Patent ID: 9692122
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: H01Q

Claim:
1. An antenna system, comprising: a first active modal antenna adapted for operation at a plurality of first antenna modes, each of said first antenna modes having a distinct antenna radiation pattern; a second active modal antenna adapted for operation at a plurality of first second antenna modes, each of said second antenna modes having a distinct antenna radiation pattern; a processor coupled to the first and second modal antennas and configured to vary antenna modes thereof; at least one conductor coupling the first modal antenna with the second modal antenna in a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) configuration; and one or more active tuning blocks coupled to at least one of said first and second modal antennas, said active tuning blocks individually comprising one or more switches, filters, tunable components or passive components for altering a length of the conductor connecting the first and second modal antennas; and said processor further coupled to the one or more active tuning blocks and adapted to generate control signals for communicating therewith for configuring the active tuning blocks; and at least one of said first and second active modal antennas comprising: