Apparatus and methods for dynamic management of antenna arrays

Abstract

Apparatus and methods for dynamic management of antenna arrays are provided herein. In certain configurations, a radio frequency (RF) system includes an antenna array including a plurality of antenna elements. The RF system further includes a plurality of signal conditioning circuits operatively associated with the antenna elements, and an antenna array management circuit that generates a plurality of enable signals that individually control activation of the signal conditioning circuits to dynamically manage the antenna array. The array of antenna elements can be dynamically managed to control a trade-off between power consumption, off-beam capture, and communication range/rate.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A radio frequency system comprising:
 an antenna array including a plurality of antenna elements;   a plurality of signal conditioning circuits, each signal conditioning circuit operatively associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of antenna elements; and   an antenna array management circuit configured to generate a plurality of enable signals each operable to individually control activation of a corresponding one of the plurality of signal conditioning circuits so as to dynamically manage the antenna array.