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Granted Patent B2
US 11,881,616 · App. 16/973,760 · Granted Jan 23, 2024

Smart ring

Inventors: Chun-Chieh Hsu (New Taipei, CN); Chih-Hsuan Hsiao (New Taipei, CN); Kuang-Chung Chou (New Taipei, CN)
Assignees: INVENTEC APPLIANCES (PUDONG) CORPORATION; INVENTEC APPLIANCES CORP.; INVENTEC APPLIANCES (SHANGHAI) CO. LTD.
H01Q1/38H01Q1/2291H01Q1/273H01Q5/20H01Q5/328H01Q5/35H01Q5/50H01Q7/00H04B5/0031
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Patent No.
US 11,881,616
App. No.
16/973,760
Granted
Jan 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A smart ring includes an antenna chip and a metal ring used as an antenna, and the antenna chip is electrically connected to the metal ring to form an antenna circuit. The metal body of the smart ring is designed as a composition structure of the antenna circuit, that is, the antenna is integrated into the metal ring, the space for accommodating the antennas and the cost for additional physical antennas are saved, and the design flexibility and the competitiveness of the product are improved. Nickel-zinc ferrite is unnecessary, which can reduce the cost. The ring can keep the radiation characteristic of the circular antenna that is not susceptible to the interference from human body. The metal body of the ring is a metal structure, which can fulfill both of strength requirement and texture requirement of the structure, and at the same time has good antenna characteristics.

Claims (12)

1. A smart ring, comprising:

an antenna chip; and

a metal ring used as an antenna and electrically connected to the antenna chip to form an antenna circuit;

wherein, the metal ring is provided with only one opening, the metal ring comprises an input point and an output point, the input point and the output point are respectively located on two sides of the opening and electrically connected to the antenna chip, the antenna circuit further comprises a first filter and a second filter to shield high frequency signal and allow low frequency signal to pass through, the antenna circuit further comprises a third filter and a fourth filter to shield low frequency signal and allow high frequency signal to pass through;

the antenna chip comprises at least one high frequency antenna chip, wherein the third filter has a first end electrically connected to the high frequency antenna chip and a second end, the fourth filter has a first end electrically connected to the second end of the third filter through the metal ring and a second end grounded.

2. The smart ring according to claim 1 , wherein, the input point and the output point are located at two end parts of the metal ring at the opening.

3. The smart ring according to claim 1 , wherein, the antenna chip is located on an inner wall of the metal ring.

4. The smart ring according to claim 1 , wherein, the smart ring comprises a plurality of antenna chips, the antenna chips further comprise at least one low frequency antenna chip.

5. The smart ring according to claim 4 , wherein, the smart ring comprises one low frequency antenna chip and one high frequency antenna chip.

6. The smart ring according to claim 5 , wherein, the low frequency antenna chip is an NFC chip having a positive port and a negative port, the first filter has a first end electrically connected to the positive port of the NFC chip and a second end; the second filter has a first end electrically connected to the second end of the first filter through the metal ring and a second end electrically connected to the negative port of the NFC chip.

7. The smart ring according to claim 1 , wherein, the high frequency antenna chip is a BT chip.

8. The smart ring according to claim 7 , wherein, the second end of the third filter is further electrically connected to the second end of the first filter, and the first end of the fourth filter is further electrically connected to the first end of the second filter.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2026
From: INVENTEC APPLIANCES (PUDONG) CORPORATION; INVENTEC APPLIANCES CORP.; INVENTEC APPLIANCES (SHANGHAI) CO. LTD.
To: INVENTEC APPLIANCES CORP.
Reel/Frame 075776/0781 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2020
From: HSU, CHUN-CHIEH; HSIAO, CHIH-HSUAN; CHOU, KUANG-CHUNG
To: INVENTEC APPLIANCES (PUDONG) CORPORATION; INVENTEC APPLIANCES CORP.; INVENTEC APPLIANCES (SHANGHAI) CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 054613/0446 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2020
From: HSU, CHUN-CHIEH; HSIAO, CHIH-HSUAN; CHOU, KUANG-CHUNG
To: INVENTEC APPLIANCES (PUDONG) CORPORATION; INVENTEC APPLIANCES CORP.; INVENTEC APPLIANCES (SHANGHAI) CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 054599/0410 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201811483455.8 · Dec 6, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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