Electronic device having an NFC antenna in a speaker compartment and related methods
US8660612B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 7, 2011 |
| Grant date | Feb 25, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 22, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04R9/025
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electronic device may include a housing including a speaker compartment, processing circuitry within the housing, and wireless transceiver circuitry within the housing and coupled to the processing circuitry. The electronic device may also include NFC transceiver circuitry within the housing and coupled to the processing circuitry, a speaker in the speaker compartment and coupled to the processing circuitry, and an NFC antenna positioned within the speaker compartment and coupled to the NFC transceiver circuitry.
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