RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA FOR INCORPORATION IN THE HINGE OF A LAPTOP COMPUTER

摘要

There is disclosed an antenna system suitable for incorporation between the hinges joining a lid portion and a keyboard portion of a laptop computer. The antenna system is disposed on an elongate dielectric substrate having a longitudinal axis with first and second opposed ends and a predetermined reference point therebetween. The antenna system comprises a compound antenna structure disposed substantially laterally symmetrically about the reference point on the substrate, the compound antenna structure comprising at least a first unbalanced antenna with a first feed and a further antenna with a second feed; and first and second additional unbalanced antennas disposed substantially laterally symmetrically about the compound antenna structure on the longitudinal axis of the substrate, each of the first and second additional unbalanced antennas having a respective feed.