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Electronic device with satellite navigation system slot antennas

  • US 9,379,445 B2
  • Filed: 02/14/2014
  • Issued: 06/28/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic device, comprising:

  • a satellite navigation system receiver;

    a metal housing in which the satellite navigation system receiver is housed;

    a slot antenna formed from a slot in the metal housing wherein the slot antenna is an indirectly fed slot antenna having a near-field-coupled antenna feed structure that is near-field coupled to the slot, wherein the antenna feed structure comprises a planar metal structure and a leg that extends from the planar metal structure towards a rear wall of the metal housing; and

    a transmission line that conveys antenna signals from the slot antenna to the satellite navigation system receiver.

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