The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 13, 2018
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Adrian Napoles, Gilroy, CA (US);

Balamurugan Shanmugam, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H01Q 1/27 (2006.01); H01Q 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/033 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H01Q 1/273 (2013.01); H01Q 7/005 (2013.01); H04R 1/1058 (2013.01); H04R 5/0335 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic device that includes a metal element arranged to at least partially cover a high impedance region associated with an antenna of the electronic device. The metal element presents a capacitive load to the antenna to mimic or replicate a capacitance placed on the antenna by a conductive element, such as a user's finger, coming in contact or close proximity to the antenna area. The capacitive load applied by the metal element tunes the antenna system for a large capacitance to resist antenna de-tuning and radio link interruption caused by the unintended user contact or near contact with the high impedance region of the antenna.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…