Electronic devices with indirectly-fed adjustable slot elements
US10158384B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 8, 2017 |
| Grant date | Dec 18, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B1/0458
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry and control circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include multiple antennas and transceiver circuitry. An antenna in the electronic device may have an inverted-F antenna resonating element formed from portions of a peripheral conductive electronic device housing structure and may have an antenna ground that is separated from the antenna resonating element by a gap. The antenna may also include an indirectly-fed antenna resonating element that is indirectly fed by a harmonic mode of the inverted-F antenna resonating element via near field electromagnetic coupling. The indirectly-fed antenna resonating element may be a slot. The antenna ground may define at least three edges of the slot and the slot may be aligned with a dielectric-filled gap in the peripheral conductive housing structures. An adjustable circuit may be coupled across the slot to tune the indirectly-fed antenna resonating element.
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