Abstract: A multifunction wireless device having at least one of multimedia functionality and smartphone functionality, the multifunction wireless device including an upper body and a lower body, the upper body and the lower body being adapted to move relative to each other in at least one of a clamshell, a slide, and a twist manner. The multifunction wireless device further includes an antenna system disposed within at least one of the upper body and the lower body and having a shape with a level of complexity of an antenna contour defined by complexity factors F21 having a value of at least 1.05 and not greater than 1.80 and F32 having a value of at least 1.10 and not greater than 1.90.

Abstract: A wireless device or wireless communications system comprises a transceiver module, a processor, an energy-supplying device, and a radiating system comprising a non-resonant element, a ground plane element, and a wireless matching core (WMC). The wireless device may further comprise an intelligent database or look-up table and at least one sensor. The database contains information about the environment where the device is going to work and/or about the material of the objects where the device can be mounted and/or form factors of the device, and it is used for configuring the operation mode of the device. The ground plane element may be a ground plane layer printed on a printed circuit board. The WMC can be a universal matching network, a self-adaptive matching network, or a self-adaptive universal matching network. The non-resonant element can be a radiation booster.

Abstract: A radiating system of a wireless device transmits and receives electromagnetic wave signals in a frequency region and comprises an external port, a radiating structure, and a radiofrequency system. The radiating structure includes: a ground plane layer with a connection point; a radiation booster with a connection point and being smaller than 1/30 of a free-space wavelength corresponding to a lowest frequency of the frequency region; and an internal port between the radiation booster connection point and the ground plane layer connection point. The radiofrequency system includes: a first port connected to the radiating structure's internal port; and a second port connected to the external port. An input impedance at radiating structure's disconnected internal port has a non-zero imaginary part across the frequency region. The radiofrequency system modifies impedance of the radiating structure to provide impedance matching to the radiating system within the frequency region at the external port.

Abstract: A wireless handheld or portable device includes an antenna system operable in a first frequency region and a higher, second frequency region. The antenna system comprises an antenna structure, a matching and tuning system, and an external input/output (I/O) port. The antenna structure comprises at least one radiating element including a connection point, a ground plane layer including at least one connection point, and at least one internal I/O port. At least one radiating element of the antenna structure protrudes beyond the ground plane layer. The antenna structure features at any of its internal I/O ports when disconnected from the matching and tuning system an input return loss curve having a minimum at a frequency outside the first frequency region of the antenna system. The matching and tuning system modifies the impedance of the antenna structure and provides impedance matching to the antenna system in the first and second regions.

Abstract: A wireless device using a radiating system able to operate in more than one communication system features compact dimensions and comprises a radiating structure that contains a compact booster arrangement that comprises first and second boosters, arranged in a configuration such that the boosters are not concatenated between them, i.e., not being placed one next to each other. One of the boosters comprises a slot or a gap in a ground plane layer and another of the boosters comprises at least a conductive part or element connected at a point to an additional conductive element that comprises a feeding point. The radiating structure also comprises the ground plane layer and a radiofrequency system. The radiating system also comprises one or two ports, each providing operation at least at one of the communication systems of operation.

Abstract: A wireless device comprises a radiating system that comprises: an antenna system, a ground plane, and a matching network. The antenna system comprises an antenna component including a first multi-section antenna component comprising two sections, each comprising a conductive element. The matching network connected to the antenna system for impedance matching to a first frequency range. The radiating system operates in a frequency range of operation including the first frequency range, the first frequency range comprising a first highest frequency and a first lowest frequency. The first antenna component has a maximum size larger than 1/30 times and smaller than ? times a free-space wavelength corresponding to the lowest frequency of operation. The conductive elements in the different sections of the first antenna component are spaced apart from each other.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises an antenna element operable in multiple frequency bands and configured to be connected to a ground plane and to a radiofrequency system to provide impedance matching at the multiple frequency bands, where the radiofrequency system comprising at least a matching network. A maximum length of the antenna element is shorter than L/12 but longer than L/22, where L is the free-space wavelength corresponding to a lowest frequency related to a lowest frequency region of operation of the antenna element. A contour of the antenna element has a complexity factor F12 less than 1.25.

Abstract: A multifunction wireless device having at least one of multimedia functionality and smartphone functionality, the multifunction wireless device including an upper body and a lower body, the upper body and the lower body being adapted to move relative to each other in at least one of a clamshell, a slide, and a twist manner. The multifunction wireless device further includes an antenna system disposed within at least one of the upper body and the lower body and having a shape with a level of complexity of an antenna contour defined by complexity factors F21 having a value of at least 1.05 and not greater than 1.80 and F32 having a value of at least 1.10 and not greater than 1.90.

Abstract: A stand-alone component for a radiating system of a wireless device comprises a dielectric support and first and second surfaces respectively comprising first and a second conductive surface elements spaced by the dielectric support and electrically connected by a conductor. The stand-alone component features a parallelepiped shape, and the first and second surfaces are polygons. The first and second surfaces are the largest surfaces of the parallelepiped component. The stand-alone component has a maximum size smaller than a longest operating wavelength of the stand-alone component divided by 20 and is connected to a radiofrequency system and coupled to a ground plane within the radiating system.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises an antenna element operable in multiple frequency bands and configured to be connected to a ground plane and to a radiofrequency system to provide impedance matching at the multiple frequency bands, where the radiofrequency system comprising at least a matching network. A maximum length of the antenna element is shorter than L/12 but longer than L/22, where L is the free-space wavelength corresponding to a lowest frequency related to a lowest frequency region of operation of the antenna element. A contour of the antenna element has a complexity factor F12 less than 1.25.

Abstract: A wireless device comprises a radiating system that comprises and a radiating structure that operates in at least two frequency regions. The radiating structure comprises: a ground plane layer having a first connection point; a single radiation booster having a first connection point; a radiofrequency system comprising a first input port, a plurality of external output ports, and a plurality of branches, at least some of the plurality of branches being connected to a common point connected to the first input port, wherein each of the plurality of external output ports provides operation in at least one of the at least two frequency regions of operation; and a first internal port defined between the first connection point of the radiation booster and the first connection point of the ground plane layer, the first internal port being connected to the first input port of the radiofrequency system.

Abstract: A radiating system comprises a radiating structure, first and second external ports, and a radiofrequency system. The radiating structure comprises a ground plane layer including a connection point, a single radiation booster including a connection point, and a first internal port defined between the connection points of the single radiation booster and the ground plane layer. The first and second external ports each provide operation in at least one frequency band. The radiofrequency system includes a first port connected to the first internal port of the radiating structure, and second and third ports respectively connected to the first and second external ports.

Abstract: A multifunction wireless device having at least one of multimedia functionality and smartphone functionality, the multifunction wireless device including an upper body and a lower body, the upper body and the lower body being adapted to move relative to each other in at least one of a clamshell, a slide, and a twist manner. The multifunction wireless device further includes an antenna system disposed within at least one of the upper body and the lower body and having a shape with a level of complexity of an antenna contour defined by complexity factors F21 having a value of at least 1.05 and not greater than 1.80 and F32 having a value of at least 1.10 and not greater than 1.90.

Abstract: A radiating system of a wireless device transmits and receives electromagnetic wave signals in a frequency region and comprises an external port, a radiating structure, and a radiofrequency system. The radiating structure includes: a ground plane layer with a connection point; a radiation booster with a connection point and being smaller than 1/30 of a free-space wavelength corresponding to a lowest frequency of the frequency region; and an internal port between the radiation booster connection point and the ground plane layer connection point. The radiofrequency system includes: a first port connected to the radiating structure's internal port; and a second port connected to the external port. An input impedance at radiating structure's disconnected internal port has a non-zero imaginary part across the frequency region. The radiofrequency system modifies impedance of the radiating structure to provide impedance matching to the radiating system within the frequency region at the external port.

Abstract: A wireless device comprises a radiating system that comprises and a radiating structure that operates in at least two frequency regions. The radiating structure comprises: a ground plane layer having a first connection point; a single radiation booster having a first connection point; a radiofrequency system comprising a first input port, a plurality of external output ports, and a plurality of branches, at least some of the plurality of branches being connected to a common point connected to the first input port, wherein each of the plurality of external output ports provides operation in at least one of the at least two frequency regions of operation; and a first internal port defined between the first connection point of the radiation booster and the first connection point of the ground plane layer, the first internal port being connected to the first input port of the radiofrequency system.

Abstract: A wireless device comprises a radiating system that comprises: an antenna system, a ground plane, and a matching network. The antenna system comprises an antenna component including a first multi-section antenna component comprising two sections, each comprising a conductive element. The matching network connected to the antenna system for impedance matching to a first frequency range. The radiating system operates in a frequency range of operation including the first frequency range, the first frequency range comprising a first highest frequency and a first lowest frequency. The first antenna component has a maximum size larger than 1/30 times and smaller than ? times a free-space wavelength corresponding to the lowest frequency of operation. The conductive elements in the different sections of the first antenna component are spaced apart from each other.

Abstract: A radiating system of a wireless device transmits and receives electromagnetic wave signals in a frequency region and comprises an external port, a radiating structure, and a radiofrequency system. The radiating structure includes: a ground plane layer with a connection point; a radiation booster with a connection point and being smaller than 1/30 of a free-space wavelength corresponding to a lowest frequency of the frequency region; and an internal port between the radiation booster connection point and the ground plane layer connection point. The radiofrequency system includes: a first port connected to the radiating structure's internal port; and a second port connected to the external port. An input impedance at radiating structure's disconnected internal port has a non-zero imaginary part across the frequency region. The radiofrequency system modifies impedance of the radiating structure to provide impedance matching to the radiating system within the frequency region at the external port.

Abstract: A wireless device operates in a plurality of frequency bands and/or frequency regions and comprises a radiating system having an RF transceiver, a booster element, a radiation booster, or a modular multi-stage element; a ground plane layer on a PCB, an external port connected to the RF transceiver, and a multiband and/or multi-region radiofrequency system that comprises a switch. The radiating system also comprises a feeding architecture that connects the antenna element or the booster element to the radiofrequency system, the feeding architecture comprising a feeding line connected to a booster or antenna element and at least two feeding line extensions that are connected to a switch of the radiofrequency system and to the feeding line. A multi-region radiofrequency system comprises a switch and at least two matching networks selectable through the switch, the at least two matching networks including two stages: a pre-matching stage and a common matching stage.

Abstract: A stand-alone component for a radiating system of a wireless device comprises a dielectric support and first and second surfaces respectively comprising first and a second conductive surface elements spaced by the dielectric support and electrically connected by a conductor. The stand-alone component features a parallelepiped shape, and the first and second surfaces are polygons. The first and second surfaces are the largest surfaces of the parallelepiped component. The stand-alone component has a maximum size smaller than a longest operating wavelength of the stand-alone component divided by 20 and is connected to a radiofrequency system and coupled to a ground plane within the radiating system.

Abstract: A wireless device comprises a radiating system that comprises: an antenna system, a ground plane, and a matching network. The antenna system comprises an antenna component including a first multi-section antenna component comprising two sections, each comprising a conductive element. The matching network connected to the antenna system for impedance matching to a first frequency range. The radiating system operates in a frequency range of operation including the first frequency range, the first frequency range comprising a first highest frequency and a first lowest frequency. The first antenna component has a maximum size larger than 1/30 times and smaller than ? times a free-space wavelength corresponding to the lowest frequency of operation. The conductive elements in the different sections of the first antenna component are spaced apart from each other.