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Electronic device with fingerprint sensor and tunable hybrid antenna

  • US 9,577,318 B2
  • Filed: 08/19/2014
  • Issued: 02/21/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic device, comprising:

  • a housing having peripheral conductive structures;

    a hybrid inverted-F slot antenna, wherein the hybrid inverted-F slot antenna has an inverted-F antenna portion formed from an inverted-F antenna resonating element and an antenna ground, the inverted-F antenna resonating element is formed from the peripheral conductive structures, the hybrid inverted-F slot antenna has a slot antenna portion formed from an opening between the inverted-F antenna resonating element and the antenna ground, and the antenna ground has an extended portion adjacent to the slot;

    an antenna feed that feeds both the inverted-F antenna portion and the slot antenna portion; and

    a fingerprint sensor overlapping the extended portion of the antenna ground.

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