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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
May. 17, 2023
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Charbel Khawand, Sammamish, WA (US);
Apoorva Sharma, Sammamish, WA (US);
Andrew James Hillenius, Woodinville, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed technology is generally directed to an antennary array embedded in a thinned region of a display panel. In one example of the technology, an apparatus comprises a display panel and a first antenna. The display panel is composed of a dielectric material. The display panel includes a first portion. An outer surface of the first portion is planar. The first portion includes a first region and a thinned region. The first region has a thickness. The thinned region has a thickness that is less than half of the thickness of the first region. The first antenna is embedded in the thinned region.