Cover for antenna
One embodiment provides a device, including: an antenna; a main memory storing code; a processor operatively coupled to the antenna and which executes the code stored in the main memory, wherein the code stored in the main memory includes code which is executed to communicate via the antenna; and a device cover that includes a material having a pattern of conductive fibers and non-conductive fibers; the material including an antenna area; wherein the pattern in the antenna area includes more non-conductive fibers than conductive fibers. Other aspects are described and claimed.
1. A device, comprising:
an antenna;
a main memory storing code;
a processor operatively coupled to the antenna and which executes the code stored in the main memory, wherein the code stored in the main memory comprises code which is executed to communicate via the antenna; and
a device cover that includes a material having a pattern of conductive fibers and non-conductive fibers;
the material including at least two antenna areas;
wherein the pattern in the at least two antenna areas includes more non-conductive fibers than conductive fibers, each of the at least two antenna areas comprising a different ratio of non-conductive fibers to conductive fibers than another of the at least two antenna areas, the ratio being based on an antenna type associated with each of the at least two antenna areas.
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the conductive fibers are carbon fibers.
3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the non-conductive fibers are glass fibers.
4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the material comprises a fabric woven with a weave pattern of conductive and non-conductive fibers.
5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the pattern in the antenna area includes non-conductive fibers that extend from a non-antenna area to the antenna area of the cover.
6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the pattern includes one or more conductive fibers that extend from one end of the cover to a substantially opposite end of the cover without traversing the antenna area.
7. The device of claim 6 , wherein the pattern includes one or more non-conductive fibers that extend from one end of the cover to a substantially opposite end of the cover while traversing the antenna area.
8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the antenna area comprises a plurality of antenna areas.
9. A device, comprising:
an antenna;
a processor operatively coupled to the antenna; and
a device cover that includes a material having a pattern of conductive fibers and non-conductive fibers;
the material including at least two antenna areas;
wherein the pattern in the at least two antenna areas includes more non-conductive fibers than conductive fibers, each of the at least two antenna areas comprising a different ratio of non-conductive fibers to conductive fibers than another of the at least two antenna areas, the ratio being based on an antenna type associated with each of the at least two antenna areas.
10. A device cover, comprising:
a material having pattern of conductive fibers and non-conductive fibers;
the material including at least two antenna areas;
wherein the pattern in the at least two antenna areas includes more non-conductive fibers than conductive fibers, each of the at least two antenna areas comprising a different ratio of non-conductive fibers to conductive fibers than another of the at least two antenna areas, the ratio being based on an antenna type associated with each of the at least two antenna areas.
11. The device cover of claim 10 , wherein the conductive fibers are carbon fibers.
12. The device cover of claim 10 , wherein the non-conductive fibers are glass fibers.
13. The device cover of claim 10 , wherein the material comprises a fabric woven with a weave pattern of conductive and non-conductive fibers.
14. The device cover of claim 13 , wherein the fabric includes resin coated fibers.
15. The device cover of claim 10 , wherein the pattern in the antenna area includes non-conductive fibers that extend from a non-antenna area to the antenna area of the cover.
16. The device cover of claim 10 , wherein the pattern includes one or more conductive fibers that extend from one end of the cover to a substantially opposite end of the cover without traversing the antenna area.
17. The device cover of claim 16 , wherein the pattern includes one or more non-conductive fibers that extend from one end of the cover to a substantially opposite end of the cover while traversing the antenna area.
18. The device cover of claim 10 , wherein the antenna area comprises a plurality of antenna areas.
19. A method, comprising:
setting at least two antenna areas of a cover;
setting a pattern for fibers of the cover, wherein the pattern in the at least two antenna areas includes more non-conductive fibers than conductive fibers, each of the at least two antenna areas comprising a different ratio of non-conductive fibers to conductive fibers than another of the at least two antenna areas, the ratio being based on an antenna type associated with each of the at least two antenna areas; and
producing the cover using material incorporating the non-conductive fibers and the conductive fibers according to the pattern.