US Patent Issued to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES on Sept. 30 for "Dynamic antenna tuning apparatus and method" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,922, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Dynamic antenna tuning apparatus and method" was invented by Noureddine Senouci (Le Landeron, Switzerland) and Alexander Heubi (La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A near-field transmitter includes a power amplifier, a resonant network, an envelope detector, and an antenna tuning circuit. The power amplifier has an input for receiving a communication signal, and an output for providing a differential output signal. The resonant network is coupled to the output of the power amplifier and has a tunable react...