Maybe All The iPhone Needs Is More Antennas

13.08.2010

Rather than transmit in all directions, as does the antenna in a typical cellphone, the directional antennas transmit in a more narrow band. The trick is to determine which antenna to use based on the phone's orientation. The researchers figured out how to do that and came up with some impressive results. They achieved an 85 percent increase in antenna performance, as well as 51 percent reduction in power consumption.