Window assembly with transparent regions having a performance enhancing slit formed therein

A window assembly for a vehicle, said window assembly comprising:

• a substrate that is substantially transparent and has a surface and a perimeter;
• a transparent layer that is disposed on said surface and comprises a metal compound such that said transparent layer is electrically conductive;
• said transparent layer defining a first region having a first periphery and a second region having a second periphery, each of said first and second peripheries including an outer edge and opposing inner edge, and one side edge and an opposing side edge, said first and second regions being substantially congruent to one another;
• an outer region being electrically non-conductive and formed on said substrate between said perimeter of said substrate and each of said first and second peripheries;
• a section cut that is devoid of said transparent layer and defined between said inner edge of each of said first and second peripheries and with said section cut being defined from a first end to an opposing second end and with said second cut opening into said outer region at each of said first and second ends such that said section cut separates said first and second regions from one another;
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• a feeding arrangement coupled to said first and second regions and being configured to energize said first and second regions;
• wherein said first region defines a first performance enhancing slit that is devoid of said transparent layer and extending into said first region from no more than one location on said first periphery;
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• wherein said second region defines a second performance enhancing slit that is devoid of said transparent layer and extending into said second region from no more than one location on said second periphery.

A window assembly for a vehicle, said window assembly comprising:

• a substrate that is substantially transparent and has a surface and a perimeter;
• a transparent layer that is disposed on said surface and comprises a metal compound such that said transparent layer is electrically conductive;
• said transparent layer defining a first region having a first periphery and a second region having a second periphery, said first and second regions being substantially congruent to one another;
• an outer region being electrically non-conductive and formed on said substrate between said perimeter of said substrate and each of said first and second peripheries;
• a section cut that is devoid of said transparent layer and defined between first and second peripheries and with said section cut being defined from a first end to an opposing second end and with said second cut opening into said outer region at each of said first and second ends such that said section cut separates said first and second regions from one another;
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• a feeding arrangement coupled to said first and second regions and being configured to energize said first and second regions;
• wherein at least one of said first and second regions defines a performance enhancing slit that is devoid of said transparent layer;
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• wherein said first and second regions are each configured to receive a radio frequency signal and to collectively operate in diversity such that an optimal one of said radio frequency signals received by said first and second regions can be selected.

A window assembly for a vehicle, said window assembly comprising:

• a substrate that is substantially transparent and has a surface and a perimeter;
• a transparent layer that is disposed on said surface and comprises a metal compound such that said transparent layer is electrically conductive;
• said transparent layer defining a first region having a first periphery and a second region having a second periphery, said first and second regions being substantially congruent to one another;
• an outer region being electrically non-conductive and formed on said substrate between said perimeter of said substrate and each of said first and second peripheries;
• a section cut that is devoid of said transparent layer and defined between first and second peripheries and with said section cut being defined from a first end to an opposing second end and with said second cut opening into said outer region at each of said first and second ends such that said section cut separates said first and second regions from one another;
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• a feeding arrangement coupled to said first and second regions and being configured to energize said first and second regions;
• wherein at least one of said first and second regions defines a performance enhancing slit that is devoid of said transparent layer;
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• wherein said first and second regions each include a tab of transparent layer integrally extending from the respective first and second region and with the tab extending into said outer region to enable said feeding arrangement to couple to said first and second regions in said outer region and without disrupting a field of view through said substrate.