US 8,676,116 B2
ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH NFC ANTENNA ADJACENT DISPLAY AND RELATED METHODSGeneral
US 8,676,116 B2
ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH NFC ANTENNA ADJACENT DISPLAY AND RELATED METHODS
Tech Center:
2600 Communications
Examiner:
April G Gonzales
Art Unit:
2648 Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details
Inventors:
Lizhong ZHU; Libo ZHU; Scott Leonard DILL; Pha Cong NGUYEN; Soo Liam OOI; Randy Alan WIESSNER; Raymond Michael DIKUN
Assignee:
Priority:
10/07/11
Filed:
10/07/11
Granted:
03/18/14
Expiration:
03/29/32
Abstract
An electronic device may include a housing having a display opening therein, processing circuitry within the housing, and wireless transceiver circuitry within the housing and coupled to the processing circuitry. The electronic device may also include NFC transceiver circuitry within the housing and coupled to the processing circuitry, a display within the housing and coupled to the processing circuitry, the display having an external surface exposed through the display opening and having an internal surface within the housing, and an NFC antenna positioned within the housing behind and aligned with the internal surface of the display and coupled to the NFC transceiver circuitry.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
H01H01Q1/526H01QH04B1/3888H04M2250/04H04BY10T29/49018Y10T