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`What is Claimed is:
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`Claims
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`An electronic device having opposing first and second surfaces,
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`comprising:
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`a housing having a housing wall that forms the first surface;
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`a display mounted to the housing and having a display cover layer that
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`forms the second surface;
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`a millimeter wave antenna mounted within the housing, wherein the
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`millimeter wave antenna comprises a ground plane and a slot in the ground plane;
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`millimeter wave transceiver circuitry in the housing and configured to
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`convey radio—frequency signals at a frequency between 10 GHz and 400 GHz; and
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`a radio—frequency transmission line that couples the millimeter wave
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`transceiver circuitry to the millimeter wave antenna, wherein the radio—frequency transmission
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`line comprises a ground signal conductor and a positive signal conductor that overlaps the slot in
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`the ground plane.
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`The electronic device defined in claim 1, wherein the millimeter wave
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`antenna further comprises a resonating element that overlaps the slot in the ground plane.
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`The electronic device defined in claim 2, wherein the resonating element
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`has a rectangular periphery.
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`The electronic device defined in claim 1, wherein the slot in the ground
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`plane extends along a first axis and a portion of the positive signal conductor that overlaps the
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`slot extends along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis.
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`The electronic device defined in claim 1, wherein the ground signal
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`conductor is shorted to the ground plane.
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`The electronic device defined in claim 1, wherein the ground plane is
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`formed from a metal portion of the housing.
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`The electronic device defined in claim 1, wherein the display cover layer
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`comprises a transparent material selected from the group consisting of: glass, plastic, and
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`sapphire.
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`The electronic device defined in claim 1, wherein the millimeter wave
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`antenna conveys the radio—frequency signals through the display cover layer.
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`An electronic device comprising:
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`a housing;
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`a display having a display cover layer mounted to the housing;
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`a millimeter wave antenna under the display cover layer, wherein the
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`millimeter wave antenna includes a ground plane with an opening and a resonating element that
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`overlaps the opening; and
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`a transmission line that includes a positive signal line that overlaps the
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`opening and the resonating element.
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`10.
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`The electronic device defined in claim 9, further comprising:
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`millimeter wave transceiver circuitry in the housing coupled to the
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`transmission line.
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`ll.
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`The electronic device defined in claim 10, wherein the millimeter wave
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`transceiver circuitry is configured to convey millimeter wave signals at a frequency between 10
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`GHz and 400 GHz using the millimeter wave antenna.
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`The electronic device defined in claim ll, wherein the millimeter wave
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`antenna is configured to convey the millimeter wave signals through the display cover layer.
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`The electronic device defined in claim ll, wherein the resonating element
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`has a rectangular periphery.
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`The electronic device defined in claim 9, wherein the ground plane of the
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`millimeter wave antenna is formed from a conductive portion of the housing.
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`The electronic device defined in claim 9, wherein the transmission line
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`includes a ground signal line that is shorted to the ground plane.
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`The electronic device defined in claim 9, wherein a portion of the positive
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`signal line that overlaps the opening and the resonating element is orthogonal to the opening in
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`the ground plane.
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`An electronic device having front and rear surfaces, comprising:
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`a housing having a rear wall that forms the rear surface;
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`a display mounted in the housing;
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`a display cover layer that covers the display and that forms the front
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`surface; and
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`a millimeter wave antenna that conveys millimeter wave signals through
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`the display cover layer, wherein the millimeter wave antenna includes a slot in a ground plane,
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`the millimeter wave antenna is fed using a coupled feed arrangement in which a portion of a
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`transmission line conductor overlaps the slot in the ground plane, and the portion of the
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`transmission line conductor that overlaps the slot in the ground plane is orthogonal to the slot in
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`the ground plane.
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`The electronic device defined in claim 17, further comprising:
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`transceiver circuitry in the housing that is configured to convey the
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`millimeter wave signals at a frequency between 10 GHz and 400 GHz using the millimeter wave
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`antenna.
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`The electronic device defined in claim 17, wherein the display cover layer
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`comprises a layer selected from the group consisting of: a transparent glass layer, a transparent
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`plastic layer, and a transparent sapphire layer.
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`The electronic device defined in claim 17, wherein the millimeter wave
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`antenna further comprises a rectangular resonating element that overlaps the slot in the ground
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`plane and the portion of the transmission line conductor that overlaps the slot.
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