Patent ID: 8350761
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
1. A handheld electronic device antenna comprising: a ground plane that surrounds and encloses a dielectric-filled slot; a planar resonating element located above the slot, wherein the handheld electronic antenna comprises a hybrid antenna in which the slot is used in forming a slot antenna portion of the hybrid antenna and in which the planar resonating element is used in forming a planar-inverted-F antenna portion of the hybrid antenna; a first signal terminal that is electrically coupled to the planar resonating element; a first ground terminal that is electrically connected to the ground plane, wherein the first signal terminal and first ground terminal serve as antenna feed points for the planar-inverted-F antenna portion of the hybrid antenna; a second signal terminal that is electrically connected to the ground plane adjacent to the slot; and a second ground terminal that is electrically connected to the ground plane adjacent to the slot, wherein the second signal terminal is different than the first signal terminal, wherein the second ground terminal is different than the first ground terminal, and wherein the second signal terminal and the second ground terminal serve as antenna feed points for the slot antenna portion of the hybrid antenna.