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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Greg Saul, Cambridge, GB;
Nicolas Villar, Cambridge, GB;
Daniel Cletheroe, Stapleford, GB;
Christian Holz, Seattle, WA (US);
Haiyan Zhang, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/44 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H01Q 1/48 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01); H01Q 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0445 (2019.05); G06F 3/0446 (2019.05); G06F 3/04166 (2019.05); H01Q 1/241 (2013.01); H01Q 1/44 (2013.01); H01Q 1/48 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0442 (2013.01); H04B 5/0031 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04104 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04106 (2013.01); H01Q 7/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An extender object for use with a multi-modal sensing surface comprises at least two antenna coils. A first antenna coil in the object is electrically connected to a second antenna coil in the object and the two antenna coils may be spatially separated. At least one of the first and second antenna coils comprises a plurality of radial elements extending in and/or out from the coil.