Antenna placement
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- establishing an antenna zone for a computing device, the antenna zone associated with an edge of the computing device;
placing multiple antennas for the computing device within the antenna zone to provide multiple different types of wireless functionality; and
connecting via an interface to an external device that is configured to provide additional functionality for interaction with the computing device and selectively switching between operation of one or more of the multiple antennas within the antenna zone and operation of one or more other antennas placed outside of the antenna zone with the same types of wireless functionality as the antennas within the antenna zone responsive to manipulation of the external device into different positional relationships 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, the antenna zone associated with an edge of the computing device; placing multiple antennas for the computing device within the antenna zone to provide multiple different types of wireless functionality; and connecting via an interface to an external device that is configured to provide additional functionality for interaction with the computing device and selectively switching between operation of one or more of the multiple antennas within the antenna zone and operation of one or more other antennas placed outside of the antenna zone with the same types of wireless functionality as the antennas within the antenna zone responsive to manipulation of the external device into different positional relationships 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 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 designated edge to provide functionality for cellular communications and at least one other type of wireless functionality; and an interface connectable to a different device that is configured to provide additional functionality for interaction with 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 different device into different positions with respect to the computing device. - 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 an edge of the tablet device; an antenna suite of multiple antennas located within the antenna zone along the 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 other 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 edge, the tablet device configured to switch between using antennas in the antenna zone along the edge and antennas included in the antenna zone of the other device responsive to detecting changes in position of the other device relative to the tablet device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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