Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wrist-worn electronic device with a side wall loop antenna
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Application No.: US16409553Application Date: 2019-05-10
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Publication No.: US10944158B2Publication Date: 2021-03-09
- Inventor: Abu T. Sayem , Toby C. Wilcher
- Applicant: Garmin Switzerland GmbH
- Applicant Address: CH Schaffhausen
- Assignee: Garmin Switzerland GmbH
- Current Assignee: Garmin Switzerland GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: CH Schaffhausen
- Agent Samuel M. Korte; Max M. Ali
- Main IPC: H01Q7/00
- IPC: H01Q7/00 ; H01Q1/24 ; H01Q1/27 ; H05K5/00 ; H05K1/18 ; H01Q5/335 ; H01Q9/04

Abstract:
A wrist-worn electronic device comprises a housing, a printed circuit board, a location determining element, a first electrically conductive element, a second electrically conductive element, and a first loop antenna. The housing includes a side wall formed at least in part from an electrically conductive material and including an isolation portion formed from non-conductive material extending from an upper edge of the side wall to a lower edge of the side wall. The printed circuit board retains a first and second signal terminals. The location determining element receives a first electronic signal from the first signal terminal. The first loop antenna is formed by the first electrically conductive element, the second electrically conductive element, a first portion of a perimeter of the side wall, and a first circumferential portion of the printed circuit board.
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