherein the control unit chooses the first parasitic antenna according to the RSSI, and the control unit also controls a first switch unit which is connected to the first parasitic antenna to turn on the first parasitic antenna, so as to control the main antenna and the first parasitic antenna to resonate; and
a power unit, wherein the control unit drives the power unit to provide power to the switch unit;

at least one designed circuit, connected to the at least one parasitic antenna individually, wherein the designed circuit is connected to the processor, and the designed circuit controls the composite radiation pattern generated by the main antenna cooperating with the parasitic antenna; and
at least one switch unit, connected to the at least one designed circuit individually and connected to the processor, wherein the processor controls the switch unit to turn on or turn off the connection between the designed circuit and the corresponding parasitic antenna of the designed circuit;
wherein the at least one designed circuit comprises:
a reactive load, wherein the control unit controls the power unit to provide a first voltage and a second voltage to the switch unit in order to control the switch unit, the first voltage is indirectly provided to the switch unit through the designed circuit, the second voltage is directly provided to the switch unit and whether the switch unit is turned on or turned off is determined by the first and the second voltage, when the reactive load is an inductive load, the composite radiation pattern belongs to an inductive load mode.

2. The antenna tuning system of claim 1 , wherein the composite radiation pattern generated by the main antenna cooperating with parasitic antennas being dumb or inactive becomes an omni-directional antenna mode when all the control units turn off all the switch units which are connected to the respective parasitic antennas.

3. An antenna tuning method, adapted for adjusting a composite radiation pattern generated by a main antenna cooperating with at least one parasitic antenna, wherein the antenna tuning method comprises the following steps:
choosing a first parasitic antenna of the at least one parasitic antenna, wherein a greatest RSSI is detected between a target station and the first parasitic antenna cooperating with the main antenna;
providing at least one designed circuit, connecting to the at least one parasitic antenna individually, wherein the designed circuit controls the composite radiation pattern generated by the main antenna cooperating with the parasitic antenna;
providing at least one switch unit, connected to the at least one designed circuit individually, and controlling the switch unit to turn on or turn off the connection between the designed circuit and the corresponding parasitic antenna of the designed circuit,
driving a power unit to provide power to the switch unit in order to control the switch unit to turn on or turn off the connection between the designed circuit and the corresponding parasitic antenna of the designed circuit;
providing a reactive load to the designed circuit; and
providing a first voltage and a second voltage from the power unit to the switch unit to control the switch unit, wherein the first voltage is indirectly provided to the switch unit through the designed circuit, the second voltage is directly provided to the switch unit, and whether the switch unit is turned on or turned off is determined by the first and the second voltage;
wherein:
when the reactive load is an inductive load, the composite radiation pattern generated by the main antenna cooperating with the parasitic antenna belongs to an inductive load mode; and
when the reactive load is a capacitive load, the composite radiation pattern generated by the main antenna cooperating with the parasitic antenna belongs to a capacitive load mode.

4. The antenna tuning method of claim 3 , wherein the composite radiation pattern generated by the main antenna cooperating with each of the at least one parasitic antenna becomes an omni-directional antenna mode if turning off all switch units.

5. An antenna tuning system, adapted for adjusting a composite radiation pattern generated by a main antenna cooperating with at least one parasitic antenna, wherein the antenna tuning system comprises:
a processor, connected to the main antenna and each of the at least one parasitic antenna, wherein the processor chooses a first parasitic antenna of the at least one parasitic antenna, wherein a greatest received signal strength indicator (RSSI) is detected between a target station and the first parasitic antenna cooperating with the main antenna, and wherein the processor comprises:
a transceiver unit, detecting the RSSI between the antenna tuning system and the target station individually;
a control unit, coupled to the transceiver unit, wherein the control unit chooses the first parasitic antenna according to the RSSI, and the control unit also controls a first switch unit which is connected to the first parasitic antenna to turn on the first parasitic antenna, so as to control the main antenna and the first parasitic antenna to resonate; and
a power unit, wherein the control unit drives the power unit to provide power to the switch unit;

at least one designed circuit, connected to the at least one parasitic antenna individually, wherein the designed circuit is connected to the processor, and the designed circuit controls the composite radiation pattern generated by the main antenna cooperating with the parasitic antenna; and
at least one switch unit, connected to the at least one designed circuit individually and connected to the processor, wherein the processor controls the switch unit to turn on or turn off the connection between the designed circuit and the corresponding parasitic antenna of the designed circuit;
wherein the at least one designed circuit comprises:
a reactive load, wherein the control unit controls the power unit to provide a first voltage and a second voltage to the switch unit in order to control the switch unit, the first voltage is indirectly provided to the switch unit through the designed circuit, the second voltage is directly provided to the switch unit, and whether the switch unit is turned on or turned off is determined by the first and the second voltage, when the reactive load is a capacitive load, and the composite radiation pattern belongs to a capacitive load mode.

6. The antenna tuning system of claim 5 , wherein the composite radiation pattern generated by the main antenna cooperating with parasitic antennas being dumb or inactive becomes an omni-directional antenna mode when all the control units turn off all the switch units which are connected to the respective parasitic antennas.

Assignees

• Accton Tech Corp

Inventors

• Liu I-Ru
• Lo Wen-Pin
• Kang Hsin-Hsiung
• Fu Yang-Te
• Liu Chang-Cheng
• Liao Yen-Lin
• Chen Yi-Chang
• Chou Li-Hua

Classifications

• H01Q19/32 Primary

  the primary active element being end-fed and elongated · CPC title

• H01Q3/247

  by switching different parts of a primary active element · CPC title

• H01Q3/26 Primary

  varying the relative phase or relative amplitude of energisation between two or more active radiating elements; varying the distribution of energy across a radiating aperture ({H01Q3/12,} H01Q3/22, H01Q3/24 take precedence) · CPC title

• H01Q5/385 Primary

  Two or more parasitic elements · CPC title

• H04B17/318

  Received signal strength · CPC title