Samsung patents phone antenna switch for better signal transmission
Samsung describes a design for a portable electronic device that uses multiple antennas and switches to manage radio frequency signals. The system allows the device to send specific test signals to a wireless network by routing signals through different antenna paths in a set sequence.
In the filing’s own words
An example portable electronic device can include: a first antenna, a second antenna, and a third antenna; a first RFFE, a second RFFE, and a third RFFE which are configured to pre-process an RF signal; a first conductive wiring; a first switch including a (1-1)th terminal connected to the first antenna, a (1-2)th terminal connected to one end of the first conductive wiring, and a (1-3)th terminal connected to the first RFFE; a second switch including a (2-1)th terminal connected to the second antenna, a (2-2)th terminal connected to the third antenna, a (2-3)th terminal connected to the second RFFE, a (2-4)th terminal connected to the third RFFE, and a (2-5)th terminal connected to the other end of the first conductive wiring; an RFIC configured to convert RF signals inputted from the first RFFE, the second RFFE, and the third RFFE into a baseband signal, and convert the baseband signal into an RF signal so as to output the RF signal to the first RFFE; and a communication processor configured to control the first switch so as to sequentially connect the (1-3)th terminal to the (1-1)th terminal and the (1-2)th terminal when the portable electronic device operates in a first transmission mode for transmitting a sounding reference signal (SRS) to the wireless communication network by using the first RFFE, and control the second switch so as to sequentially connect the (2-1)th terminal and the (2-2)th terminal to the (2-5)th terminal while the (1-2)th terminal is connected to the (1-3)th terminal.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1.- 14. (canceled)
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING SRS TO WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK
- Publication number
- US20260332169A1
- Application number
- 19467368
- Filed
- Feb 2, 2026
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 16
Classified under
H04B 1/0064 Electricity & electronicsH04B 1/401 Electricity & electronicsH04L 25/14 Electricity & electronicsH01Q 1/50 Electricity & electronicsH01Q 3/24 Electricity & electronicsH04L 5/0051 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in Networks & wireless
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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