ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,969, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to WISTRON NEWEB CORP. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Hybrid antenna structure" was invented by Chih-Feng Tai (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Kuei-Cheng Wang (Hsinchu, Taiwan), De-Shao Yao (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and I-Jen Wang (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid antenna structure includes a dielectric substrate, a metal element, a ground element, a feeding radiation element, and a proximity sensor. The dielectric substrate has a first surface and a second surface which are opposite to each other. The metal element is disposed on the second surface of the dielectric substrate. The metal element has a slot....