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Electronic device with NFC antenna adjacent display and related methods

US10623540B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 15, 2017
Grant dateApr 14, 2020
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Expiry dateFeb 15, 2037

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49018
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic device may include a housing, processing circuitry carried by the housing, and at least one wireless transceiver carried by the housing and a NFC device carried by the housing. The electronic device may also include a display carried by the housing and having an internal surface within the housing and a display surface opposite the internal surface, and an NFC antenna mounted on and extending across at least a portion of the internal surface of the display, wherein the NFC antenna comprises a substrate and electrically conductive traces thereon defining a plurality of loops.

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