Patent ID: 8576130

Claim:
A window assembly for use in connection with a window frame having a metal edge, said window assembly cooperating with said window frame to define at least one antenna that is electrically connectable to an electrical feed, said window assembly comprising: at least one ply; an electro-conductive coating that is located on a surface of said at least one glass ply, said electro-conductive coating having a peripheral edge wherein, at times when said window assembly is installed in said window frame, at least a first portion of the peripheral edge is spaced away from the metal edge of the window frame to define a slot antenna between the first portion of said peripheral edge and the metal edge of said window frame; an antenna feed structure that is electrically connected to the first portion of the peripheral edge of the electro-conductive coating; and a coupling strip for electrically connecting said antenna feed structure and the electrical feed, said coupling strip having a coupling element that is located opposite from at least a portion of the antenna feed structure said coupling element being positioned with respect to the first portion of the peripheral edge of the electro-conductive coating to match the impedance of said antenna with respect to the impedance of the electrical feed, said coupling strip also having an electrical conductor that is connected to said coupling element and that is electrically connectable to the electrical feed.