US 2024/0204387 A1 · INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM ANTENNA MODULE INTEGRATED IN THERMAL SOLUTION

Abstract

A portable information handling system is assembled and disassembled by a keystone assembly that couples at an upper surface of the portable housing to overlap a keyboard assembly that covers processing components disposed in the portable housing. A motherboard couples to the portable housing under the keyboard assembly with retaining nuts extending from the housing, the motherboard retained in an engaged position by a cooling fan that directs cooling airflow out an exhaust. The exhaust integrates an antenna and coaxial cable in a nonconductive material, such as plastic, and has connectors exposed at the motherboard to interface with a radio, such as for WiFi or Bluetooth. A metallic cooling channel exposed in the exhaust and thermally coupled to the CPU by a heat pipe provides an antenna ground plane and/or a floating portion that acts as a directional parabolic element.

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Dependent claims

An information handling system comprising:

a housing having an interior;
a motherboard coupled to the housing interior;
a processor coupled to the motherboard and operable to execute instructions that process information;
a memory coupled to the motherboard and interfaced with the processor, the memory operable to store the instructions and information;
a radio coupled to the motherboard and interfaced with the processor, the radio operable to communicate information as wireless signals;
and
an exhaust coupled to the housing proximate the motherboard and integrating an antenna interfaced with the radio and operable to transmit and receive the wireless signals.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Information handling system antenna module integrated in thermal solution

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Information handling system antenna module integrated in thermal solution

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Abstract

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