US 12,456,819 B2
Transparent antenna on lens with metalized edge
Wei Huang, San Diego, CA (US); Yasuo Morimoto, Cupertino, CA (US); Boon Shiu, Palo Alto, CA (US); Geng Ye, Union City, CA (US); Umar Azad, San Jose, CA (US); Eswarappa Channabasappa, Milpitas, CA (US); Tao Zhou, San Jose, CA (US); Peter Eli Renner, San Jose, CA (US); and Jiang Zhu, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/475,496.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/383,205, filed on Nov. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0162623 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. H01Q 15/16 (2006.01); H01Q 1/27 (2006.01); H01Q 3/46 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 15/168 (2013.01) [H01Q 3/46 (2013.01); H01Q 1/273 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
an antenna radiating structure comprising:
an active transparent mesh portion;
a dummy transparent mesh portion; and
a non-transparent antenna radiator portion extending along a perimeter of the antenna radiating structure and at least partially surrounding the active transparent mesh portion and the dummy transparent mesh portion; and
a transparent lens overlayed with the antenna radiating structure.