Devices with Radiating Systems Proximate to Conductive Bodies

Abstract

A device includes a radiating system comprising: at least one of a radiation booster or a radiating element; a ground plane layer having at least two connecting points; a radiofrequency system electrically connected to the radiation booster and/or the radiating element and comprising at least one matching network; at least one external port electrically connected to the radiofrequency system; and at least first and second electrically conductive elements each comprising one or more components and being adapted to electrically connect first and second connecting points, respectively, of the at least two connecting points to an electrically conductive body of an apparatus at a distance from the ground plane layer, the distance being less than λ/ 15 , wherein λ is a free-space wavelength at a lowest frequency of operation of the radiating system.

1 - 20 . (canceled) 
     
     
         21 . A device including a radiating system, the radiating system comprising:
 at least one of a radiation booster and/or a radiating element;   a ground plane layer comprising first and second connecting points;   a radiofrequency system electrically connected to the at least one of the radiation booster and/or the radiating element and comprising at least one matching network;   at least one external port electrically connected to the radiofrequency system; and   at least first and second electrically conductive elements, each comprising one or more components, the first and second electrically conductive elements electrically connecting the first and second connecting points to an electrically conductive body of an apparatus placed at a distance from the ground plane layer, the distance being less than λ/15, wherein λ is a free-space wavelength corresponding to a lowest frequency of operation of the radiating system,   wherein the electrically conductive body has a first surface that is larger than a second surface of the ground plane layer such that a projection of the radiation booster and/or the radiating element onto a printed circuit board housing the ground plane layer intersects the electrically conductive body in plan view.   
     
     
         22 . The device of  claim 21 , wherein the at least one of the radiation booster and/or the radiating element comprises: a single radiation booster element; or two or three radiation booster elements. 
     
     
         23 . The device of  claim 22 , wherein the single radiation booster element or the two or three radiation booster elements feature a maximum size smaller than λ/15. 
     
     
         24 . The device of  claim 21 , wherein the at least one of the radiation booster and/or the radiating element comprises a radiating element. 
     
     
         25 . The device of  claim 24 , wherein the radiating element features a size equal to or greater than λ/15. 
     
     
         26 . The device of  claim 21 , wherein the radiating system further comprises a feeding system that electrically connects the at least one external port to the radiofrequency system. 
     
     
         27 . The device of  claim 21 , wherein:
 the ground plane layer includes a third connecting point;   the first connecting point is within a first third of the ground plane layer in a lengthwise dimension thereof, the second connecting point is within a second third of the ground plane layer in the lengthwise dimension thereof, and the third connecting point is within a third of the ground plane layer in the lengthwise dimension thereof; and   the radiating system further includes a third electrically conductive element adapted to electrically connect the third connecting point to the electrically conductive body.   
     
     
         28 . The device of  claim 27 , wherein:
 the first connecting point is at a first distance in a width direction of the ground plane layer and at a second distance in the lengthwise dimension of the ground plane layer, the first distance being between ⅓ and ⅔ of a width of the ground plane layer, the second distance being between 0 and ⅙ of a length of the ground plane layer;   the second connecting point is at the first distance in the width direction of the ground plane layer and at a third distance in the lengthwise dimension of the ground plane layer, the third distance being between 5/12 and 7/12 of the length of the ground plane layer; and   the third connecting point is at the first distance in the width direction of the ground plane layer and at a fourth distance in the lengthwise dimension of the ground plane layer, the fourth distance being between ⅚ and 6/6 of the length of the ground plane layer.   
     
     
         29 . The device of  claim 27 , wherein:
 the ground plane layer further includes four or more connecting points; and   the radiating system includes as many electrically conductive elements as there are connecting points, each of the electrically conductive elements electrically connecting one of the connecting points to the electrically conductive body.   
     
     
         30 . The device of  claim 21 , wherein each of the at least first and second electrically conductive elements comprises one or more of: a switch, a capacitor, an inductor, a resistor, a filter, or a via. 
     
     
         31 . The device of  claim 21 , wherein the device is a wireless device and the radiating system operates from 824 MHz to 960 MHz or from 1710 MHz to 2690 MHz or from both 824 MHz to 960 MHz and 1710 MHz to 2690 MHz. 
     
     
         32 . A system comprising:
 the radiating system of claim  1 ; and   the apparatus comprising the electrically conductive body.   
     
     
         33 . The system of  claim 32 , wherein:
 a width of the electrically conductive body is greater than a width of the ground plane layer;   a length of the electrically conductive body is greater than a length of the ground plane layer; and   the apparatus is one of: a smart TV, a refrigerator, a washing machine, a drying machine, a gas-meter, a water-meter, an electricity meter, a motor vehicle, a train, an airplane, a rocket, and a ship.   
     
     
         34 . The system of  claim 32 , wherein the system is a logistic system that tracks a transportation of goods, the logistic system including a container that includes a tracker. 
     
     
         35 . The system of  claim 32 , wherein the apparatus comprises a container that comprises a metallic element on a surface. 
     
     
         36 . The system of  claim 35 , wherein the whole container is metallic.