Method and apparatus for insuring integrity of a connectorized antenna

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7042406
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10671850

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An antenna is provided with an electronic component or circuit that has a value corresponding to properties of the antenna. A read mechanism reads the value and sets an operational status of a transceiver based on the value. In one embodiment, electronic component is a resistor having a value that identifies the antenna properties. A table may be used to correlate resistor values to different types of antennas or sets of antenna properties. Alternatively, the circuit can be embodied in a microchip that provides a response to a challenge sent by the read mechanism. The response encodes the properties of the antenna. The encoding scheme includes values from the challenge. Alternatively, the response is a code that is indexed into a table of antenna properties. In one embodiment, the antenna is connectorized.

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  • QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Green, Michael R Natick, MA 48 1013
McFarland, William J Los Altos, CA 101 1931

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