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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2020
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hironobu Yamamoto, Matsumoto, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, , JP;
Abstract
An electronic watch with a built in antenna includes a watch case including a case body configured of a conductive material, a bezel configured of a conductive material and provided on a watch front surface side of the case body, and a cover glass attached to the bezel. The electronic watch includes a dial disposed inside the watch case, a dial ring disposed around the dial, and an antenna disposed inside the watch case. At least a portion of the antenna is disposed outside an outer circumference of the dial in plan view as seen from a direction orthogonal to a front surface of the dial. At least one of the dial, the dial ring, and the cover glass is a dielectric disposed to be closer to the watch front surface side than to the antenna and disposed within a predetermined distance from the antenna, the distance being set in accordance with a wavelength of radio waves received by the antenna.