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Google patents phone design that fits antennas in narrow bezels

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

Google has been granted a patent for a method of placing antennas inside the thin frame of a smartphone. The design uses a specific divider and grounding points to keep two different antennas from interfering with each other while fitting into a small space.

Why it mattersThis is a standard engineering improvement that helps manufacturers make phones thinner without losing signal quality.

In the filing’s own words

Various arrangements for positioning antennas, grounds, and a decoupling element are described herein. A display is mounted within a first area of an enclosure of the electronic device. A first antenna and second antenna that operate at one or more frequency bands are mounted within the enclosure. A decoupling element is mounted within a cavity area of the enclosure that, at least partially, isolates the first antenna from the second antenna, wherein a position of the decoupling element defines a common edge of a first cavity area that includes the first antenna and a second cavity area that includes the second antenna, and a first length of the decoupling element is less than a second length of the common edge.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device, comprising: an enclosure, comprising a first cavity area, a second cavity area, and a dividing area, wherein the dividing area separates the first cavity area and the second cavity area; a display mounted on top of the enclosure; a first antenna mounted within the first cavity area of the enclosure, wherein the first antenna operates at one or more first frequency bands; a second antenna mounted within the second cavity area of the enclosure, wherein the second antenna operates at one or more second frequency bands; a decoupling element mounted within the dividing area of the enclosure that the decoupling element, at least partially, isolates the first antenna from the second antenna, wherein: a first length of the decoupling element is less than a second length of the dividing area; and one or more grounding elements, wherein the grounding elements are positioned to ground the display and are positioned within the enclosure based, at least in part, on at a first location of the first antenna, or a second location of the second antenna.

Facts

Company
Google (Google LLC)
Official title
Antenna incorporation within a device having a narrow display bezel
Patent number
US12763494B2
Application number
18743941
Filed
Jun 14, 2024
Granted
Oct 13, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
17

Classified under

H01Q 21/28 Electricity & electronicsH01Q 1/241 Electricity & electronicsH01Q 13/18 Electricity & electronics
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