Patent ID: 9583838
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H01Q

Claim:
1. An electronic device, comprising: a metal housing that forms a ground plane, wherein a slot is formed in the ground plane, the slot has a bend, the metal housing has a planar rear wall and a sidewall that extends from the rear wall, the slot is formed in the rear wall and the sidewall, the slot extends from a first edge of the sidewall to an opposing second edge of the sidewall, and the slot has an opening along the second edge of the sidewall; an indirectly fed slot antenna formed from the slot, the indirectly fed slot antenna comprising a near-field-coupled antenna feed structure that is formed from a planar metal structure that is near-field coupled to the slot; a first tunable component coupled across the slot at a first side of the near-field-coupled antenna feed structure; and a second tunable component coupled across the slot at a second side of the near-field coupled antenna feed structure.