Patent ID: 8410986
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: H01P,H01Q,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A hybrid antenna in a portable electronic device, comprising: conductive structures in the portable electronic device that define an antenna slot for the hybrid antenna, wherein the antenna slot has a longitudinal axis; an inverted-F antenna structure having a first conductive portion that extends from a first terminal to a second terminal and that bridges the slot and having a second conductive portion that is electrically connected to the first conductive portion and that at least partly runs parallel to the longitudinal axis of the antenna slot, wherein the second terminal is shorted to the conductive structures adjacent to a first side of the slot; and a flex circuit transmission line having a positive signal conductor and a ground signal conductor, wherein the positive signal conductor is connected to the first terminal and wherein the ground signal conductor is connected to the conductive structures adjacent to a second side of the slot, wherein the conductive structures comprise a switch mounting bracket and wherein the ground signal conductor is connected to the switch mounting bracket.