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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2015
Afero, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Omar Zakaria, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Joe Britt, Los Altos, CA (US);
Houman Forood, San Francisco, CA (US);
Afero, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
An modular antenna for integration with an Internet of Things (IoT) hub and associated systems and methods. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a modular antenna to be used with an embedded Internet of Things (IoT) hub having a plurality of wireless communication interfaces, the modular antenna comprising an interface component and an antenna component; the interface component comprising a first plurality of pins or pads to electrically couple the module antenna to the embedded IoT hub; and the antenna component comprising a plurality of antennas to be electrically coupled to the first plurality of pins or pads, thereby electrically coupling each of the plurality of antennas to one of the plurality of wireless communication interfaces of the embedded IoT hub.