US 11,695,213 B2
Antenna for wireless communications integrated in electronic device
Sören Nilsson, Mölnlycke (SE)
Assigned to Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University (AU)
Appl. No. 16/767,069
Filed by Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University (AU)
PCT Filed Dec. 19, 2018, PCT No. PCT/IB2018/060296
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 26, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/123286, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/609,001, filed on Dec. 21, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0295459 A1, Sep. 17, 2020
Int. Cl. H01Q 13/18 (2006.01); H01Q 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 13/18 (2013.01) [H01Q 7/00 (2013.01); H04R 25/554 (2013.01); H04R 25/558 (2013.01); H04R 2225/51 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a housing; and
a circuit comprising an inductor and at least one capacitor in electrical communication with the inductor, the circuit having a resonance frequency and bounding a non-electrically-conductive region of the housing, wherein the circuit is configured to be operable as an antenna, the at least one capacitor comprising:
a first end in electrical communication with a first portion of the inductor at a surface of the housing; and
a second end spaced from the first end and spaced from a second portion of the inductor at the surface of the housing, the second end of the at least one capacitor and the second portion of the inductor configured to have electrical voltage signals therebetween.