Patent ID: 7764932

Claim:
A wireless communication device comprises: a processing module coupled to: establish a wireless communication protocol in accordance with one of a plurality of operational modes of the wireless communication device; convert outbound data into an outbound symbol stream in accordance with the wireless communication protocol; convert an inbound symbol stream into inbound data in accordance with the wireless communication protocol; and establish operational parameters based on the wireless communication protocol; and a transceiver section coupled to: convert an inbound RF signal into the inbound symbol stream in accordance with the operational parameters and a local oscillation; and convert the outbound symbol stream into an outbound RF signal in accordance with the operational parameters and the local oscillation; and an antenna system that includes: an antenna; a transmission line coupled to the antenna; an inductor module coupled to the transmission line, in which the inductor module includes an inductor to provide a first inductance and a tunable inductor circuit coupled to provide a second inductance in accordance with an inductance control signal, wherein the first and second inductances provide an inductance of the inductor module; a tunable capacitor module coupled to the transmission line in accordance with a capacitance control signal to provide a desired capacitance such that the inductance of the inductor module and the desired capacitance tune the antenna system; and control logic coupled to generate the inductance control signal and the capacitance control signal based on the operational parameters.