US 11,984,644 B2
Antenna placement arrangements on device with extendable display
Ping Shi, San Diego, CA (US); and Wei Huang, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Plano, TX (US)
Filed by Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/486,484.
Application 17/486,484 is a division of application No. 15/720,964, filed on Sep. 29, 2017, granted, now 11,158,929.
Prior Publication US 2022/0069444 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H04B 7/02 (2018.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01); H01Q 3/24 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/243 (2013.01) [G06F 1/16 (2013.01); G06F 1/1618 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2266 (2013.01); H04B 7/02 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); H01Q 3/24 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing comprising a first panel coupled to a second panel;
a first antenna positioned adjacent to the first panel;
a first display disposed in the first panel;
a first ground plane region positioned adjacent to the first display;
a second display disposed in the second panel;
a second ground plane region positioned adjacent to the second display, wherein the second ground plane region and the first ground plane region are part of a common ground plane,
the first panel and the first ground plane region on a first side of an edge separating the first panel and the second panel when the housing is placed in an unfolded configuration, and the second panel and the second ground plane region on a second side of the edge when the housing is placed in the unfolded configuration;
a second antenna positioned adjacent to the second panel, the second antenna configured to be activated when the housing is placed in the unfolded configuration and to be deactivated responsive to the second antenna at least partially contacting the first ground plane region when the housing is placed in a folded configuration; and
a ground plane slot structure positioned between the first ground plane region and the second ground plane region electrically isolating the first antenna from the second antenna.