Patent ID: 7796963

Claim:
A method for tuning a wireless communication device antenna matching circuit, the method comprising the steps of: (a) selecting a first communication channel; (b) searching for a synchronization message; (c) adjusting an impedance match of the antenna matching circuit; (d) repeating steps (b) and (c) until the synchronization message is found; (e) starting a system determination return counter; (f) identifying an expiration of the system determination return counter; (g) selecting a second channel, responsive to step (f); (h) retrieving an item from a preferred roaming list, and wherein steps (a) and (g) are responsive to step (h); (i) adjusting the antenna matching circuit to favor a receive band efficiency over a transmit band efficiency, wherein the adjusting involves degrading the transmit band efficiency in an acquisition state; and (j) performing step (i) before step (b) in addition to performing step (i) in step (c), wherein the adjusting in step (i), when performed in step (c) further involves adjusting the antenna matching circuit incrementally over a previous setting to further favor the receive band efficiency.