Wearable electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9722303-B2
Application number	US-201414503420-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 1, 2014
Priority date	Oct 1, 2013
Publication date	Aug 1, 2017
Grant date	Aug 1, 2017

Abstract

A wearable electronic device includes a body and a wearing element. The body includes a conductive frame. The conductive frame includes a feeding point and at least one grounding point to form a first current path and a second current path. Furthermore, the conductive frame forms a loop antenna via the first current path and the second current path, respectively, so as to operate in a first band and a second band. The wearing element is connected to the body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wearable electronic device, comprising:
a body including a conductive frame and a conductive back cover, the conductive frame includes a feeding point and at least a grounding point to form a first current path and a second current path thereon, the conductive frame forms a loop antenna which generates two resonant modes via the first current path and the second current path to operate in a first band and a second band;
a wearing element connected to the body;
a physiological sensor electrically connected to the conductive frame and the conductive back cover; and
a system ground plane,
wherein when the physiological sensor senses the physiological signal via the conductive frame and the conductive back cover, the system ground plane is DC blocked against the conductive frame and the conductive back cover,
wherein when the conductive frame is operated in the first band and the second band, the system ground plane is AC conducted with the conductive frame and the conductive back cover.

2. The wearable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein when the number of the grounding point is one, the first current path extends from the feeding point to the grounding point in a predetermined direction, and the second current path extends from the feeding point to the grounding point in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction.

3. The wearable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive frame includes a first grounding point and a second grounding point, the first current path extends from the feeding point to the first grounding point in a predetermined direction, and the second current path extends from the feeding point to the second grounding point in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction.

4. The wearable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the first current path equals to one wavelength at a center resonant frequency of the first band.

5. The wearable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the second current path equals to one wavelength at a center resonant frequency of the second band.

6. The wearable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the body further includes a display, and the conductive frame is disposed around the display.

Assignees

• Hsieh Yi-Ting
• Su Saou-Wen
• Lin Chih-Chung
• Asustek Comp Inc

Inventors

• Hsieh Yi-Ting
• Su Saou-Wen
• Lin Chih-Chung

Classifications

• H01Q7/00

  Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop · CPC title

• H01Q5/364

  Creating multiple current paths · CPC title

• H01Q1/273 Primary

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