Mobile phone performance improvements using an adaptively controlled antenna tuner

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  De Jongh, Maurice A ^a   Van Bezooijen, André ^a   Boyle, Kevin R ^a   Bakker, Theo ^a  

^a EPCOS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive systems; mobile antennas; radiofrequency micro electromechanical systems; switched capacitor circuits; tunable circuits and devices

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ANTENNA; ANTENNA IMPEDANCE; ANTENNA TUNERS; FREE SPACE; HAND POSITIONS; LOAD-PULL SETUP; MULTIBAND; MULTIMODES; NARROW BANDS; OUTPUT POWER; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; RADIATION EFFICIENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY MICRO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; SWITCHED CAPACITOR CIRCUITS; TOTAL RADIATED POWER; TUNABLE CIRCUITS AND DEVICES; USER INTERACTION;

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS; TUNERS;

MOBILE ANTENNAS;

EID: 80052326755     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2011.5972667     Document Type: Conference Paper

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