Antennas for artificial reality systems
The disclosed system may include an antenna feed that has various electronic components. The system may also include a lens that has one or more layers, and an antenna embedded on at least a portion of the layers of the lens. The antenna may be electrically connected to at least one of the electronic components of the antenna feed. Various other apparatuses, wearable electronic devices, and methods of manufacturing are also disclosed.
1 . A system comprising:
a first antenna feed and a second antenna feed that each include one or more electronic components;
a lens that comprises one or more layers;
a first antenna embedded on at least a portion of a selected layer of the layers of the lens, wherein the first antenna is electrically connected to at least one of the electronic components of the first antenna feed; and
a second antenna embedded on at least a portion of the same, selected layer of the lens, wherein the second antenna is electrically connected to at least one of the electronic components of the second antenna feed,
wherein at least one of the one or more layers of the lens comprises at least one of an active dimming layer or an eye-tracking layer.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first antenna or the second antenna are formed using a transparent conductive material.
3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the active dimming layer is formed at least partially using a conductive material, and wherein at least one of the first antenna or the second antenna is at least partially etched into the conductive material of the active dimming layer.
4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the eye-tracking layer is formed at least partially using a nonconductive material, and wherein at least one of the first antenna or the second antenna is at least partially etched into the nonconductive material of the eye-tracking layer.
5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the eye-tracking layer is formed at least partially using a nonconductive material, and wherein at least one of the first antenna or the second antenna is at least partially printed onto the nonconductive material of the eye-tracking layer.
6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first antenna or the second antenna is operated according to one or more specified operating characteristics.
7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein at least one of the specified operating characteristics of at least one of the first antenna or the second antenna comprises a maximum level of total radiated power.
8 . The system of claim 6 , wherein at least one of the specified operating characteristics of at least one of the first antenna or the second antenna comprises a minimum level of directivity.
9 . A wearable electronic device comprising:
a first antenna feed and a second antenna feed that each include one or more electronic components;
a lens that comprises one or more layers;
a first antenna embedded on at least a portion of a selected layer of the layers of the lens, wherein the first antenna is electrically connected to at least one of the electronic components of the first antenna feed; and
a second antenna embedded on at least a portion of the same, selected layer of the lens, wherein the second antenna is electrically connected to at least one of the electronic components of the second antenna feed,
wherein at least one of the one or more layers of the lens comprises at least one of an active dimming layer or an eye-tracking layer.
10 . The wearable electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the first antenna comprises at least one of a monopole antenna, a dipole antenna, a slot antenna, a loop antenna, an inverted-F antenna (IFA), or a planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA), and wherein the second antenna comprises at least one of a monopole antenna, a dipole antenna, a slot antenna, a loop antenna, an inverted-F antenna (IFA), or a planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA).
11 . The wearable electronic device of claim 9 , further comprises a second lens and a third antenna, wherein antennas determined to interfere with each other are embedded on different lenses.
12 . The wearable electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the lens includes the eye-tracking layer and the active dimming layer.
13 . The wearable electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the eye-tracking layer includes the first antenna embedded thereon, and wherein the active dimming layer includes the second antenna embedded thereon.
14 . The wearable electronic device of claim 9 , wherein a third antenna is disposed on a different layer of the lens.
15 . The wearable electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the first and second antennas are distributed over a minimum specified area of the at least one layer of the lens.
16 . The wearable electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the first antenna is configured to operate at a first specified frequency, and wherein the second antenna is configured to operate at a second, different specified frequency.
17 . The wearable electronic device of claim 9 , wherein at least one of the first antenna or the second antenna is operated according to one or more specified operating characteristics.
18 . A method of manufacturing comprising:
providing a first antenna feed and a second antenna feed that each include one or more electronic components;
providing a lens that comprises one or more layers;
embedding a first antenna on at least a portion of a selected layer of the layers of the lens, wherein the first antenna is electrically connected to at least one of the electronic components of the first antenna feed; and
embedding a second antenna on at least a portion of the same, selected layer of the lens, wherein the second antenna is electrically connected to at least one of the electronic components of the second antenna feed,
wherein at least one of the one or more layers of the lens comprises at least one of an active dimming layer or an eye-tracking layer.