A terminal includes a conductive substrate and a printed circuit board that are disposed opposite to each other, a first slot is disposed in a direction from a first side edge of the conductive substrate to a center of the conductive substrate, and a projection of the printed circuit board on the conductive substrate is located inside the conductive substrate, and a first feeder is disposed inside the first slot, a first connection end of the first feeder is coupled to a lap joint of the first side edge, a second connection end of the first feeder is coupled to a first feeding source on the printed circuit board, and projections of the lap joint of the first side edge and the first feeding source on the conductive substrate are located on two sides of the first slot.

A terminal includes a conductive substrate and a printed circuit board that are disposed opposite to each other, a first slot is disposed in a direction from a first side edge of the conductive substrate to a center of the conductive substrate, and a projection of the printed circuit board on the conductive substrate is located inside the conductive substrate, and a first feeder is disposed inside the first slot, a first connection end of the first feeder is coupled to a lap joint of the first side edge, a second connection end of the first feeder is coupled to a first feeding source on the printed circuit board, and projections of the lap joint of the first side edge and the first feeding source on the conductive substrate are located on two sides of the first slot.

An electronic device is provided and includes a first housing forming a portion of an outside surface of the electronic device, a second housing coupled with the first housing and forming another portion of the outside surface of the electronic device, an antenna formed in at least a portion of the second housing, a connector including one or more connection pins for connection with an external device, at least a portion of an outside surface of the connector being formed of a conductive member, an adjusting circuit electrically connected with, at least, the portion of the outside surface of the connector formed of the conductive member, wherein an impedance of the adjusting circuit is variable. The electronic device may further include a processor configured to vary the impedance of the adjusting circuit based on a signal to be output through the antenna, and output the signal through the antenna, with the impedance of the adjusting circuit being varied.

An electronic device is provided and includes a first housing forming a portion of an outside surface of the electronic device, a second housing coupled with the first housing and forming another portion of the outside surface of the electronic device, an antenna formed in at least a portion of the second housing, a connector including one or more connection pins for connection with an external device, at least a portion of an outside surface of the connector being formed of a conductive member, an adjusting circuit electrically connected with, at least, the portion of the outside surface of the connector formed of the conductive member, wherein an impedance of the adjusting circuit is variable. The electronic device may further include a processor configured to vary the impedance of the adjusting circuit based on a signal to be output through the antenna, and output the signal through the antenna, with the impedance of the adjusting circuit being varied.

A system for communicating data over a transmission line is disclosed. In one example implementation, the system may include a transmitter configured to modulate a control signal onto an RF signal using amplitude-shift keying modulation to generate a transmit signal. The system may include a receiver and a transmission line coupling the transmitter to the receiver. The transmitter may be configured to transmit the transmit signal over the transmission line to the receiver, and the receiver may be configured to de-modulate the control signal and extract clock information associated with the transmitter. In some embodiments, the system may include a tuning circuit and a modal antenna, and the tuning circuit may be or include the receiver. The receiver may be configured to adjust a mode of the modal antenna based on the control signal transmitted by the transmitter.

A mobile device including a ground plane, a grounding branch, wherein a slot is formed between the ground plane and the grounding branch, a connecting element, wherein the grounding branch is electrically coupled through the connecting element to the ground plane and a feeding element, extending across the slot, and electrically coupled between the grounding branch and a signal source, wherein an antenna structure is formed by the grounding branch and the feeding element.

A mobile device including a ground plane, a grounding branch, wherein a slot is formed between the ground plane and the grounding branch, a connecting element, wherein the grounding branch is electrically coupled through the connecting element to the ground plane and a feeding element, extending across the slot, and electrically coupled between the grounding branch and a signal source, wherein an antenna structure is formed by the grounding branch and the feeding element.

Wireless devices, and particularly mobile devices such as cellphones, PDAs, computers, navigation devices, etc., as well as other devices which transmit or receive data or other signals at multiple frequency bands utilize at least one steerable antenna, and may be configured to transmit and receive using plurality of different bands (e.g., GSM cellular communication band; Bluetooth short range communication band; ultrawideband (UWB) communications, etc.). These wireless devices can determine zones or spans of directions in which to avoid radiating beams at 10 GHz or above, and can receive signals on either the steerable antenna or another antenna. In addition, the wireless devices can be configured for radiating in a pattern that is different from the receiving pattern.

Wireless devices, and particularly mobile devices such as cellphones, PDAs, computers, navigation devices, etc., as well as other devices which transmit or receive data or other signals at multiple frequency bands utilize at least one steerable antenna, and may be configured to transmit and receive using plurality of different bands (e.g., GSM cellular communication band; Bluetooth short range communication band; ultrawideband (UWB) communications, etc.). These wireless devices can determine zones or spans of directions in which to avoid radiating beams at 10 GHz or above, and can receive signals on either the steerable antenna or another antenna. In addition, the wireless devices can be configured for radiating in a pattern that is different from the receiving pattern.

A rear glass according to the invention is for attachment to a lift-up backdoor that closes an opening in a rear portion of a vehicle, and includes a glass plate, a defogger disposed in a vicinity of a center of the glass plate in an up-down direction, and a shared antenna installed on the glass plate upward or downward of the defogger, the shared antenna including a power supply unit, an AM antenna connected to the power supply unit, and an FM antenna connected to the power supply unit, and a relationship between an element length L.sub.AM of the AM antenna, a center wavelength λ.sub.FM-C corresponding to a reception frequency band of the FM antenna and a wavelength shortening coefficient α of the glass plate satisfying 0.49×α×λ.sub.FM-C≤L.sub.AM≤0.67×α×λ.sub.FM-C.