US 12,308,512 B2
Reconfigurable antenna system for a communication device with expandable form factor
Xuyuan Pan, Chicago, IL (US); Md Faisal Abedin, Lake Bluff, IL (US); Mohammed Abdul-Gaffoor, Palatine, IL (US); Junsheng Zhao, Vernon Hills, IL (US); and Mohammadreza Ranjbar Naeini, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to Motorola Mobility LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/046,894.
Prior Publication US 2024/0128637 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. H04M 1/05 (2006.01); H01Q 1/10 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 5/307 (2015.01); H01Q 7/00 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/23 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/243 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/10 (2013.01); H01Q 5/307 (2015.01); H01Q 7/00 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0421 (2013.01); H04M 1/0237 (2013.01); H04M 1/026 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication device comprising:
a telescoping support structure comprising a first end portion at one end, a second end portion at an opposite end to the first end portion, and an intermediate portion that slidingly engages the second end portion and that bridges a gap between the first and the second end portions when the second end portion is moved away from the first end portion from at least a compact arrangement to a first extended arrangement;
an antenna assembly comprising: (i) at least one first antenna having at least one first antenna element that moves with the first end portion and that supports one or more RF communication bands; and (ii) at least one second antenna having at least one second antenna element that moves with the second end portion and at least one third antenna element at the intermediate portion that is one of electromagnetically coupled and electrical conduction coupled to the second antenna element to transceive one or more radio frequency (RF) communication bands and that adds one or more lower RF communication bands when the telescoping support structure is in the first extended arrangement that are not supported when the telescoping support structure is in the compact arrangement;
one or more transceivers configurable to transceive in two or more RF communication bands; and an antenna switching mechanism that configures the antenna assembly to support transceiving by the one or more transceivers according to supported RF communication bands while the telescoping support structure is in a corresponding one of the compact arrangement and the first extended arrangement.