Patent ID: 7446716
Filing Date: 2008-11-04
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
1. An electronic device including a flat display unit having a thickness and a dipole antenna for communication with an external device; comprising: the display unit including a conductive portion formed in a rectangular or substantially rectangular shape, the conductive portion having a main surface parallel to a display screen of the display unit and a lateral portion positioned at a lateral edge of the main surface; wherein in a case where a plane containing a main part of radiating conductors of the dipole antenna is called an antenna surface, when it is assumed that there is an imaginary straight line m the electronic device having a function of communicating with the external device through the dipole antenna; wherein when the dipole antenna has a length L at least one of the four sides forming the rectangular or substantially rectangular shape of the conductive portion having a greater length than the wavelength λ wherein when the formula of L wherein when the formula of L