Patent classifications
H01Q1/44
ANTENNA EXCITATION THROUGH LAPTOP HINGE
According to an aspect, a computing device includes a first enclosure, a second enclosure, a hinge coupled to the first enclosure and the second enclosure, and a hinge-based antenna defined by a slot of the hinge and a portion of an air gap disposed between the first enclosure and the second enclosure, where the slot of the hinge is aligned with the portion of the air gap, and the hinge-based antenna includes an antenna feed element disposed within the slot of the hinge and configured to excite the portion of the air gap.
ANTENNA EXCITATION THROUGH LAPTOP HINGE
According to an aspect, a computing device includes a first enclosure, a second enclosure, a hinge coupled to the first enclosure and the second enclosure, and a hinge-based antenna defined by a slot of the hinge and a portion of an air gap disposed between the first enclosure and the second enclosure, where the slot of the hinge is aligned with the portion of the air gap, and the hinge-based antenna includes an antenna feed element disposed within the slot of the hinge and configured to excite the portion of the air gap.
LIGHTING APPARATUS
A lighting apparatus includes a LED module, a light source plate, a heat sink, an antenna, a driver and a light housing. The light source plate is used for holding the LED module. The heat sink has a bottom plate and a lateral wall. The light source plate is placed on the bottom plate. The antenna is disposed on the lateral wall. The driver is used for generating a driving current to the LED module. The driver has a wireless circuit. The wireless circuit is electrically connected to the antenna for transmitting a wireless signal. The light housing is used for holding the heat sink so that the LED module emits light toward a light opening of the light housing.
LIGHTING APPARATUS
A lighting apparatus includes a LED module, a light source plate, a heat sink, an antenna, a driver and a light housing. The light source plate is used for holding the LED module. The heat sink has a bottom plate and a lateral wall. The light source plate is placed on the bottom plate. The antenna is disposed on the lateral wall. The driver is used for generating a driving current to the LED module. The driver has a wireless circuit. The wireless circuit is electrically connected to the antenna for transmitting a wireless signal. The light housing is used for holding the heat sink so that the LED module emits light toward a light opening of the light housing.
ANTENNA DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
An antenna device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a dielectric layer, a first radiator disposed on the dielectric layer in a first direction, a second radiator formed in a shape different from that of the first radiator and disposed on the dielectric layer in a second direction, a first transmission line which extends in the first direction to be connected to the first radiator, and a second transmission line which extends in the second direction to be connected to the second radiator, and intersects the first transmission line with being physically or electrically spaced apart therefrom.
DISPLAY PANEL
The present disclosure provides a display panel including a display layer and an antenna layer. The display layer includes pixel units arranged according to a first rule. The antenna layer is arranged on a light-exiting side of the display layer and includes multiple metal grid units that are uniformly arranged in the antenna layer according to a second rule. The antenna layer includes a first area and a second area. The metal grid units in the first area are in conduction with each other and are not in conduction to the metal grid units in other areas to form an antenna unit. The second area is a non-antenna area. The ratio of the total area of the first area and the second area to the area of the display layer is greater than 90%.
OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT ANTENNAS ON TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATES
Examples are disclosed related to optically transparent antennas. One example provides a device, comprising an electrically insulating substrate that is at least partially optically transparent, one or more antennas disposed on the electrically insulating substrate, each antenna comprising a film of a conductive material that is at least partially optically transparent, the one or more antennas comprising a communication antenna, and processing circuitry electrically coupled to the communication antenna, the processing circuitry configured to one or more of send or receive signals via the communication antenna.
Electronic devices having antennas for covering multiple frequency bands
An electronic device may have a first conductive sidewall at an upper end, a second conductive sidewall at a lower end, and a conductive rear wall. First and second antennas may be formed at the upper end and may include slots with edges defined by the first sidewall and the rear wall. Third, fourth, fifth, and sixth antennas may be formed at the lower end and may include slots with edges defined by the second sidewall and the rear wall. Each antenna may cover multiple frequency bands. First order and third order modes of the slots may contribute to the frequency responses of the third through sixth antennas. A display controller may be mounted at the lower end and may impose a lower limit on the frequencies covered by the third through sixth antennas. The first and second antennas may cover lower frequencies than the third through sixth antennas.
HEATSINK FOR MILLIMETER WAVE (MMW) AND NON-MMW ANTENNA INTEGRATION
Aspects described herein include devices, wireless communication apparatuses, methods, and associated operations for heatsinks integrating millimeter wave and non-millimeter wave operation. In some aspects, an apparatus comprising a millimeter wave (mmW) module is provided. The apparatus includes at least one mmW antenna and at least one mmW signal node configured to communicate a data signal in association with the at least one mmW antenna. The apparatus further includes mixing circuitry configured to convert between the data signal and a mmW signal for communications associated with the at least one mmW antenna. The apparatus further includes a heatsink comprising a non-mmW antenna and a non-mmW feed point coupled to the non-mmW antenna. The non-mmW feed point is configured to provide a signal path to the non-mmW antenna for a non-mmW signal. The heatsink is mechanically coupled to the mmW module.
ANTENNA STRUCTURE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING SAME
An antenna structure applied in a wireless communication device including a hinge, the antenna structure includes a feed portion, a first radiation portion, and at least one ground portion; an end of the first radiation portion is electrically connected to the feed portion, another end of the first radiation portion is spaced from the hinge with a gap; the antenna structure generates a radiation signal in at least one radiation frequency band when the feed portion feeds electrical current to the first radiation portion and the hinge couples the electrical current from the first radiation portion. A wireless communication device having the antenna structure is also provided.