Wearable antenna and wearable device
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorKaveh Moussakhani
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Abstract
A wearable device includes a wearable body that in use is worn on or proximate a skin of a wearer and a wearable antenna embedded in the wearable body and insulated from the wearable body. The wearable antenna includes a microwave dielectric substrate having a first major surface, a second major surface opposed to the first major surface, and a relative permittivity of at least 90. An electrically conductive patch is disposed on the first major surface, a feed line is connected to a feed point of the electrically conductive patch, and an electrically conductive ground plane is disposed on a far side of the second major surface relative to the first major surface.
Claims19
An antenna module, comprising:
- an antenna configured to be attached to an outer surface of a wearable body, the antenna comprising:
- a microwave dielectric substrate having first and second opposing major surfaces;
- an electrically conductive patch disposed on the first major surface of the microwave dielectric substrate;
- a feed line electrically coupled to a feed point of the electrically conductive patch;
- an electrically conductive ground plane positioned on a far side of the second major surface relative to the first major surface of the microwave dielectric substrate;
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- a container made of an electrically non-conductive material, wherein the container encloses the microwave dielectric substrate, the electrically conductive patch, and the electrically conductive ground plane such that the container electrically insulates the microwave dielectric substrate, the electrically conductive patch, and the electrically conductive ground plane from the wearable body when the antenna is attached to the outer surface of the wearable body.
An antenna module, comprising:
- an antenna configured to be attached to an outer surface of a wearable body, the antenna comprising:
- a microwave dielectric substrate having first and second opposing major surfaces;
- an electrically conductive patch disposed on the first major surface of the microwave dielectric substrate, the electrically conductive patch having a feed point and a U-shaped slot;
- a feed line connected to the feed point of the electrically conductive patch;
- an electrically conductive ground plane disposed on a far side of the second major surface relative to the first major surface of the microwave dielectric substrate;
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- an adhesive material disposed so as to provide an electrically insulating layer between the antenna and the surface of the wearable body when the antenna is attached to the outer surface of the wearable body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.