An electronic device including an antenna according to various embodiments comprises: a printed circuit board disposed in a first area of the electronic device; a battery disposed in a second area of the electronic device; a heat dissipation member including a thermally conductive material disposed on the upper part of the printed circuit board and the battery; a first antenna disposed in the first area on the heat dissipation member; and a second antenna disposed in the second area on the heat dissipation member, wherein the frequency bands and the dielectric constants of the first antenna and the second antenna may be configured differently.

In an exemplary embodiment, a multilayer coil component includes: a substrate body; and a coil embedded in the substrate body and containing a wound conductor; wherein the substrate body has: magnetic layers containing multiple metal magnetic grains, provided around conductor layers that constitute parts of the wound conductor in a direction roughly orthogonal to the coil axis of the coil; and multiple high-hardness insulating grains harder than the multiple metal magnetic grains and smaller in average grain size than the multiple metal magnetic grains, provided between a pair of the conductor layers adjacent to each other in the direction of the coil axis and also between a pair of the magnetic layers adjacent to each other in the direction of the coil axis. The multilayer coil component can prevent shorting in the wound conductor while increasing the inductance.

In an exemplary embodiment, a multilayer coil component includes: a substrate body; and a coil embedded in the substrate body and containing a wound conductor; wherein the substrate body has: magnetic layers containing multiple metal magnetic grains, provided around conductor layers that constitute parts of the wound conductor in a direction roughly orthogonal to the coil axis of the coil; and multiple high-hardness insulating grains harder than the multiple metal magnetic grains and smaller in average grain size than the multiple metal magnetic grains, provided between a pair of the conductor layers adjacent to each other in the direction of the coil axis and also between a pair of the magnetic layers adjacent to each other in the direction of the coil axis. The multilayer coil component can prevent shorting in the wound conductor while increasing the inductance.

An eLORAN receiver may include an antenna and eLORAN receiver circuitry coupled to the antenna. The antenna may include a ferromagnetic core and an H-field signal winding coupled to the ferromagnetic core. The eLORAN receiver may have an antenna tuning device including a tuning winding surrounding the ferromagnetic core, and a tuning circuit coupled to the tuning winding.

A method of providing a single structure multiple mode antenna is described. The antenna is preferably constructed having a first inductor coil that is electrically connected in series with a second inductor coil. The antenna is constructed having a plurality of electrical connections positioned along the first and second inductor coils. A plurality of terminals is connected to the electrical connections that facilitate numerous electrical connections and enables the antenna to be selectively tuned to various frequencies and frequency bands.

A method of providing a single structure multiple mode antenna is described. The antenna is preferably constructed having a first inductor coil that is electrically connected in series with a second inductor coil. The antenna is constructed having a plurality of electrical connections positioned along the first and second inductor coils. A plurality of terminals is connected to the electrical connections that facilitate numerous electrical connections and enables the antenna to be selectively tuned to various frequencies and frequency bands.

A circulator includes: a ferrite plate; a permanent magnet that applies a direct current (DC) magnetic field to the ferrite plate; a first coil, a second coil, and a third coil arranged on the ferrite plate while being insulated from one another, the first coil, the second coil, and the third coil having coil axes intersecting one another; a first port that is electrically continuous with the first coil; a second port that is electrically continuous with the second coil; and a third port that is electrically continuous with the third coil. An inductance of the first coil or the second coil is different from an inductance of the third coil, and an impedance of the first port or the second port is not 50Ω.

A circulator includes: a ferrite plate; a permanent magnet that applies a direct current (DC) magnetic field to the ferrite plate; a first coil, a second coil, and a third coil arranged on the ferrite plate while being insulated from one another, the first coil, the second coil, and the third coil having coil axes intersecting one another; a first port that is electrically continuous with the first coil; a second port that is electrically continuous with the second coil; and a third port that is electrically continuous with the third coil. An inductance of the first coil or the second coil is different from an inductance of the third coil, and an impedance of the first port or the second port is not 50Ω.

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are related to a wireless power resonator and method that includes a wireless power transmit element. The wireless power transmit element may include a substantially planar transmit antenna configured to generate a magnetic field and formed from a conductive trace including a plurality of distributed inductive elements along the conductive trace. The transmit element may further include a filter formed from selected ones of the plurality of distributed inductive elements of the planar transmit antenna and configured to generate at least one frequency response.

An apparatus for wireless power transfer includes a transmit antenna configured to generate a wireless field to power or charge a load, a wireless charging area configured to receive a device to be wirelessly charged via the wireless field, the transmit antenna located outside of a periphery of the wireless charging area, and at least one shielding element overlapping the transmit antenna on a side of the transmit antenna from which the device is configured to be positioned within the wireless charging area, the at least one shielding element configured to diminish at least a portion of the wireless field such that the wireless field in the wireless charging area is stronger than the wireless field where the at least one shielding element overlaps the transmit antenna.