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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2010
Applicants:
Sean R. Mercer, Issaquah, WA (US);
Gerald R. Dejean, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Sean R. Mercer, Issaquah, WA (US);
Gerald R. DeJean, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Mobile device antennas with dielectric loading are described herein. In one example, a mobile device includes a ground plane, carried within an enclosure. An antenna is connected to the ground plane. Dielectric loading material is provided within at least a portion of an area defined between the ground plane and the antenna. The dielectric loading material results in a shortening of a required antenna length, thereby creating a recovered area, i.e., valuable space within the enclosure 'recovered' by the use of dielectric loading material.