Wireless communication system integrated into a computer display

• US 20030125070A1
• Filed: 12/28/2001
• Published: 07/03/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Wagner, Matthew J., Neill, Timothy, Castell, Robin T.
• Granted Patent: US 8,185,147 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/550.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2258 used with computer equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

An electronic device has a display in which the casing of the display includes a plurality of recessed cavities into which radio and antenna modules can be inserted to provide the electronic device with a wireless communication capability. The display can have cavities for one or more radios and one or more antenna modules. A radio electrically connects to one or more antenna modules via conductor(s) contained within the display and connects to the host electronic device via a serial bus (e.g., USB). Accordingly, the display can have a plurality of radio/antenna combinations thereby concurrently providing the electronic device with multiple wireless communication capabilities.

Claims

1. A computer system, comprising:

a processor;

a display coupled to said processor, said display having an external casing in which a plurality of recessed cavities are formed, and said recessed cavities usable for mating a radio module and an antenna module therein.

2. The computer system of claim 1 wherein said radio module and antenna module are flush it with the outer surface of the casing.

3. The computer system of claim 1 wherein said radio module is electrically connected to said antenna module via a conductor contained within said display casing.

4. The computer system of claim 1 wherein said casing includes cavities for a plurality of radio modules.

5. The computer system of claim 1 wherein said casing includes cavities for a plurality of antenna modules.

6. The computer system of claim 1 wherein said casing includes cavities for a plurality of radio modules and a plurality of antenna modules.

7. The computer system of claim 6 wherein a radio module is electrically connected to said antenna module via a conductor contained within said display casing.

8. The computer system of claim 6 wherein a radio module is electrically connected to a plurality of antenna modules via a conductor contained within said display casing.

9. The computer system of claim 6 wherein said plurality of radio modules is two radio modules and said plurality of antenna modules is three antenna modules.

10. The computer system of claim 1 wherein said radio module couples to other electronics in said computer system via a digital serial bus.

11. The computer system of claim 10 wherein said bus comprises a universal serial bus (“

USB”

).

12. A display for an electronic device having a plurality of recessed cavities formed therein into which radio and antenna modules can be inserted to provide a wireless communication capability for said electronic device.

13. The display of claim 12 wherein said radio module and antenna module are flush with the outer surface of the display.

14. The display of claim 12 wherein a radio module is electrically connected to an antenna module via a conductor contained within said display.

15. The display of claim 12 including cavities for a plurality of radio modules.

16. The display of claim 12 including cavities for a plurality of antenna modules.

17. The display of claim 12 including cavities for a plurality of radio modules and a plurality of antenna modules.

18. The display of claim 17 wherein a radio module is electrically connected to an antenna module via a conductor contained within said display.

19. The display of claim 17 wherein a radio module is electrically connected to a plurality of antenna modules via a conductor contained within said display.

20. The display of claim 17 wherein said plurality of radio modules is two radio modules and said plurality of antenna modules is three antenna modules.

21. The display of claim 12 including a recessed cavity for a communication hub interconnecting said radio module to said electronic device.

22. The display of claim 12 wherein said electronic device comprises a notebook computer.

23. The display of claim 12 wherein said electronic device comprises a handheld computer.