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US 9,793,595 B1Granted
Transparent mesh antenna for electronic device having a graphical display
AssigneeHoyos Vsn Corp.
InventorsGuillermo Padin, Amit Verma, Tal Mor, Vinosh Diptee, Julio A. Abdala
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Abstract
A transparent metal mesh is used as an antenna element and is disposed over a graphical display so that the graphical display can be seen through the transparent metal mesh. A radio circuit is coupled to the metal mesh to receive radio signals using the transparent metal mesh. In some embodiments the radio circuit can also transmit signals using the transparent metal mesh as an antenna.
Claims15
A transparent antenna system for a portable electronic device, comprising:
- a graphical display having a viewing surface that displays graphical content, wherein the graphical display is an electronic paper display, the transparent antenna system further comprises a transparent active matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) display disposed over the transparent touch screen panel overlay, wherein the transparent touch screen panel overlay receives touch input through the AMOLED display for use with graphical content displayed on the AMOLED display by the portable electronic device;
- a transparent metal mesh that is disposed over the viewing surface of the graphical display and through which the viewing surface can be viewed, the transparent metal mesh is connected to a direct current (DC) voltage source though a low pass network to further operate as a back plane electrode in a transparent touch screen panel overlay used in conjunction with graphical information displayed by the portable electronic device;
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- a radio circuit coupled to the transparent metal mesh through a matching network that blocks DC voltage, wherein the transparent metal mesh acts as an antenna element for the radio circuit.
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A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a graphical display having a viewing surface that displays graphical content, wherein the graphical display is an electronic paper display, the portable electronic device further comprises a transparent active matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) display disposed over the transparent touch screen panel overlay, wherein the transparent touch screen panel overlay receives touch input through the AMOLED display for use with graphical content displayed on the AMOLED display by the portable electronic device;
- a display driver coupled to the graphical display and which controls the graphical display to display the graphical content according to graphical data provided to the display driver;
- a transparent metal mesh antenna that is disposed over at least a portion of the viewing surface of the graphical display and through which the viewing surface can be viewed, wherein the transparent metal mesh antenna is connected to a direct current (DC) voltage source though a low pass network to further operate as an electrode in a transparent touch screen panel overlay used in conjunction with graphical information displayed by the portable electronic device;
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- a radio circuit coupled to the transparent metal mesh antenna through a matching network that blocks DC voltage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.