Low specific absorption rate (SAR) antenna structure
US9407003B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 27, 2014 |
| Grant date | Aug 2, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 4, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01Q5/335
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Antenna structures and methods of operating the same of an electronic device are described. One apparatus includes a radio frequency (RF) including a surface-current dispersing circuit and an antenna structure coupled to the RF feed at a feeding point and coupled to a ground plane at a grounding point. The antenna structure comprises an even multiple of quarter-wavelength elements with a first element coupled to the feeding point and a second element coupled to the grounding point and the grounding point is located at a specified distance from the feeding point. Surface currents, generated as a result of the RF signals being applied to the RF feed at the feeding point, create a first hot spot of an even multiple of hot spots of magnetic field at the feeding point. The surface-current dispersing circuit and the ground point disperse a portion of the surface currents at the feeding point towards the grounding point to create other hot spots of the even multiple of hot spots. The even multiple of hot spots are areas of the antenna structure on which surface-current density is higher than other areas surrounding the areas of the even multiple of hot spots.
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