ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,636, issued on June 17, was assigned to PLUME DESIGN INC. (Palo Alto, Calif.).
"Compact spiraled slot antenna" was invented by Miroslav Samardzija (Mountain View, Calif.), Arthur Tung (San Jose, Calif.), Ming-Tsung Su (Taipei, Taiwan) and Liem Hieu Dinh Vo (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless device with a slot antenna includes one or more heat spreaders, a PCB with vias to allow current to flow through the PCB, various components disposed on the PCB, and a slot antenna compliment. By layering the components, e.g., heat spreaders, PCB, slot antenna compliment, etc. one or more slot antennas are formed from thes...