Antennas in thin devices
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsKuan-Jung Hung, Chih-Hung Chien, Min-Hsu Chuang
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Abstract
A computer device including integrated communications antennas is disclosed. In the computer device, a first antenna is disposed above a display panel in a hinge-up portion of the laptop computer, and a second antenna is disposed below the display panel. A signal divider circuit is coupled to a radio module, wherein the signal divider circuit is configured to send a first frequency range to the first antenna via a flat printed circuit radio frequency (FPC RF) cable, and a second frequency range to the second antenna.
Claims15
An antenna structure for a laptop computer, comprising:
- a first antenna disposed above a display panel in a hinge-up portion of the laptop computer;
- a second antenna disposed below the display panel;
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- a signal divider circuit coupled to a radio module, wherein the signal divider circuit is configured to send a first frequency range to the first antenna via a flat printed circuit radio frequency (FPC RF) cable, and a second frequency range to the second antenna.
A method for improved radio communications, comprising:
- receiving a signal from a radio module;
- dividing the signal into a first frequency band and a second frequency band;
- sending the first frequency band to a first antenna via a flat printed circuit radio frequency (FPC RF) cable;
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- sending the second frequency band to a second antenna.
A laptop computer having an antenna structure for communications, the antenna structure comprising:
- a first antenna mounted inside an upper case of the laptop computer above a display panel;
- a second antenna mounted inside the upper case below the display panel;
- a signal divider circuit mounted in the upper case below the display panel;
- a printed circuit radio frequency (FPC RF) cable coupling the signal divider circuit to the first antenna;
- a cable coupling the signal divider circuit to the second antenna;
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- a coaxial cable coupling the signal divider circuit to a radio module in a lower case of the laptop computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.