Information handling system dongle with orthogonal radiating antenna planes
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsPeng Lip Goh, Deeder M. Aurongzeb
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Abstract
A wireless dongle couples to an information handling system port by inserting into a port along an insertion axis to interface with the information handling system processor. A circuit board couples orthogonal to a Type C USB connector and mounts a radio that communicates wireless signals with a peripheral device. A three dimensional antenna couples to the circuit board in a spaced parallel relationship to communicate wireless signals orthogonal the circuit board along the insertion axis to an input/output peripheral. Audio antenna couple at a top and bottom position of the connector to communicate with an audio peripheral based upon the orientation of the connector when inserted in the port.
Claims20
An information handling system comprising:
- a housing having a port;
- a processor coupled in the housing and operable to execute instructions that process information;
- a memory coupled in the housing and interfaced with the processor, the memory operable to store the instructions and information;
- a peripheral external the housing and operable to communicate by wireless signals;
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- a wireless dongle having a connector configured to insert into the port along an insertion axis, a circuit board coupled to the connector, a radio coupled to the circuit board, the radio operable to communicate with wireless signals to the peripheral, a first antenna interfaced with the circuit board and held in a spaced relationship distal the circuit board, a second antenna coupled to the circuit board and a third antenna coupled to the circuit board, the first antenna configured to transmit along the insertion axis, the second and third antenna configured to transmit orthogonal the insertion axis in opposite directions to each other.
A method for communicating between an information handling system and plural peripherals, the method comprising:
- inserting a wireless dongle connector into a port of the information handling system along an insertion axis;
- orienting a first antenna orthogonal to the insertion axis;
- communicating between the first antenna and a first peripheral with transmissions from the first antenna centered on the insertion axis;
- orienting second and third antenna with the insertion axis in a spaced parallel relationship to each other;
- detecting based upon pin interfaces between the wireless dongle connector and the port which of the second and third antenna has a top position;
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- communicating wireless signals between the second peripheral and the second or third antenna having the top position.
A wireless dongle comprising:
- a connector configured to insert into an information handling system port along an insertion axis with an up or down orientation;
- a circuit board coupled to the connector;
- a radio coupled to the circuit board, the radio operable to communicate with wireless signals;
- a first antenna interfaced with the circuit board and aligned to transmit along the insertion axis to a first peripheral;
- a second antenna interfaced with the circuit board and aligned to transmit along the up orientation;
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- a third antenna interfaced with the circuit board and aligned to transmit along the down orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.