WO2012085932A2 - Smart rf signal quality enhancement system for mobile device with active dynamic radiation pattern achieved by sensing device proximity environment with property, position, orientation, signal quality and operating modes - Google Patents
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- the present invention is related to mobile communication and particularly to smart RF signal quality enhancement system for wireless mobile devices to improve the signal quality with smart active dynamic radiation pattern approach.
- mobile phones radiate electromagnetic waves when being used.
- the antennas in these wireless devices are used for receiving and radiating transmitted signal for communication.
- Mobile devices are handled close against different proximity environments and platforms depends upon usage scenarios that causes electromagnetic interaction with proximity environments based on its properties which in turn can leads to degradation of signal quality.
- device orientation change can leads to power loss due to polarization mismatch. In scenarios like when the signal quality is weak the fixed radiation pattern design without sensing the nature of proximity environment and orientation can leads to radiations in directions that are less effective which in turn leads to degradation in signal quality.
- SAR Specific Absorption Rate
- Sensing the change in mobile device proximity environment with its property plays an important role due to electromagnetic radiations interaction with these environments.
- the antenna system or radiation protection designs are not much concerned about detecting the change in device proximity environment or its property sensing with device orientation to manipulate the radiation pattern which is essential in optimising signal quality as well as protecting the user form radiation.
- There are some designs to reduce SAR and the main drawback with these designs that uses power regulator, power governing systems etc are it mainly focus on reducing the overall transmit power levels which in turn reduces the signal strength and the possibility of the signal to reach the base station that affects the quality of communication.
- the mobile device proximity environment and orientation changes the fixed radiation pattern also leads to loss of power due to radiation in less effective directions.
- Objective of the invention is to improve the RF signal quality for wireless mobile devices thereby enhancing the overall quality of communication and also to save energy.
- the smart RF signal quality enhancement system is a design and technique to improve the signal quality of wireless mobile device with active dynamic radiation pattern approach manipulated by RF/Antenna system that mainly works by scanning and detecting the change in device proximity environment with property & position sensing, device orientation, user head & hand hold effect, DOA, polarization loss factor [PLF], antenna sensitivity, signal quality parameters and operating modes to vary the radiation pattern [directivity and gain] in directions according to scenarios.
- the present invention also to protect the mobile user by controlling the radiations on user facing direction and also to save battery power by controlling the radiations on less effective directions.
- the present invention provides a smart active dynamic radiation pattern approach that works mainly based on sensing the change in device proximity environment with its property, position and device orientation to vary the radiation pattern [directivity and gain] utilising antenna system capable of achieving dynamic radiation pattern is presented.
- the system can actively sense the power loss due to polarization mismatch and vary reconfigurable antenna to match the polarization there by controlling polarization loss factor [PLF] to achieve best signal quality.
- PPF polarization loss factor
- the present invention provides more flexibility than other designs by sensing and improving signal quality as well as protecting user by maintaining the radiations on user facing directions according to SAR compliance and standards while altering the intensity on other direction to sustain communication.
- the present invention primarily focus on multi mode dynamic radiation pattern for actively varying, controlling and reducing the intensity of radiation on direction facing the user and accordingly maintaining the radiation on other directions taking signal quality parameters into account to maintain quality of communication.
- the protection system not only controls the radiation on user facing direction to reduce SAR [E.g. During direct phone call conversation] but also restores radiation according to parameters and configuration to optimise communication [E.g. speaker mode or hands free or data transfer mode etc].
- the sensor system scans frequently or based on configurations and usage scenarios. By focussing the radiation in right direction and time not only enhance communication or protects user but also saves energy.
- the location sensor like proximity or contact sensor will sense the proximity environment or platform of wireless mobile device with its property and position.
- the sensor system works by sensing the proximity environments property with position and accordingly varying the radiation pattern [by suppressing and restoring radiation in corresponding directions] to improve the signal quality.
- the sensor system senses the change in proximity environment with its property and triggers the processing unit accordingly.
- the processing unit manipulate the control signal based on trigger and other parameters like signal quality parameters to determine how the radiation pattern has to be controlled.
- the directional transmit power controller will direct the RF/antenna system to control the radiation pattern to enhance signal quality.
- the trigger signal is based on usage scenarios or operating modes like direct call mode, speaker mode or hands free or headset detection, belt pouch or clip sensor, key pad or touch screen detection, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth mode, sensing wireless modem mode or data transfer mode, cradle or holder sensor, etc.
- the processing unit will analyse the corresponding trigger signal from either one or combination of multiple components with signal quality parameters to determine the nature of the control signal to smart radiation pattern controller.
- the smart radiation pattern controller will direct the RF/antenna system accordingly to alter the radiation pattern to improve signal quality.
- FIG. 1 illustrates components of the system with radiations from wireless mobile device widely in all directions with base station and dotted lines representing the controlled reduced radiation on user facing direction
- FIG. 2 illustrates the front and top view diagrams of wireless device radiation incident on user head and the dotted lines representing the controlled radiation on direction facing user head while maintaining the radiation on other directions
- FIG. 3 illustrates mobile device on various usage positions, proximity environment and platforms
- FIG. 4 illustrates various mobile device handling position models.
- FIG. 5 illustrates- proximity sensor system sensing the user and proximity environment with property.
- FIG. 6 illustrates the block diagram of portable wireless device with components of smart signal quality enhancement system designed according to the present invention.
- FIG. 7 illustrates the flowchart and describes the method of operation of the smart signal quality enhancement system for mobile device according to the present invention.
- the main aim of the smart signal quality enhancement system is to achieve the optimised solution by improving signal quality simultaneously reducing SAR.
- the sensor system will sense the vicinity environment in addition with device orientation and act accordingly to improve the quality of communication.
- the system generally works in real time by varying and controlling the radiation pattern utilising RF/antenna system 110 in accordance with parameters like the trigger signal from sensor system, Direction of Arrival (DOA), antenna sensitivity, Signal to noise and interference ratio [SNIR], Total Isotropic Sensitivity (TIS), TRP (Total Radiated Power), sensing user head & hand hold effect, polarization loss factor (PLF), operating mode or usage scenarios and signal quality parameters.
- DOA Direction of Arrival
- SNIR Signal to noise and interference ratio
- TIS Total Isotropic Sensitivity
- TRP Total Radiated Power
- PPF polarization loss factor
- the system can actively sense the power loss due to polarization mismatch and vary reconfigurable antenna to match the polarization there by controlling polarization loss factor (PLF) to achieve best signal quality.
- PLF polarization loss factor
- FIG. 1 illustrates the components of the wireless network according to the present invention consisting of Wireless Mobile device 100, User 170, Base station 190 and the radiation 180.
- wireless mobile device 100 radiate electromagnetic waves which are received by the base station 190 to connect with the backbone network.
- the antenna of the mobile device 100 radiates power widely in all direction. This leads to portion of radiation 180 facing the user 170 to be absorbed by user body which leads to lot of medical complications.
- the system controls the intensity of radiation 180 [dotted lines] facing the user 170 to reduce SAR while accordingly maintaining the radiation on other directions to sustain quality of communication.
- the system not only controls the radiation on user facing direction while correspondingly maintaining the radiation on other directions but also restores radiation on user facing direction according to operating modes or usage scenarios & signal quality parameters to enhance communication.
- FIG. 2 illustrates the radiation incident on user head 175 from wireless mobile device 100 with front and top view diagrams and the dotted lines representing the controlled and reduced radiation 180 on direction facing head as per the present invention while maintaining the radiations on other directions.
- FIG. 3 illustrates mobile device on various positions, proximity environments and platforms that changes according to usage.
- FIG. 4 illustrates various mobile device direct call conversation usage position models. As the mobile handling position and device orientation changes according to usage the system sense various device proximity usage positions with its orientations and accordingly vary the radiation pattern to sustain communication and reduce SAR.
- FIG. 5 illustrates the model of sensor system sensing proximity environment and user. Nature of proximity environment changes depends upon usage scenarios. As the proximity environment with property sensing is a significant parameter due to electromagnetic wave interaction the design utilises sensor system that determines the proximity environment with smartly sensing the nature or property [permittivity- ⁇ , permeability- ⁇ , conductivity- ⁇ and susceptibility] of the environment to manipulate the dynamic radiation pattern accordingly to enhance signal quality. In general the proximity sensor system works by generating the field [E.g. electric field] and measuring the attenuation suffered by the field there by detecting the proximity environment with property.
- the proximity sensor system works by generating the field [E.g. electric field] and measuring the attenuation suffered by the field there by detecting the proximity environment with property.
- the proximity environments are either dielectric or conductive else its combinations in nature and its property can be determined by the sensor system with one or more sensors located in various positions of mobile device according to designs. Since the measurement of attenuation suffered by the EM waves from antenna can differ from that of the field created by sensor system a predetermined and tested field mapping table between sensor system and antenna radiation can be utilised for sensing & matching the nature and effect caused by the proximity environment for further manipulation.
- the sensor system can also be utilised for sensing biological tissues [E.g. based on dielectric property] in scenarios like direct phone call conversation or in internet access & download mode kept in a pocket where the system can protect the user as well as optimising communication.
- Suitable proximity sensor can be utilised for the sensor system, examples are as follows but not limited to electromagnetic or electrostatic sensors, acoustic, inductive, thermal, echo, capacitive, infrared, eddy current etc.
- FIG. 6 is a block diagram describing the working principle of smart signal quality enhancement system and the integral components of wireless mobile device 100 as per the present invention. It gives a brief description about various integral components like antenna system 110, smart active radiation pattern controller 120, sensor system 130, trigger signal 230, interrupt control signal 140, microprocessor 150, RF/transceiver system 160 etc.
- microprocessor 150 In general mobile cell phones consist of microprocessor 150 that controls the overall functions of the device.
- the microprocessor 150 handles lot of operations and the disclosed invention mainly describes about microprocessor 150 interacting with sensor system 130, trigger signal 230, interrupt control signal 140, RF/transceiver system 160, smart radiation pattern controller 120 etc.
- the processing unit manipulate the control signal to achieve dynamic radiation pattern based on trigger signal from sensor system 130, Direction of Arrival (DOA), antenna sensitivity, Signal to noise and interference ratio (SNIR), Total Isotropic Sensitivity (TIS), TRP (Total Radiated Power), polarization loss factor (PLF), sensing user head & hand hold effect, operating mode or usage scenarios and signal quality parameters.
- DOA Direction of Arrival
- SNIR Signal to noise and interference ratio
- TIS Total Isotropic Sensitivity
- TRP Total Radiated Power
- PPF polarization loss factor
- the sensor system 130 determines the proximity of the wireless device 100 to the vicinity environment and user 170 utilising proximity sensor and will send the corresponding trigger signal 230 to the microprocessor 150.
- the microprocessor 150 initiate interrupt service routine based on trigger signal from sensor system 130.
- the character of trigger signal 230 and transceiver 160 signal quality parameters are utilised by the microprocessor 150 to manipulate the nature of the interrupt control signal 140 to smart radiation pattern controller 120.
- the smart radiation pattern controller 120 actively controls the radiation pattern to improve signal quality utilising corresponding RF/antenna system 110.
- the sensor system utilised are [e.g. proximity or contact sensor] capable of scanning & sensing the property [E.g.
- the sensor system like capacitive proximity sensor works by generating the electric field and measuring the attenuations suffered by the field there by detecting the proximity environment with its property.
- Even system utilise one or more sensors 130 to sense user device proximity with head, body and hand hold effects that are taken into account for computing the trigger signal.
- the system will dynamically change its radiation pattern to improve the data transfer rates and quality of communication.
- the sensor system 130 will determine the change in operating mode or usage scenarios of mobile device by sensing either one or more parameters comprise of direct phone call mode, speaker mode, hands free, headset detection, video call mode, bluetooth mode, belt pouch or clip sensor, key pad or touch screen detection, internet access or download mode, Wi-Fi mode, sensing wireless modem mode or data transfer mode, standby mode, cradle or holder sensor etc and generate the trigger signal 230.
- the microprocessor 150 computes the control signal 140 to smart radiation pattern controller 120 based on signal from either one or combination of multiple sensors and operating modes simultaneously accounting signal quality parameters from transceiver 160.
- the radiation pattern controller 120 will control the RF/antenna systems 110 to vary radiation pattern accordingly to enhance signal quality.
- the system can also protect the user from radiation in some scenarios the trigger signal can also be based on just sensing one parameters for example in direct call mode, mostly the user will use the mobile device proximity to head and this can be taken as a parameter to control the radiations on user facing direction.
- the sensor system 130 utilises gyro sensor, accelerometer or similar sensor to actively sense the change in orientation of the wireless mobile device 100 and accordingly control the radiation pattern to improve the signal quality.
- the orientation of the wireless mobile device 100 changes depends on usage scenarios for example during data transfer or call conversation mode the user might use the device in different orientation angles and positions like while standing, sitting on a chair, laying on a bed etc, which leads to change orientation of device. So controlling the radiation pattern should also align according to the orientation of the device to efficiently enhance signal quality.
- the system can be used to actively sense and mitigate the power loss due to polarization mismatch.
- Cell phone antennas are mostly linearly polarized, so rotating the phone can often match the polarization of the phone and thus increase reception.
- the sensor system senses the device orientation and accordingly reconfigures the antenna with corresponding antenna system [E.g. switching or reconfigurable antennas] to alter the dynamic radiation pattern with subsequent polarization in real time to control the polarization loss factor (PLF) thereby improving signal quality.
- Polarization loss factor can be improved by reconfigurable antenna [E.g. by varying the dual polarization ratios] that works by sensing device orientation.
- the microprocessor 150 Based on the trigger signal 230 from orientation sensors 130 and signal quality parameters from transceiver 160 the microprocessor 150 manipulate the nature of control signal 140 to radiation pattern controller 120.
- the radiation pattern controller 120 controls the antenna systems radiation pattern according to the control signal 140 to improve the signal quality. Based on device orientation the system can also change the antenna orientation [E.g. utilising switching or reconfigurable antennas] to change the radiation pattern.
- the use of this application is not limited to one or combination of above scenarios but can also be enhanced to others scenarios and combinations not listed here provided the scenarios are within the scope of the present invention.
- variable or dynamic radiation pattern can be achieved utilising tuneable metamaterials or tunable EBG antenna system 110 that provides variable response and ability to influence the interacting electromagnetic waves to determine whether the EM wave is transmitted, reflected, redirected, absorbed etc.
- tunable -metamaterials and EBG are most commonly composed of small periodic elements typically built onto circuit boards or assembled using nanofabrication techniques, whose feature size is significantly smaller than the wavelength of the electromagnetic waves they are intended to manipulate.
- the lattice structure [either one, two or three dimension] of the tuneable metamaterial and EBG is adjusted in real time, making it possible to reconfigure the structure during operation.
- the antenna design of smart signal quality enhancement system works by activating different patterns of tuneable EBG and metamaterial elements that act according to configuration to actively control radiation pattern and radiation intensity in required direction and time.
- the antenna design uses either one or combination of following but not limited to tunable Metamaterials, tunable Electromagnetic Band Gap (EBG), High Impedance Surface (HIS) or Artificial Magnetic Conductor (AMC), Negative Index Material (NIM), periodic arrays, Frequency Selective Surfaces (FSS), Method of Moments (MOM), Split-ring Resonator (SRR), Reconfigurable antennas, Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS), Computational electromagnetic (CEM) or Electromagnetic modelling, Finite Impulse Response (FIR), Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD), MIMO antennas, reconfigurable multifrequency microstrip patch antenna, antenna arrays or diversity with corresponding RF system to achieve dynamic radiation pattern, beamforming, beam steering, spatial filtering etc.
- ECG Electromagnetic Band Gap
- HIS High Impedance Surface
- AMC Artificial Magnetic Conductor
- NIM Negative Index Material
- FSS Frequency Selective Surfaces
- MOM Method of Moments
- SRR Split-ring Reson
- the system can be designed to adopt different multi band antennas with several type of feeding mechanism.
- the system can also be designed with actively tunable electromagnetic screen [E.g. fabricated with tunable metamaterial or EBG] capable of dynamically controlling or redirecting the radiation from antenna in corresponding directions to vary radiation pattern is either fabricated on pcb or incorporated on device casing.
- actively tunable electromagnetic screen E.g. fabricated with tunable metamaterial or EBG] capable of dynamically controlling or redirecting the radiation from antenna in corresponding directions to vary radiation pattern is either fabricated on pcb or incorporated on device casing.
- the plasma antennas are capable of achieving dynamic radiation pattern and the advantage of these plasma antennas over mechanical antenna are that the plasma antenna are reconfigurable and can operate at high speeds and has no moving parts.
- Smart ionized gas plasma antennas use plasma physics to shape and steer the antenna radiation pattern without the need of phased arrays etc.
- Electromagnetic radiations can be steered or focused in the reflective or refractive modes using plasmas making it a unique one.
- Solid state plasma antennas also known as plasma silicon antennas
- the PSiAN is a cluster of thousands of diodes on a silicon chip that produces a tiny cloud of electrons when charged. Those tiny, dense clouds can reflect high-frequency waves like mirrors, focusing the beams tightly by selectively activating particular diodes.
- the nature of varying and controlling the radiation pattern with intensity of radiation facing the user is based on combination of parameters like usage scenarios or operating modes, user proximity, device orientation and signal quality while limiting the maximum transmit power level as per the compliance with SAR safety guidelines.
- the change in radiation pattern is balanced and tuned in achieving between least SAR and best signal quality by also accounting received signal parameters so that the quality of communication is not compromised.
- the instructions regarding how the radiation pattern is altered are pre determined and tested.
- the design can works in conjunction with change in overall radiated power by taking signal quality parameters into account to maintain the quality of communication while limiting maximum transmit power levels according to compliance & standards. Thus the design reduces the SAR with optimised communication quality.
- the present invention provides an active dynamic radiation pattern solution that can change and adapt to various radiation patterns according to scenarios which provides the ability to form radiation pattern in optimum direction and time there by helps in enhancing the communication and protecting user from radiation.
- the present invention provides a fine tuning and controllable radiation on the user facing direction while maintaining the radiation on other direction that works according to different usage scenarios of mobile device 100 to achieve the balancing between best signal quality and least SAR.
- FIG. 7 is the flowchart of the system describing the method of operation of the design according to the invention.
- the sensor system 220 determines the change in proximity environment with property, device orientation and operating modes or usage scenarios of the device and will accordingly generate the trigger signal 230.
- the system determines the state of trigger signal to decide on further action 240.
- the system analyse the nature of trigger signal, DOA, PLF and signal quality parameters to compute the best control signal for controlling the radiation pattern 250. Based on the control signal the antenna system vary and control the radiation pattern accordingly to achieve the best signal quality 260. If the phone is not in proximity to the environment [that can affect the radiations] or not matches other criteria the wireless device will follow the standard transmission 270 according to preset network configuration and ends with 280.
- the system not only enhances signal quality but also saves energy by actively controlling the gain and directivity there by reducing the radiation on certain less effective direction. Usually as the radiation pattern for transmission and reception is reciprocal these system can help in improving the overall signal quality. Thus with the current design and dynamic radiation pattern the performance of both TRP/TIS is increased to enhance the signal quality.
- This design not only helps in reducing the SAR, but also can reduce the interference with other systems like pacemaker, hearing aid etc.
- the system can also helps in reducing the interference caused by reflections of transmitted EM waves from antenna by corresponding proximity environment which can helps to improve the signal quality.
- This system can either be either automatically or manually enabled and disabled with hard or soft switch depends upon the design and usage.
Abstract
The smart RF signal quality enhancement system is a design and technique to improve the signal quality of wireless mobile device with active dynamic radiation pattern approach manipulated by RF/Antenna system that mainly works by scanning and detecting the change in device proximity environment with property & position sensing, device orientation, user head & hand hold effect, signal quality parameters and operating modes to vary the radiation pattern. The mobile devices are handled in different proximity environment which causes electromagnetic interaction that can leads to degradation in signal quality based on the nature of the vicinity environments. So when the signal quality degrades the system will sense, compute and vary the radiation pattern accordingly to enhance the signal quality. The system design consist of (a) a sensor system 130 to determine the change in proximity environment with its property & position sensing, device orientation, usage scenarios or operating modes and accordingly generate the trigger signal 230; (b) a processing unit for manipulation of interrupt control signal 140 according to trigger signal, antenna sensitivity, DOA and signal quality parameters; (c) An smart active radiation pattern controller 120 that works based on control signal; (d) Antenna system 110 capable of achieving dynamic radiation pattern coupled with radiation pattern controller 120 that vary and controls the radiation pattern accordingly to improve signal quality and also restores radiation according to parameters and configurations to optimise communication.
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SMART RF SIGNAL QUALITY ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM FOR MOBILE DEVICE WITH ACTIVE DYNAMIC RADIATION PATTERN ACHIEVED BY SENSING DEVICE PROXIMITY ENVIRONMENT WITH PROPERTY, POSITION, ORIENTATION, SIGNAL QUALITY AND OPERATING MODES
FILED OF INVENTION:
[001] The present invention is related to mobile communication and particularly to smart RF signal quality enhancement system for wireless mobile devices to improve the signal quality with smart active dynamic radiation pattern approach.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION:
[002] To communicate with the network, mobile phones radiate electromagnetic waves when being used. The antennas in these wireless devices are used for receiving and radiating transmitted signal for communication. Mobile devices are handled close against different proximity environments and platforms depends upon usage scenarios that causes electromagnetic interaction with proximity environments based on its properties which in turn can leads to degradation of signal quality. Also device orientation change can leads to power loss due to polarization mismatch. In scenarios like when the signal quality is weak the fixed radiation pattern design without sensing the nature of proximity environment and orientation can leads to radiations in directions that are less effective which in turn leads to degradation in signal quality.
[003] We can not only take signal quality parameters in to account while designing the antenna system for wireless mobile device but it is also important to make sure that the user RF exposure levels are within compliance and standards. The mobile phones have become an essential part of many lives not only for communication but also to handle safety and emergency situations. It is not been proved that the generally handled positions of mobile phones to be absolutely safe and is not hazardous. Regulatory Government bodies around the world have adopted international safety guidelines developed by scientific organizations governing the exposure to RF radiation and the mobile phones are designed to operate Within these stringent limits. Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) is the measure of amount of radiation or electromagnetic energy absorbed by body when exposed to radiating devices like mobile phone and has units of watts per kilogram (W/kg). It's a difficult to build an antenna system with more filed strength for better communication and reduced SAR to protect the user from radiation exposure.
[004] Sensing the change in mobile device proximity environment with its property plays an important role due to electromagnetic radiations interaction with these environments. But currently the antenna system or radiation protection designs are not much concerned about detecting the change in device proximity environment or its property sensing with device orientation to manipulate the radiation pattern which
is essential in optimising signal quality as well as protecting the user form radiation. There are some designs to reduce SAR and the main drawback with these designs that uses power regulator, power governing systems etc are it mainly focus on reducing the overall transmit power levels which in turn reduces the signal strength and the possibility of the signal to reach the base station that affects the quality of communication. As the mobile device proximity environment and orientation changes the fixed radiation pattern also leads to loss of power due to radiation in less effective directions.
OBJECTIVE OF THE INVENTION:
[005] Objective of the invention is to improve the RF signal quality for wireless mobile devices thereby enhancing the overall quality of communication and also to save energy.
STATEMENT OF THE INVENTION:
[006] The smart RF signal quality enhancement system is a design and technique to improve the signal quality of wireless mobile device with active dynamic radiation pattern approach manipulated by RF/Antenna system that mainly works by scanning and detecting the change in device proximity environment with property & position sensing, device orientation, user head & hand hold effect, DOA, polarization loss factor [PLF], antenna sensitivity, signal quality parameters and operating modes to vary the radiation pattern [directivity and gain] in directions according to scenarios. In addition to signal quality enhancement the present invention also to protect the mobile user by controlling the radiations on user facing direction and also to save battery power by controlling the radiations on less effective directions.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION:
[007] To address the issues with other designs and to enhance signal quality with reduced SAR, the present invention provides a smart active dynamic radiation pattern approach that works mainly based on sensing the change in device proximity environment with its property, position and device orientation to vary the radiation pattern [directivity and gain] utilising antenna system capable of achieving dynamic radiation pattern is presented. The system can actively sense the power loss due to polarization mismatch and vary reconfigurable antenna to match the polarization there by controlling polarization loss factor [PLF] to achieve best signal quality. In scenarios like when the signal quality is weak or drops below threshold the present invention provides more flexibility than other designs by sensing and improving signal quality as well as protecting user by maintaining the radiations on user facing directions according to SAR compliance and standards while altering the intensity on other direction to sustain communication. In case of mobile device antenna system design it is important to take SAR into account while designing
signal quality enhancement system. Instead of reducing the overall radiated power with other designs to reduce SAR the present invention primarily focus on multi mode dynamic radiation pattern for actively varying, controlling and reducing the intensity of radiation on direction facing the user and accordingly maintaining the radiation on other directions taking signal quality parameters into account to maintain quality of communication. The protection system not only controls the radiation on user facing direction to reduce SAR [E.g. During direct phone call conversation] but also restores radiation according to parameters and configuration to optimise communication [E.g. speaker mode or hands free or data transfer mode etc]. The sensor system scans frequently or based on configurations and usage scenarios. By focussing the radiation in right direction and time not only enhance communication or protects user but also saves energy.
[008] According to one aspect of present invention the location sensor like proximity or contact sensor will sense the proximity environment or platform of wireless mobile device with its property and position. As the proximity environment of the mobile device changes depends upon usage scenario which leads to degradation of interacting electromagnetic wave based on its property or nature the sensor system works by sensing the proximity environments property with position and accordingly varying the radiation pattern [by suppressing and restoring radiation in corresponding directions] to improve the signal quality. The sensor system senses the change in proximity environment with its property and triggers the processing unit accordingly. The processing unit manipulate the control signal based on trigger and other parameters like signal quality parameters to determine how the radiation pattern has to be controlled. Based to control signal the directional transmit power controller will direct the RF/antenna system to control the radiation pattern to enhance signal quality.
[009] According to another aspect of present invention the trigger signal is based on usage scenarios or operating modes like direct call mode, speaker mode or hands free or headset detection, belt pouch or clip sensor, key pad or touch screen detection, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth mode, sensing wireless modem mode or data transfer mode, cradle or holder sensor, etc. The processing unit will analyse the corresponding trigger signal from either one or combination of multiple components with signal quality parameters to determine the nature of the control signal to smart radiation pattern controller. The smart radiation pattern controller will direct the RF/antenna system accordingly to alter the radiation pattern to improve signal quality.
[010] In yet another aspect of the present invention to further enhance the system orientation sensors like gyro sensor, accelerometer and similar sensors are utilised to actively sense the change in device orientation [as it changes according to usage scenarios] and accordingly vary and align the radiation pattern with RF/antenna
system to enhance the signal quality. The system can also help to actively mitigate the power loss due to polarization mismatch to control the polarization loss factor [PLF].
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[011] To get a comprehensive understanding of the system, diagrams are described by examples.
FIG. 1 illustrates components of the system with radiations from wireless mobile device widely in all directions with base station and dotted lines representing the controlled reduced radiation on user facing direction
FIG. 2 illustrates the front and top view diagrams of wireless device radiation incident on user head and the dotted lines representing the controlled radiation on direction facing user head while maintaining the radiation on other directions
FIG. 3 illustrates mobile device on various usage positions, proximity environment and platforms
FIG. 4 illustrates various mobile device handling position models.
FIG. 5 illustrates- proximity sensor system sensing the user and proximity environment with property.
FIG. 6 illustrates the block diagram of portable wireless device with components of smart signal quality enhancement system designed according to the present invention.
FIG. 7 illustrates the flowchart and describes the method of operation of the smart signal quality enhancement system for mobile device according to the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION:
[012] The main aim of the smart signal quality enhancement system is to achieve the optimised solution by improving signal quality simultaneously reducing SAR. As the mobile device proximity environment or platform plays an important role in signal quality due to electromagnetic interaction the sensor system will sense the vicinity environment in addition with device orientation and act accordingly to improve the quality of communication. The system generally works in real time by varying and controlling the radiation pattern utilising RF/antenna system 110 in accordance with parameters like the trigger signal from sensor system, Direction of Arrival (DOA), antenna sensitivity, Signal to noise and interference ratio [SNIR], Total Isotropic Sensitivity (TIS), TRP (Total Radiated Power), sensing user head & hand hold effect, polarization loss factor (PLF), operating mode or usage scenarios and signal quality parameters. The system can actively sense the power loss due to polarization mismatch and vary reconfigurable antenna to match the polarization there by controlling polarization loss factor (PLF) to achieve best signal quality.
When the signal quality degrades or reach below the threshold level the design will monitor, compute and vary the radiation pattern accordingly in real time to achieve the best signal quality.
[013] FIG. 1 illustrates the components of the wireless network according to the present invention consisting of Wireless Mobile device 100, User 170, Base station 190 and the radiation 180. To communicate with the network wireless mobile device 100 radiate electromagnetic waves which are received by the base station 190 to connect with the backbone network. During this communication the antenna of the mobile device 100 radiates power widely in all direction. This leads to portion of radiation 180 facing the user 170 to be absorbed by user body which leads to lot of medical complications. The system controls the intensity of radiation 180 [dotted lines] facing the user 170 to reduce SAR while accordingly maintaining the radiation on other directions to sustain quality of communication. The system not only controls the radiation on user facing direction while correspondingly maintaining the radiation on other directions but also restores radiation on user facing direction according to operating modes or usage scenarios & signal quality parameters to enhance communication.
[014] FIG. 2 illustrates the radiation incident on user head 175 from wireless mobile device 100 with front and top view diagrams and the dotted lines representing the controlled and reduced radiation 180 on direction facing head as per the present invention while maintaining the radiations on other directions.
[015] FIG. 3 illustrates mobile device on various positions, proximity environments and platforms that changes according to usage.
[016] FIG. 4 illustrates various mobile device direct call conversation usage position models. As the mobile handling position and device orientation changes according to usage the system sense various device proximity usage positions with its orientations and accordingly vary the radiation pattern to sustain communication and reduce SAR.
[017] FIG. 5 illustrates the model of sensor system sensing proximity environment and user. Nature of proximity environment changes depends upon usage scenarios. As the proximity environment with property sensing is a significant parameter due to electromagnetic wave interaction the design utilises sensor system that determines the proximity environment with smartly sensing the nature or property [permittivity-ε, permeability-μ, conductivity-σ and susceptibility] of the environment to manipulate the dynamic radiation pattern accordingly to enhance signal quality. In general the proximity sensor system works by generating the field [E.g. electric field] and measuring the attenuation suffered by the field there by detecting the proximity environment with property. Mostly the proximity environments are either dielectric or conductive else its combinations in nature and its property can be determined by
the sensor system with one or more sensors located in various positions of mobile device according to designs. Since the measurement of attenuation suffered by the EM waves from antenna can differ from that of the field created by sensor system a predetermined and tested field mapping table between sensor system and antenna radiation can be utilised for sensing & matching the nature and effect caused by the proximity environment for further manipulation. The sensor system can also be utilised for sensing biological tissues [E.g. based on dielectric property] in scenarios like direct phone call conversation or in internet access & download mode kept in a pocket where the system can protect the user as well as optimising communication. Suitable proximity sensor can be utilised for the sensor system, examples are as follows but not limited to electromagnetic or electrostatic sensors, acoustic, inductive, thermal, echo, capacitive, infrared, eddy current etc.
[018] FIG. 6 is a block diagram describing the working principle of smart signal quality enhancement system and the integral components of wireless mobile device 100 as per the present invention. It gives a brief description about various integral components like antenna system 110, smart active radiation pattern controller 120, sensor system 130, trigger signal 230, interrupt control signal 140, microprocessor 150, RF/transceiver system 160 etc. In general mobile cell phones consist of microprocessor 150 that controls the overall functions of the device. The microprocessor 150 handles lot of operations and the disclosed invention mainly describes about microprocessor 150 interacting with sensor system 130, trigger signal 230, interrupt control signal 140, RF/transceiver system 160, smart radiation pattern controller 120 etc. The processing unit manipulate the control signal to achieve dynamic radiation pattern based on trigger signal from sensor system 130, Direction of Arrival (DOA), antenna sensitivity, Signal to noise and interference ratio (SNIR), Total Isotropic Sensitivity (TIS), TRP (Total Radiated Power), polarization loss factor (PLF), sensing user head & hand hold effect, operating mode or usage scenarios and signal quality parameters.
[019] According to one aspect of the present invention the sensor system 130 determines the proximity of the wireless device 100 to the vicinity environment and user 170 utilising proximity sensor and will send the corresponding trigger signal 230 to the microprocessor 150. The microprocessor 150 initiate interrupt service routine based on trigger signal from sensor system 130. The character of trigger signal 230 and transceiver 160 signal quality parameters are utilised by the microprocessor 150 to manipulate the nature of the interrupt control signal 140 to smart radiation pattern controller 120. Based on the interrupt control signal 140 the smart radiation pattern controller 120 actively controls the radiation pattern to improve signal quality utilising corresponding RF/antenna system 110. The sensor system utilised are [e.g. proximity or contact sensor] capable of scanning & sensing the property [E.g. conductive, dielectric etc] of proximity environment with its
positions. For example the sensor system like capacitive proximity sensor works by generating the electric field and measuring the attenuations suffered by the field there by detecting the proximity environment with its property. Even system utilise one or more sensors 130 to sense user device proximity with head, body and hand hold effects that are taken into account for computing the trigger signal. Also when the device is not in proximity to the user in scenarios like speaker mode, used for data transfer or an internet modem, the system will dynamically change its radiation pattern to improve the data transfer rates and quality of communication.
[020] According to another aspect of the present invention the sensor system 130 will determine the change in operating mode or usage scenarios of mobile device by sensing either one or more parameters comprise of direct phone call mode, speaker mode, hands free, headset detection, video call mode, bluetooth mode, belt pouch or clip sensor, key pad or touch screen detection, internet access or download mode, Wi-Fi mode, sensing wireless modem mode or data transfer mode, standby mode, cradle or holder sensor etc and generate the trigger signal 230. The microprocessor 150 computes the control signal 140 to smart radiation pattern controller 120 based on signal from either one or combination of multiple sensors and operating modes simultaneously accounting signal quality parameters from transceiver 160. Based on the interrupt control signal 140 the radiation pattern controller 120 will control the RF/antenna systems 110 to vary radiation pattern accordingly to enhance signal quality. The system can also protect the user from radiation in some scenarios the trigger signal can also be based on just sensing one parameters for example in direct call mode, mostly the user will use the mobile device proximity to head and this can be taken as a parameter to control the radiations on user facing direction.
[021] In yet another aspect of the present invention to further enhance the efficiency of the system in addition to other sensors the sensor system 130 utilises gyro sensor, accelerometer or similar sensor to actively sense the change in orientation of the wireless mobile device 100 and accordingly control the radiation pattern to improve the signal quality. The orientation of the wireless mobile device 100 changes depends on usage scenarios for example during data transfer or call conversation mode the user might use the device in different orientation angles and positions like while standing, sitting on a chair, laying on a bed etc, which leads to change orientation of device. So controlling the radiation pattern should also align according to the orientation of the device to efficiently enhance signal quality. The system can be used to actively sense and mitigate the power loss due to polarization mismatch. Cell phone antennas are mostly linearly polarized, so rotating the phone can often match the polarization of the phone and thus increase reception. The sensor system senses the device orientation and accordingly reconfigures the antenna with corresponding antenna system [E.g. switching or
reconfigurable antennas] to alter the dynamic radiation pattern with subsequent polarization in real time to control the polarization loss factor (PLF) thereby improving signal quality. Polarization loss factor can be improved by reconfigurable antenna [E.g. by varying the dual polarization ratios] that works by sensing device orientation. Based on the trigger signal 230 from orientation sensors 130 and signal quality parameters from transceiver 160 the microprocessor 150 manipulate the nature of control signal 140 to radiation pattern controller 120. The radiation pattern controller 120 controls the antenna systems radiation pattern according to the control signal 140 to improve the signal quality. Based on device orientation the system can also change the antenna orientation [E.g. utilising switching or reconfigurable antennas] to change the radiation pattern. The use of this application is not limited to one or combination of above scenarios but can also be enhanced to others scenarios and combinations not listed here provided the scenarios are within the scope of the present invention.
[022] As the system works for the signal quality enhancement and safety of the user high priority interrupt can be assigned for manipulating the control signal 140 if a general microprocessor is used. In another aspect of the present invention a dedicated RF processing unit can be used for the manipulation of control signal 140 to smart radiation pattern controller 120 or in yet another aspect the radiation pattern controller 120 itself can be used for the manipulation of the control signal 140 by taking corresponding parameters into account.
[023] The following are some of the RF/Antenna system designs capable of achieving dynamic radiation pattern, beamforming, beam steering, spatial filtering to controlling the radiation pattern. The variable or dynamic radiation pattern can be achieved utilising tuneable metamaterials or tunable EBG antenna system 110 that provides variable response and ability to influence the interacting electromagnetic waves to determine whether the EM wave is transmitted, reflected, redirected, absorbed etc. In general tunable -metamaterials and EBG are most commonly composed of small periodic elements typically built onto circuit boards or assembled using nanofabrication techniques, whose feature size is significantly smaller than the wavelength of the electromagnetic waves they are intended to manipulate. The lattice structure [either one, two or three dimension] of the tuneable metamaterial and EBG is adjusted in real time, making it possible to reconfigure the structure during operation. The antenna design of smart signal quality enhancement system works by activating different patterns of tuneable EBG and metamaterial elements that act according to configuration to actively control radiation pattern and radiation intensity in required direction and time. Also the antenna design uses either one or combination of following but not limited to tunable Metamaterials, tunable Electromagnetic Band Gap (EBG), High Impedance Surface (HIS) or Artificial Magnetic Conductor (AMC), Negative Index Material (NIM), periodic arrays,
Frequency Selective Surfaces (FSS), Method of Moments (MOM), Split-ring Resonator (SRR), Reconfigurable antennas, Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS), Computational electromagnetic (CEM) or Electromagnetic modelling, Finite Impulse Response (FIR), Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD), MIMO antennas, reconfigurable multifrequency microstrip patch antenna, antenna arrays or diversity with corresponding RF system to achieve dynamic radiation pattern, beamforming, beam steering, spatial filtering etc. The system can be designed to adopt different multi band antennas with several type of feeding mechanism. The system can also be designed with actively tunable electromagnetic screen [E.g. fabricated with tunable metamaterial or EBG] capable of dynamically controlling or redirecting the radiation from antenna in corresponding directions to vary radiation pattern is either fabricated on pcb or incorporated on device casing.
[024] The plasma antennas are capable of achieving dynamic radiation pattern and the advantage of these plasma antennas over mechanical antenna are that the plasma antenna are reconfigurable and can operate at high speeds and has no moving parts. Smart ionized gas plasma antennas use plasma physics to shape and steer the antenna radiation pattern without the need of phased arrays etc. Electromagnetic radiations can be steered or focused in the reflective or refractive modes using plasmas making it a unique one. Solid state plasma antennas (also known as plasma silicon antennas) with steerable directional functionality that can be manufactured using standard silicon chip fabrication techniques are now in development. The PSiAN is a cluster of thousands of diodes on a silicon chip that produces a tiny cloud of electrons when charged. Those tiny, dense clouds can reflect high-frequency waves like mirrors, focusing the beams tightly by selectively activating particular diodes. These capabilities of achieving dynamic radiation pattern can be utilised to enhance RF signal quality.
[025] The nature of varying and controlling the radiation pattern with intensity of radiation facing the user is based on combination of parameters like usage scenarios or operating modes, user proximity, device orientation and signal quality while limiting the maximum transmit power level as per the compliance with SAR safety guidelines. The change in radiation pattern is balanced and tuned in achieving between least SAR and best signal quality by also accounting received signal parameters so that the quality of communication is not compromised. The instructions regarding how the radiation pattern is altered are pre determined and tested. The design can works in conjunction with change in overall radiated power by taking signal quality parameters into account to maintain the quality of communication while limiting maximum transmit power levels according to compliance & standards. Thus the design reduces the SAR with optimised communication quality.
[026] When there is a change in transmit power level of fixed radiation pattern, the change will take place with over all transmit power level according to radiation pattern. In general mobile devices like cell phones are designed to have fixed radiation pattern with major radiation pattern on the rear side or other side facing the user and minor radiation pattern on front or user facing direction to reduce SAR also providing communication when major radiation pattern is blocked by usage or placed on platforms [E.g. conductive or dielectric] that affects the interacting waves. So permanently reducing the intensity of radiation on user facing direction for protection can have negative effect on quality of communication based on usage scenario; for example when the device major radiation pattern side is placed on platforms that can degrade the interacting electromagnetic waves which in turn can degrades the quality of communication. Instead of fixed radiation pattern approach the present invention provides an active dynamic radiation pattern solution that can change and adapt to various radiation patterns according to scenarios which provides the ability to form radiation pattern in optimum direction and time there by helps in enhancing the communication and protecting user from radiation. The present invention provides a fine tuning and controllable radiation on the user facing direction while maintaining the radiation on other direction that works according to different usage scenarios of mobile device 100 to achieve the balancing between best signal quality and least SAR.
[027] FIG. 7 is the flowchart of the system describing the method of operation of the design according to the invention. By starting with 210 the sensor system 220 determines the change in proximity environment with property, device orientation and operating modes or usage scenarios of the device and will accordingly generate the trigger signal 230. The system determines the state of trigger signal to decide on further action 240. The system analyse the nature of trigger signal, DOA, PLF and signal quality parameters to compute the best control signal for controlling the radiation pattern 250. Based on the control signal the antenna system vary and control the radiation pattern accordingly to achieve the best signal quality 260. If the phone is not in proximity to the environment [that can affect the radiations] or not matches other criteria the wireless device will follow the standard transmission 270 according to preset network configuration and ends with 280.
[028] The system not only enhances signal quality but also saves energy by actively controlling the gain and directivity there by reducing the radiation on certain less effective direction. Mostly as the radiation pattern for transmission and reception is reciprocal these system can help in improving the overall signal quality. Thus with the current design and dynamic radiation pattern the performance of both TRP/TIS is increased to enhance the signal quality. This design not only helps in reducing the SAR, but also can reduce the interference with other systems like pacemaker, hearing aid etc. The system can also helps in reducing the interference caused by
reflections of transmitted EM waves from antenna by corresponding proximity environment which can helps to improve the signal quality. This system can either be either automatically or manually enabled and disabled with hard or soft switch depends upon the design and usage.
[029] The embodiments of the present invention is not limited to listed scenarios described here or its combinations and the above presented are just examples. There may be other scenarios and those who skilled in field can understand and modify, enhance, alter the herein system without departing from the scope of the invention in its widest form.
Claims
1. The smart RF signal quality enhancement system for wireless mobile device comprise of
a) A sensor system to generate trigger signal by scanning or detecting the change in parameters comprise of proximity environments nature or property sensing, user proximity detection, device orientation and operating modes or usage scenario of the device.
b) A processing unit for the manipulation of control signal based on trigger signal from sensor system, antenna sensitivity, DOA, user head & hand hold effect and signal quality parameters.
c) Smart radiation pattern controller that act according to the control signal. d) Antenna system capable of achieving dynamic radiation pattern coupled with smart radiation pattern controller that vary the radiation pattern according to scenarios to enhance signal quality
e) RF Transceiver system which is a combination of transmitter and receiver coupled with directional transmit power controller.
2. The mobile device said in claim 1 , comprise of sensor system that works based on one or combination of sensors and operating scenarios or usage modes.
a) The sensor for sensor system is selected form the group consist of proximity sensor, accelerometer, gyro sensor, belt pouch sensor, clip sensor, cradle or holster sensor.
b) The proximity or contact sensor system capable of scanning, detecting and sensing the change in property or dielectric nature [permittivity-ε, permeability-μ, conductivity-σ and susceptibility] of proximity environment with various biological tissues sensing also with its positions.
c) The operating modes or usage scenarios consist of direct phone call mode, speaker mode, hands free mode, headset detection, video call mode, Bluetooth mode, key pad or touch screen detection, Wi-Fi mode, internet access or download mode, standby mode, sensing data transfer or wireless modem mode.
d) The system utilize predetermined and tested field mapping table between sensor system and antenna radiation to match effect caused by the proximity environment for further manipulation.
e) The sensor system utilise either one or more proximity sensors in various locations according to design.
f) The sensor system can be selected form sensors as follows electromagnetic or electrostatic sensors, acoustic, inductive, thermal, echo, capacitive, infrared, eddy current.
3. The mobile device of claim 1 , comprise of processing unit for manipulation of control signal and the type of processing unit is selected from the group consisting of
a) A general purpose microprocessor can be used for the manipulation of the control signal.
b) A dedicated RF signal processing unit can be used for the manipulation of the control signal.
c) The smart radiation pattern controller or RF/transceiver system itself can be used for the manipulation of the control signal.
d) The interrupt service routine signal form processing unit is utilised for varying and controlling the radiation pattern.
4. The mobile device of claim 1 , comprise of antenna system capable of achieving dynamic radiation pattern, beamforming, beam steering, spatial filtering to control the radiation pattern by varying gain and directivity in directions is selected from either one or combinations consisting of
a) Antenna system utilising tunable Electromagnetic Band Gap (EBG) fabricated antenna.
b) Antenna system utilising tunable metamaterials fabricated antennas.
c) Antenna system utilising plasma or gas antennas.
d) Antenna system that uses either one or combination of tunable - High Impedance Surface (HIS) or Artificial Magnetic Conductor (AMC), Negative Index Material (NIM), periodic arrays, Frequency Selective Surfaces (FSS), Method of Moments (MOM), Split-ring Resonator (SRR), reconfigurable antennas, Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS), Computational Electromagnetics (CEM) or Electromagnetic Modeling, Finite Impulse Response (FIR), Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD), reconfigurable multifrequency microstrip patch antenna.
e) Antenna system design comprise of one or more radiating element that supports single band, dual band, triple band, quad band, penta band, multi band frequencies with related parameters to achieve dynamic radiation pattern.
f) Antenna system that uses either internal or external antenna or combinations with various locations and feeding mechanisms.
g) Antenna system that uses antenna arrays, diversity, flexible and MIMO antennas.
h) Antenna system utilising reconfigurable antenna that can actively vary to match the polarization there by controlling polarization loss factor [PLF]. i) Antenna system that vary radiation pattern according the device orientation, j) Antenna system consists of either common or dedicated element for transmission and reception.
5. The mobile device of claim 1 , further comprise of a transceiver or RF system circuit that transmit and receive signals. The circuitry is selected from the following group
a) Circuitry consist of combination of both transmitter and receiver
b) Circuitry consist of separate transmitter and receiver
6. The processing unit said in claim 3, manipulate the control signal to achieve dynamic radiation pattern based on trigger signal from sensor system, Direction of Arrival (DOA), antenna sensitivity, Signal to noise and interference ratio (SNIR), Total Isotropic Sensitivity (TIS), Total Radiated Power (TRP), polarization loss factor (PLF), sensing user head & hand hold effect, operating mode or usage scenarios and signal quality parameters.
7. The mobile device said in claim 1 , where the system can also be designed with actively tunable electromagnetic screen capable of dynamically controlling the radiations from antenna in corresponding directions that works by sensing device proximity environment with property, position, orientation, signal quality and operating modes either fabricated on pcb or incorporated on device casing.
8. The mobile device said in claim 1 , where in the system can be used for mobile cell phone, cordless phones, walky talkie with form factor of the device selected form group consisting of bar, slate, flip, slider, swivel, flexible, watches, transparent, tablet or mixed type
9. The mobile device said in claim 1 , where the system can adapt with one or multi SIM provision.
10. The system said in claim 1 , is either automatically or manually enabled and disabled with hard or soft or combination switches depending upon the design.
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