Foldable antenna
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsAustin Willing, Deeder M. Aurongzeb, Johnny Gutierrez
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Abstract
A flexible antenna may be used to transmit information from and receive information to an information handling system by folding the antenna into contact with an inside surface of a display chassis of the information handling system, an outside surface of the display chassis and the surface connecting them. The folded antenna configuration may permit the antenna to receive and transmit signals in any or almost any direction when the chassis (e.g., a laptop) is in an open position even though the antenna occupies only a very small space of the inside surface of the display chassis (i.e., permitting the screen to occupy nearly all of the inside surface of the display chassis without interference from the antenna) or in a closed position.
Claims18
An apparatus comprising:
- an antenna configured to be positioned across at least some portion of each of a first side, second side, and third side of a display chassis of an information handling system, wherein the antenna is a F-antenna having substantially all of a first branch positioned on the second side of the display chassis, and substantially all of a second branch positioned on the third side of the display chassis,
- wherein the third side of the display chassis connects the first side and second side, wherein the first side, second side, and third side are different sides, and wherein the antenna is configured to receive signals for or transmit signals from the information handling system;
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- a flexible substrate positioned across at least some portion of each of the first side, second side, and third side of the display chassis, the flexible substrate configured to couple the antenna to the display chassis, wherein the first side of the display chassis includes an electronic display, and wherein the flexible substrate covers substantially all of the electronic display.
An information handling system comprising:
- a display chassis having a first side, second side, and third side connecting the first side and second side;
- an antenna positioned across at least some portion of each of the first side, second side, and third side of the display chassis, the antenna being configured to receive signals for or transmit signals from the information handling system, wherein the antenna is a F-antenna having substantially all of a first branch positioned on the second side of the display chassis, and substantially all of a second branch positioned on the third side of the display chassis;
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- a flexible substrate positioned across at least some portion of each of the first side, second side, and third side of the display chassis, the flexible substrate configured to couple the antenna to the display chassis, wherein the first side of the display chassis includes an electronic display, and wherein the flexible substrate covers substantially all of the electronic display;
- wherein the first side, second side, and third side are different sides.
A method comprising:
- coupling an antenna to a flexible substrate, wherein the antenna is a F-antenna;
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- coupling the flexible substrate to a display chassis of an information handling system such that the flexible substrate and antenna each at least partially span a first side, second side, and third side of the display chassis,
- wherein the third side of the display chassis connects the first side and the second side, wherein the first side, second side and third side are different sides, and wherein the F-antenna has substantially all of a first branch positioned on the second side of the display chassis, and substantially all of a second branch positioned on the third side of the display chassis;
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- wherein the first side of the display chassis includes an electronic display, and wherein the flexible substrate covers substantially all of the electronic display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.