Patent ID: 8988290
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: H01Q,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising; a conductive cover portion defining at least a portion of an external surface of a portable electronic device wherein the conductive cover portion defines a bezel; a feed element configured to capacitively couple radio circuitry to the conductive cover portion at a feed point; a ground plane galvanically connected to the conductive cover portion at a ground point; wherein the feed point and the ground point are separated along a length of the conductive cover portion and configure the conductive cover portion to resonate at a first resonant frequency so as to be operable as an antenna in a first frequency band and wherein the first resonant frequency of the conductive cover portion is controlled by the separation between the feed point and the ground point; and wherein the conductive cover portion is configured to operate as a planar inverted F antenna, or an inverted F antenna, in the first frequency band.