Electronic wearable device
First Claim
1. A wrist-wearable electronic device comprising an outer housing defining an assembly zone, and a radio unit contained within the assembly zone, characterized in that the outer housing is made at least partly of conductive material, and the outer housing comprises an integral slot antenna formed in the conductive material portion thereof, the antenna being electrically connected to said radio unit.
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Abstract
The invention concerns a wrist-wearable electronic device comprising a slot antenna and a method of manufacturing the slot antenna. Such a device comprises an outer housing defining an assembly zone and a radio unit contained within the assembly zone. According to the invention the outer housing is made at least partly of conductive material and comprises an integral slot antenna formed in the conductive material portion thereof, the antenna being electrically connected to the radio unit. The invention provides a convenient antenna structure for wirelessly communicating wristop computers and the like.
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1. A wrist-wearable electronic device comprising
an outer housing defining an assembly zone, and a radio unit contained within the assembly zone, characterized in that the outer housing is made at least partly of conductive material, and the outer housing comprises an integral slot antenna formed in the conductive material portion thereof, the antenna being electrically connected to said radio unit.
- 12. A method for forming a slot antenna for a wrist-wearable device, the method comprising providing a device housing capable of accommodating a radio unit, the housing being at least partly made of conductive material, characterized by the step of removing conductive material from said housing in order to form an elongated recess having a first conductive boundary and a second conductive boundary opposing the first boundary and two conductive end portions which connect the first and second boundaries on each end of the recess.
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14. A method for forming a slot antenna for a wrist-wearable device, the method characterized by the steps of
providing a first at least partly conductive housing portion and a second at least partly conductive housing portion, mounting said first and second housing portions in such a position that an elongated recess is formed between said housing portions, the housing portions being electrically connected to each other from the ends of said recess.
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16. Use of a slot antenna in a wrist-wearable device, which comprises an outer housing at least partly made of electrically conductive material, the slot antenna being formed in the conductive material of the outer housing.
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