Patent ID: 8614646

Claim:
A method for setting an antenna match for an antenna in a wireless device, the method comprising: coupling a control signal to a variable antenna match, the variable antenna match comprising: a plurality of elements each having a selectable impedance; and a plurality of switches coupled to the plurality of elements; selecting the impedance of the variable antenna match in response to the control signal; closing or opening the plurality of switches using the control signal to enable or disable the corresponding plurality of elements; setting the control signal to a first setting; measuring a signal quality metric corresponding to the first setting; setting the control signal to a second setting; measuring the signal quality metric corresponding to the second setting; and during operation, setting the control signal to a setting having an associated signal quality metric corresponding to a signal of highest quality; wherein setting the control signal to the first setting, setting the control signal to the second setting, and setting the control signal to the setting having the associated signal quality metric corresponding to the signal of highest quality each cause adjustment of one from a group consisting of antenna electrical length and antenna physical length.