Methods and Apparatus for Providing an Integrated Inverted Loop Antenna in a Wireless Device
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorJan-Willem Zweers
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Abstract
An integral antenna for a wireless device in a personal article may include a housing that defines an interior space that is configured to house a functional component of the personal article. The housing includes an electrically conductive housing portion that is configured to include a first opening that substantially defines a first plane. The integral antenna includes an electrically conductive plane that is mounted in the interior space and is isolated from the electrically conductive housing portion, the electrically conductive plane oriented substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the first plane and defining a continuous gap between the electrically conductive plane and the electrically conductive housing portion.
Claims20
An integral antenna for a wireless device in a personal article, the antenna comprising:
- a housing that defines an interior space that is configured to house a functional component of the personal article, the housing comprising an electrically conductive housing portion that is configured to include a first opening that substantially defines a first plane in the electrically conductive housing portion;
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- an electrically conductive plane that is mounted in the interior space and is isolated corresponding to at least one specific radio frequency from the electrically conductive housing portion, the electrically conductive plane oriented substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the first plane and defining a continuous gap between the electrically conductive plane and the electrically conductive housing portion.
A method of providing an antenna within an electrically conductive housing portion of a personal article that includes a substantially planar opening, the method comprising:
- positioning an electrically conductive plane proximate the opening, the electrically conductive plane oriented substantially parallel to a plane defined by the substantially planar opening.
An antenna integrated into a wristwatch, the antenna comprising:
- an electrically conductive wristwatch housing portion that includes a substantially planar opening corresponding to a face of the wristwatch;
- an electrically conductive plane that is positioned in an interior space of the wristwatch and is isolated from the electrically conductive housing portion, the electrically conductive plane oriented substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the substantially planar opening and defining a continuous gap between the electrically conductive plane and the electrically conductive housing portion;
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- an excitation point that is conductively coupled to the electrically conductive plane and the electrically conductive wristwatch housing portion via circuitry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.