NETGEAR, Inc.
Portable electronic device with embedded antenna

Abstract:

A portable electronic device wirelessly communicates using an embedded antenna which includes a ground plane for electronics of the device and one or more additional planes extending at any angle diverging from the ground plane. The angles between the ground plane and the one or more additional planes can be configured so that the overall antenna is physically contained within a housing of the device. A slot or notch can be configured between the planes so that the antenna can effectively operate as a slot antenna. The antenna can be sized in the device to enable near field communications, such as Bluetooth, or greater distance communications, such as Wi-Fi and/or cellular. The device could be a camera configured to communicate in a security system.