Back face antenna in a computing device case
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsDevis Iellici, Marc Harper
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Abstract
An antenna assembly includes a portion of the metal computing device case as a primary radiating structure. The metal computing device case includes a back face and one or more side faces bounding the back face. The metal computing device case further includes a radiating structure having an aperture formed in the back face from which a notch extends from the aperture cutting through the back face and through at least one side face of the metal computing device case. A conductive feed structure is connected to a radio. The conductive feed structure is positioned proximal to the radiating structure of the metal computing device case and is configured to excite the radiating structure at one or more resonance frequencies.
Claims20
An antenna assembly comprising:
- a metal computing device case including a back face and one or more side faces bounding at least a portion of the back face, the metal computing device case including a radiating structure having an aperture formed in the back face from which a notch extends from the aperture cutting through the back face and through at least one side face of the metal computing device case.
A method comprising:
- forming a metal computing device case including a back face and one or more side faces bounding at least a portion of the back face, the metal computing device case including a radiating structure having an aperture formed in the back face from which a notch extends from the aperture cutting through the back face and through at least one side face of the metal computing device case.
A method comprising:
- exciting a radiating structure formed in a metal computing device case, the metal computing device case including a back face and one or more side faces bounding at least a portion of the back face, the radiating structure including an aperture formed in the back face from which a notch extends from the aperture cutting through the back face and through at least one side face of the metal computing device case.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.