Watch with slot antenna configuration

A wrist-worn electronic device comprising:

• a housing including a lower surface configured to contact a wearer's wrist, a side wall formed of electrically nonconductive material, an opposing upper surface, and an internal cavity;
• a printed circuit board positioned in the internal cavity and including a plurality of electrical ground terminals and a first electronic signal terminal;
• a communication element positioned on the printed circuit board and configured to transmit to or receive a first electronic signal to communicate with another electronic device or a communication network;
• a bezel formed of electrically conductive material and positioned above the nonconductive sidewall, having electrical connections to two of the electrical ground terminals, and having an electrical connection to the first electronic signal terminal, such that a nonconductive slot is formed by a first portion of the nonconductive sidewall-between the electrically conductive bezel between the electrical connections to the two electrical ground terminals, a perimeter of the printed circuit board corresponding to the first portion of a circumference of the bezel, and the electrical connections to the two electrical ground terminals;
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• a first antenna formed at least partially by the first portion of a circumference of the bezel, the first antenna configured to wirelessly transmit or receive the first electronic signal and communicate the first electronic signal to or from the communication element, the length of the first portion of the circumference of the bezel associated with the first antenna being one-half of a wavelength of the first electronic signal;
• wherein the printed circuit board is a ground plane for the first antenna;
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• wherein the nonconductive slot corresponds to a portion of the nonconductive side wall.

A wrist-worn electronic device comprising:

• a housing including a lower surface configured to contact a wearer's wrist, a side wall formed of electrically nonconductive material, an opposing upper surface, and an internal cavity;
• a printed circuit board positioned in the internal cavity and including a plurality of electrical ground terminals and an electronic signal terminal;
• a communication element positioned on the printed circuit board and configured to transmit to or receive a first electronic signal to communicate with another electronic device or a communication network;
• a bezel formed of electrically conductive material and positioned above the nonconductive sidewall, having electrical connections to two of the electrical ground terminals, and having an electrical connection to the electronic signal terminal, such that a nonconductive slot is formed by a first portion of the nonconductive sidewall between a first portion of a circumference of the electrically conductive bezel between the electrical connections to the two electrical ground terminals, a perimeter of the printed circuit board corresponding to the first portion of the a circumference of the bezel, and the electrical connections to the two of the electrical ground terminals;
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• a first antenna formed at least partially by the first portion of a circumference of the bezel, the first antenna configured to wirelessly transmit or receive the first electronic signal and communicate the first electronic signal to or from the communication element, the length of the first portion of the circumference of the bezel associated with the first antenna being one-half of a wavelength of the first electronic signal;
• wherein the nonconductive slot corresponds to a portion of the nonconductive side wall;
• wherein the printed circuit board is a ground plane for the first antenna;
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• wherein the electrical connection between the bezel and the electronic signal terminal is located at a position along the first portion of a circumference of the bezel between the electrical connections between the bezel and the two electrical ground terminals associated with the first antenna.