The disclosed mobile electronic device may include a display, an enclosure supporting the display and comprising a conductive portion including at least one inward protrusion, and a ground plane positioned within the enclosure and comprising at least one channel, wherein the at least one inward protrusion extends within the at least one channel of the ground plane and a gap defined between the conductive portion of the enclosure and the ground plane forms a slot antenna that is configured to radiate electromagnetic signals through a portion of the display. Various other related methods and systems are also disclosed.

The disclosed mobile electronic device may include a display, an enclosure supporting the display and comprising a conductive portion including at least one inward protrusion, and a ground plane positioned within the enclosure and comprising at least one channel, wherein the at least one inward protrusion extends within the at least one channel of the ground plane and a gap defined between the conductive portion of the enclosure and the ground plane forms a slot antenna that is configured to radiate electromagnetic signals through a portion of the display. Various other related methods and systems are also disclosed.

The disclosed mobile electronic device may include a display, an enclosure supporting the display and comprising a conductive portion, a ground plane positioned within the enclosure, wherein a gap defined between the conductive portion of the enclosure and the ground plane forms a slot antenna that is configured to radiate first electromagnetic signals through a portion of the display, the first electromagnetic signals radiated by the slot antenna being used for wireless communication in a first wireless communication band, and a patch antenna, comprising a substantially planar conductor, that is configured to radiate second electromagnetic signals, the second electromagnetic signals radiated by the patch antenna being used for wireless communication in a second wireless communication band different from the first wireless communication band. Various other related methods and systems are also disclosed.

The disclosed mobile electronic device may include a display, an enclosure supporting the display and comprising a conductive portion, a ground plane positioned within the enclosure, wherein a gap defined between the conductive portion of the enclosure and the ground plane forms a slot antenna that is configured to radiate first electromagnetic signals through a portion of the display, the first electromagnetic signals radiated by the slot antenna being used for wireless communication in a first wireless communication band, and a patch antenna, comprising a substantially planar conductor, that is configured to radiate second electromagnetic signals, the second electromagnetic signals radiated by the patch antenna being used for wireless communication in a second wireless communication band different from the first wireless communication band. Various other related methods and systems are also disclosed.

This document describes a waveguide with radiation slots and parasitic elements for asymmetrical coverage. An apparatus may include a waveguide for providing asymmetrical coverage in an azimuth plane. The waveguide includes a hollow channel containing a dielectric and an array of radiation slots through a surface that is operably connected with the dielectric. The waveguide includes an array of parasitic elements positioned on or in the surface and offset from a longitudinal side of the array of radiation slots. The radiation slots and parasitic elements configure the described waveguide to focus an antenna radiation pattern that provides an asymmetrical coverage to focus on a particular portion within the antenna field-of-view.

An active-passive integrated antenna is provided. The active-passive integrated antenna includes a reflective plate, a pair of mounting portions respectively secured to two sides of a bottom of the reflective plate, a dielectric plate, a plurality of passive antenna elements and an active antenna unit. More specifically, the dielectric plate is spaced apart from the reflective plate on the pair of mounting portions, and a first surface of the dielectric plate is provided with a frequency selection surface; the plurality of passive antenna elements are respectively arranged on the reflective plate and the frequency selection surface; the active antenna unit is arranged above a second surface of the dielectric plate and secured to the pair of mounting portions.

According to an embodiment, a multi-layer antenna structure comprises a printed circuit board including an IC for processing an RF signal, a feeding line connected to the IC, and a feeding pad connected to the feeding line, a conductive lower layer tightly contacting the printed circuit board and including a feeding hole in an area connected with the feeding pad and vertically open and a waveguide connected to the feeding hole and disposed on an upper surface thereof, and a conductive upper layer tightly contacting the conductive lower layer and including an antenna slot pattern in an area corresponding to the waveguide and vertically open. The waveguide may include a bottom surface positioned lower than an upper surface thereof, a side surface extending from each of two opposite ends of the bottom surface to the upper surface, and a protrusion protruding upward from a center portion of the bottom surface.

An antenna comprising a ground plane, a composite radiation patch, and an excitation circuit is described herein. The composite radiation patch is disposed on a printed circuit board and comprises a conducting plate and a plurality of conductive strips. The composite radiation patch comprises an outer region and an inner region separated by a circle of a given radius. The conducting plate comprises 1) a first set of arcuate slots disposed on the circle and 2) a second set of slots each contacting an external perimeter of the conducting plate at one end and a corresponding slot of the first set of arcuate slots at another end. The plurality of conductive strips is disposed within the outer region of the composite radiation patch, with one or more of the plurality of conductive strips galvanically contacting the conducting plate. The excitation circuit is disposed on the printed circuit board for exciting a right hand circularly polarized wave. The excitation circuit comprises a plurality of microstrip lines and a feeding network to which the plurality of microstrip lines are connected.

A slot antenna includes a substrate having a first side and a second side, a first conductive layer on the first side of the substrate, and a second conductive layer on the second side of the substrate. A first aperture is in the first conductive layer, a second aperture is in the first conductive layer, a first slotline is in the first conductive layer and in communication with the first aperture, and a second slotline is in the first conductive layer and in communication with the second aperture. A third aperture can be in the second conductive layer. A plurality of vias can be in the substrate and surrounding at least a portion of a region including the first aperture, the second aperture, the first slotline, and the second slotline, each of the vias extending through the substrate from the first conductive layer to the second conductive layer.

Disclosed are aspects of an antenna including a body having a convex surface. A conductive structure is deposited onto an antenna region of the convex surface. The conductive structure is configured as a conformal slot antenna array. The antenna region of the convex surface includes corrugations having peaks and valleys. A plurality of slots of the conformal slot antenna array are located at the peaks and the valleys of the convex surface.