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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2007
Robert J. Hill, Salinas, CA (US);
Robert W. Schlub, Campbell, CA (US);
Juan Zavala, Watsonville, CA (US);
Ruben Caballero, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert J. Hill, Salinas, CA (US);
Robert W. Schlub, Campbell, CA (US);
Juan Zavala, Watsonville, CA (US);
Ruben Caballero, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Handheld electronic devices are provided that contain wireless communications circuitry having at least one antenna. The antenna may have a planar ground element and a planar resonating element. The planar ground element may have a rectangular shape that matches a rectangular housing shape for a handheld electronic device. A dielectric-filled slot may be formed in one end of the planar ground element. The planar resonating element may be located above the slot. The antenna may be a hybrid antenna that contains both a slot antenna structure formed from the slot and a planar inverted-F structure formed from the planar resonating element and the planar ground element. The antenna may be fed using a single transmission line or two transmission lines. With two transmission lines, one transmission line may be associated with the slot antenna structure and one transmission line may be associated with the planar inverted-F antenna structure.