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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2011
Lizhong Zhu, Waterloo, CA;
Libo Zhu, Waterloo, CA;
Scott Leonard Dill, Waterloo, CA;
Raymond Michael Dikun, Red Oak, TX (US);
Pha Cong Nguyen, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Soo Liam Ooi, Plantation, FL (US);
Randy Alan Wiessner, Palatine, IL (US);
Lizhong Zhu, Waterloo, CA;
Libo Zhu, Waterloo, CA;
Scott Leonard Dill, Waterloo, CA;
Raymond Michael Dikun, Red Oak, TX (US);
Pha Cong Nguyen, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Soo Liam Ooi, Plantation, FL (US);
Randy Alan Wiessner, Palatine, IL (US);
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
An electronic device may include a housing having a display opening therein, processing circuitry within the housing, and wireless transceiver circuitry within the housing and coupled to the processing circuitry. The electronic device may also include NFC transceiver circuitry within the housing and coupled to the processing circuitry, a display within the housing and coupled to the processing circuitry, the display having an external surface exposed through the display opening and having an internal surface within the housing, and an NFC antenna positioned within the housing behind and aligned with the internal surface of the display and coupled to the NFC transceiver circuitry.