Antenna placement
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- establishing an antenna zone for a computing device that is associated with a single edge of the computing device;
placing multiple antennas for the computing device within the antenna zone to provide multiple different types of wireless functionality, the multiple antennas including at least a pair of antennas that provide the same type of wireless functionality placed along the single edge; and
selectively switching between operation of antennas within the antenna zone and operation of antennas placed in locations outside of the antenna zone in response to rotation of an accessory device connected to the computing device into different orientations relative to the computing device.
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Abstract
Antenna placement techniques are described. In one or more embodiments, a computing device includes an antenna suite having multiple different kinds of antennas. An antenna zone for the antenna suite may be established along a particular edge of the computing device. Non-interfering materials (e.g., RF transparent material) may be used within the antenna zone and other materials (e.g., metal) may be employed for other regions of the device. The multiple different kinds of antennas in the antenna suite may then be disposed within the established antenna zone. The antennas may be placed to minimize interference between antennas and/or achieve performance objective for the suite of antennas. In one approach, a suite of five antennas may be placed along a top edge of a computing device in a landscape orientation.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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establishing an antenna zone for a computing device that is associated with a single edge of the computing device; placing multiple antennas for the computing device within the antenna zone to provide multiple different types of wireless functionality, the multiple antennas including at least a pair of antennas that provide the same type of wireless functionality placed along the single edge; and selectively switching between operation of antennas within the antenna zone and operation of antennas placed in locations outside of the antenna zone in response to rotation of an accessory device connected to the computing device into different orientations relative to the computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computing device comprising:
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an antenna zone established for the computing device along a single, designated edge of the computing device to contain each of multiple antennas provided for the computing device; an antenna suite having each of the multiple antennas placed within the antenna zone along the single, designated edge to provide functionality for cellular communications and at least one other type of wireless functionality; and an interface connectable to an accessory device such that the accessory device is configured to rotate into different orientations relative to the computing device, the computing device configured to selectively switch one or more of the multiple antennas on and off responsive to manipulation of the accessory device into the different orientations. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A tablet device comprising:
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a processing system; an antenna zone established for the tablet device along a top edge of the tablet device in a landscape orientation; an antenna suite of multiple antennas located within the antenna zone along the top edge, the multiple antennas including a pair of cellular antennas to provide cellular communications, a pair of Wi-Fi antennas for Wi-Fi communications, and a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) antenna to provide global navigation functionality; an interface connectable to an accessory device having another antenna zone including at least one antenna to duplicate functionality provided by one or more of the multiple antennas in the antenna zone along the top edge, the tablet device configured to switch between using antennas in the antenna zone along the top edge and antennas include in the antenna zone of the accessory device based on orientation of the accessory device relative to the tablet device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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