US 12,142,824 B2
Reconfigurable antenna systems integrated with metal case
René Rodríguez, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US); and Stephen Joseph Kovacic, Newport Beach, CA (US)
Assigned to Skyworks Solutions, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Skyworks Solutions, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/344,101.
Application 18/344,101 is a continuation of application No. 17/448,818, filed on Sep. 24, 2021, granted, now 11,735,815.
Application 17/448,818 is a continuation of application No. 16/861,581, filed on Apr. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,158,938, issued on Oct. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/841,668, filed on May 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0344117 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/40 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/38 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/405 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); H01Q 1/38 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0442 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile phone comprising:
electronic circuitry;
a metal case housing the electronic circuitry and forming a portion of an exterior surface of the mobile phone; and
an antenna system including a patch antenna element formed in the metal case and surrounded by a metal oxide region, a first tuning conductor operable to load the patch antenna element, and a first switch electrically connected in series between the first tuning conductor and a ground voltage, at least a portion of the first tuning conductor underlying the patch antenna element.