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Samsung patents phone tech that switches radio bands to save battery

This patent describes a method for electronic devices to monitor how close a user is to the antenna using a sensor. If the device is too close to the body, it may limit signal power to keep radiation levels safe, which can weaken the connection. The system automatically switches to a different radio frequency band where the signal can be stronger without exceeding safety limits.

Why it mattersThis could help phones maintain stronger connections when held close to the face or body without draining the battery from constantly adjusting signal strength.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic device includes: a sensor module; an antenna module; and a processor electrically connected to the sensor module and the antenna module. The processor is configured to: identify a frequency band, identify a spaced distance from the antenna module to a user measured by the sensor module, and determine a power value of a transmission signal for being transmitted through the frequency band based on the frequency band and the spaced distance, and the antenna module is configured to output the transmission signal through the frequency band by using the antenna module.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: a sensor module; an antenna module; and a processor electrically connected to the sensor module and the antenna module, wherein the processor is configured to: identify a first frequency band, determine, based on an electric field value of a transmission signal in the first frequency band being weaker than a predetermined electric field value, that an optimization for an output of the transmission signal is necessary, determine whether a maximum output for the transmission signal in the first frequency band is limited, the determining comprising: identifying a spaced distance from the antenna module to a user measured by the sensor module, and determining whether the spaced distance is shorter than a first predetermined spaced distance in which a specific absorption rate of a transmission signal for transmission through the first frequency band is equal to a predetermined tolerance value, and responsive to the maximum output being limited in the first frequency band, determine whether another frequency band exists in which the maximum output for the transmission signal is allowed, thereby preventing a power backoff, the determining comprising: in case the spaced distance is shorter than the first predetermined spaced distance, determining whether a second frequency band, in which the spaced distance is equal to or greater than a second predetermined spaced distance in which a specific absorption rate of a transmission signal for transmission through the second frequency band is equal to the predetermined tolerance value, exists, wherein the antenna module is configured to change a frequency band, in which a transmission signal is to be output, from the first frequency band to the second frequency band.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
Electronic device including antenna module to output signal based on specific absorption rate in communication system, and method of operating same
Patent number
US12732977B2
Application number
18344862
Filed
Jun 30, 2023
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
10

Classified under

H04W 72/0453 Electricity & electronicsH04W 52/367 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/02 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/51 Electricity & electronics

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