US 11,894,623 B2
Apparatus with partitioned radio frequency antenna and matching network and associated methods
Attila Zolomy, Budapest (HU); Thomas E. Voor, Cedar Park, TX (US); and Zoltan Vida, Budapest (HU)
Assigned to Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed by Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/705,260.
Application 17/705,260 is a division of application No. 16/420,116, filed on May 22, 2019, granted, now 11,764,473.
Application 16/420,116 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/237,583, filed on Dec. 31, 2018, granted, now 11,769,949.
Application 16/237,583 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/250,719, filed on Aug. 29, 2016, granted, now 10,374,300, issued on Jun. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0216609 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. H01Q 7/00 (2006.01); H01Q 1/48 (2006.01); H01Q 1/38 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H01Q 1/52 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 7/00 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/2291 (2013.01); H01Q 1/38 (2013.01); H01Q 1/48 (2013.01); H01Q 1/52 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0421 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a substrate comprising a ground plane;
a single-ended antenna formed using the substrate; and
a set of gaps used to isolate a first part of the ground plane from a second part of the ground plane.