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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2007
Bing Chiang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Gregory Allen Springer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Douglas B. Kough, San Jose, CA (US);
Enrique Ayala, Watsonville, CA (US);
Matthew Ian Mcdonald, San Jose, CA (US);
Bing Chiang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Gregory Allen Springer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Douglas B. Kough, San Jose, CA (US);
Enrique Ayala, Watsonville, CA (US);
Matthew Ian McDonald, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Electronic devices and antennas for electronic devices are provided. The antennas may have ground plane elements with dielectric-filled openings. The dielectric-filled openings may be configured to form one or more rectangular slots. The antennas may be fed using transmission lines having first and second conductors. The first conductor of a given transmission line may be coupled to the ground plane element on one side of the slots. The second conductor of the transmission line may be coupled to a planar conductive element. The planar conductive element may couple to the ground plane element on the other side of the slots. The slots may be separated by a portion of the ground plane element. The planar conductive element may bridge at least one of the slots and may overlap the portion of the ground plane element that separates the slots without electrically contacting that portion of the ground plane element.