Portable electronic device with an antenna array and method for operating same
First Claim
1. Apparatus comprising:
- a device housing having a shape characterized by an axis, a planar housing surface that is perpendicular to the axis, and a housing sidewall that is parallel to the axis, wherein the housing sidewall is positioned along a periphery of the planar housing surface;
a device face coupled to the device housing and positioned perpendicular to the axis at an opposite end of the device housing from the planar housing surface;
a printed circuit board positioned within the device housing between and parallel to the planar housing surface and the device face;
an antenna array having multiple antenna elements at least some of which are electrically coupled to the printed circuit board, wherein the antenna array is configured to concentrate radiation of radio waves laterally through a radiation plane that is parallel to the housing sidewall and that is perpendicular to the device face and the planar housing surface.
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Abstract
Apparatus includes a device housing, a device face, a printed circuit board (PCB), and an antenna array. The device housing has a shape characterized by an axis, a planar housing surface that is perpendicular to the axis, and a housing sidewall that is parallel to the axis. The housing sidewall is positioned along a periphery of a planar housing surface. The device face is positioned at an opposite end of the device housing from the planar housing surface. The PCB is positioned between and parallel to the planar housing surface and the device face. The antenna array has multiple antenna elements at least some of which are electrically coupled to the PCB. The antenna array is configured to concentrate radiation of radio waves laterally through a radiation plane that is parallel to the sidewall of the housing and that is perpendicular to the device face and the planar housing surface.
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20 Claims
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1. Apparatus comprising:
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a device housing having a shape characterized by an axis, a planar housing surface that is perpendicular to the axis, and a housing sidewall that is parallel to the axis, wherein the housing sidewall is positioned along a periphery of the planar housing surface; a device face coupled to the device housing and positioned perpendicular to the axis at an opposite end of the device housing from the planar housing surface; a printed circuit board positioned within the device housing between and parallel to the planar housing surface and the device face; an antenna array having multiple antenna elements at least some of which are electrically coupled to the printed circuit board, wherein the antenna array is configured to concentrate radiation of radio waves laterally through a radiation plane that is parallel to the housing sidewall and that is perpendicular to the device face and the planar housing surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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scanning using a subset of multiple antenna elements of an antenna array, wherein the multiple antenna elements are electrically coupled around an edge of a printed circuit board of a portable electronic device, wherein the scanning is to select a communication antenna element; communicating radio waves using the selected communication antenna element, wherein the communicating is concentrated laterally through a communication plane that is parallel to a housing sidewall of the portable electronic device and that is perpendicular to a device face and a planar housing surface of the portable electronic device, wherein the housing sidewall is positioned perpendicular to and at a periphery of the planar housing surface. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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