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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Eduardo Lopez Camacho, Watsonville, CA (US);
Bing Chiang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Douglas B. Kough, San Jose, CA (US);
Hao Xu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Eduardo Lopez Camacho, Watsonville, CA (US);
Bing Chiang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Douglas B. Kough, San Jose, CA (US);
Hao Xu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Antennas for electronic devices such as portable computers are provided. An antenna may have a dipole structure in which one antenna element serves as a matching element and another antenna element serves as a radiating element. The antenna elements may be mounted on a substrate. The substrate may be mounted on a support structure that is attached to a grounding plate. The grounding plate may be grounded to a conductive housing portion of a portable computer. The antenna may be mounted within the conductive housing in the vicinity of an opening in the housing. The opening may be a slot opening that is used to accommodate optical disks or other storage media. Radio-frequency signals for the antenna may pass through the opening.