Continuous opening in a shield layer
AssigneeCirque Corporation
InventorsJon Bertrand, Paul Glad
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Abstract
A capacitance module may include a capacitance electrode on a first substrate, shielding material disposed on a second substrate where the second substrate is aligned with the first substrate, an antenna where the shielding material is between the antenna and the capacitance electrode, and a continuous opening defined in the shielding material. The continuous opening may include a branching shape, the branching shape having a stem and multiple branches extending from the stem; and the continuous opening may overlap with the antenna.
Claims18
A capacitance module, comprising:
- a capacitance electrode on a first substrate;
- shielding material disposed on a second substrate where the second substrate is aligned with the first substrate;
- an antenna;
- wherein the shielding material is between the antenna and the capacitance electrode;
- and
- a continuous opening defined in the shielding material;
- wherein the continuous opening includes a branching shape, the branching shape comprising a stem and multiple branches extending from the stem;
- wherein the continuous opening overlaps with the antenna;
- wherein the multiple branches of the continuous opening form multiple discontinuous annular regions;
- wherein at least two of the multiple discontinuous annular regions are electrically connected to each other with a shielding bridge.
A capacitance module, comprising:
- a capacitance electrode on a first substrate;
- shielding material disposed on a second substrate where the second substrate is aligned with the first substrate;
- and
- a continuous opening defined in the shielding material;
- wherein the continuous opening includes a branching shape, the branching shape comprising a stem and multiple branches extending from the stem;
- wherein the multiple branches of the continuous opening form multiple discontinuous annular regions;
- wherein at least two of the multiple discontinuous annular regions are electrically connected to each other with a shielding bridge.
A portable electronic device, comprising:
- shielding material disposed on a second substrate where the second substrate is aligned with the first substrate;
- an antenna;
- wherein the shielding material is between the antenna and the capacitance electrode;
- and
- a continuous opening defined in the shielding material;
- wherein the continuous opening includes a branching shape, the branching shape comprising a stem and multiple branches extending from the stem;
- wherein at least one branch of the multiple branches is partially aligned with a loop of the antenna;
- wherein the multiple branches of the continuous opening form multiple discontinuous annular regions;
- wherein at least two of the multiple discontinuous annular regions are electrically connected to each other with a shielding bridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.