Mobile computing device antenna
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsTIANJI ZHENG, MINJIA XU
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Abstract
A mobile computing device antenna according to one example includes a folded monopole element, a ground plane coupled to the folded monopole element by an antenna feed, a parasitic element that couples the folded monopole element to the ground plane, and a metal frame that encompasses the folded monopole element, the ground plane, and the parasitic element, where the metal frame is coupled to the ground plane by a plurality of ground points.
Claims15
A mobile computing device antenna comprising:
- a folded monopole element:
- a ground plane coupled to the folded monopole element by an antenna feed;
- a parasitic element that couples the folded monopole element to the ground plane;
- and
- a metal frame that encompasses the folded monopole element, the ground plane, and the parasitic element, wherein the metal frame is coupled to the ground plane by a plurality of ground points.
The mobile computing device antenna of claim wherein the metal frame forms a closed loop.
The mobile computing device antenna of claim wherein folded monopole element includes a first antenna arm having a first length and a second antenna arm having a second length.
The mobile computing device antenna of claim wherein the first antenna arm and the second antenna arm are coupled to the ground plane by the antenna feed.
A mobile computing device antenna comprising:
- a folded monopole element including:
- a first antenna arm having a first longitudinal axis;
- and
- a second antenna arm extending from the first antenna arm and having a second longitudinal axis that is parallel to the first longitudinal axis;
- a ground plane coupled to the first antenna arm and the second antenna arm by an antenna feed;
- a parasitic element that couples the first antenna arm and the second antenna arm to the ground plane;
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- a metal frame that encompasses the first antenna arm, the second antenna arm, the ground plane, and the parasitic element, wherein the metal frame is coupled to the ground plane by a plurality of ground points.
The mobile computing device antenna of claim wherein the first antenna arm and the second antenna arm are separated by a distance that is from 1.0 millimeter to 4.0 meters.
A mobile computing device comprising:
- a folded monopole element including:
- a first antenna arm having a first longitudinal axis;
- and
- a second antenna arm extending from the first antenna arm and having a second longitudinal axis that is parallel to the first longitudinal axis;
- a ground plane coupled to the first antenna arm and the second antenna arm by an antenna feed;
- a parasitic element that couples the first antenna arm and the second antenna arm to the ground plane;
- and
- a continuous metal frame that encompasses the first antenna arm, the second antenna arm, the ground plane, and the parasitic element, wherein the continuous metal frame is coupled to the ground plane by a plurality of ground points.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.