Slot antenna for a wearable device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10126780-B2
Application number	US-201515547354-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 29, 2015
Priority date	Jan 29, 2015
Publication date	Nov 13, 2018
Grant date	Nov 13, 2018

Abstract

A wearable device includes: a metal middle cover, a metal bottom cover, a printed circuit board PCB, and a gap. The metal middle cover encircles the wearable device for a whole circle and serves as an exterior of the wearable device. The metal bottom cover is located under the metal middle cover and serves as a rear cover of the wearable device. The gap with a preset width exists between the metal middle cover and the metal bottom cover, and serves as a slot antenna of the wearable device. The PCB is in an inner side of the metal middle cover, and is located above the metal bottom cover. The PCB is electrically connected to the metal middle cover by using a feed point, and feeds power to the metal middle cover.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wearable device, comprising:
a metal middle cover encircling the wearable device for a whole circle and serving as an exterior of the wearable device;
a display installed on an upper surface of the metal middle cover;
a touch panel covering the display;
a metal bottom cover located under the metal middle cover and serving as a rear cover of the wearable device;
a gap having a preset width and disposed between the metal middle cover and the metal bottom cover and serving as a slot antenna for the wearable device, wherein the metal middle cover and the metal bottom cover are electrically connected within the gap via a ground point, and a distance along the metal middle cover between the ground point and the feed point is ¼ of a wavelength corresponding to a resonance frequency of the slot antenna;
a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed in an inner side of the metal middle cover, located above the metal bottom cover, and electrically connected to the metal middle cover via a feed point for feeding power to the metal middle cover.

2. The wearable device according to claim 1 , wherein a quantity of the ground point is one.

3. The wearable device according to claim 1 , wherein a quantity of the ground point is two.

4. The wearable device according to claim 1 , wherein a quantity of the ground point is more than two.

5. The wearable device according to claim 1 , wherein the preset width is 0.3 millimeter.

6. The wearable device according to claim 1 , wherein the preset width is 0.5 millimeter.

7. The wearable device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a capacitor having a first end electrically connected to the PCB and a second end electrically connected to the feed point, the capacitor and feed point configured to feed power to the metal middle cover.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Qing
• Sun Shuhui
• Wang Aimeng

Classifications

• G06F1/163 Primary

  Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt · CPC title

• H01Q13/18

  the slot being backed by, or formed in boundary wall of, a resonant cavity (longitudinally slotted cylinder H01Q13/12 ){; Open cavity antennas} · CPC title

• H01Q13/10 Primary

  Resonant slot antennas · CPC title

• H01Q1/273

  Adaptation for carrying or wearing by persons or animals · CPC title