MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE COMPRISING A TOP-MOUNTED AUXILIARY INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE AND A BOTTOM-MOUNTED ANTENNA
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Abstract
A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing having an upper portion and a lower portion, a dielectric substrate carried by the housing, circuitry carried by the dielectric substrate, and an audio output transducer carried by the upper portion of the housing and connected to the circuitry. The device may further include a user input interface carried by the housing and connected to the circuitry, and at least one auxiliary input/output device carried by the upper portion of the housing and connected to the circuitry. An antenna may also be carried within the lower portion of the housing comprising a pattern of conductive traces on the dielectric substrate.
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46 Claims
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1-24. -24. (canceled)
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25. A mobile wireless communications device comprising:
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a housing having an upper portion and a lower portion; an audio output transducer carried by the upper portion of said housing; a user input interface device carried by said housing; and a multi-frequency band antenna carried within the lower portion of said housing and comprising a dielectric substrate, and a pattern of conductive traces on said dielectric substrate defining a main loop conductor having a gap therein, and first and second branch conductors connected to said main loop conductor. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A mobile wireless communications device comprising:
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a static housing having an upper portion and a lower portion; an audio output transducer carried by the upper portion of said static housing; a display carried by said static housing; a user input interface device carried by said static housing; and a multi-frequency band antenna carried within the lower portion of said static housing and comprising a dielectric substrate, and a pattern of conductive traces on said dielectric substrate defining a main loop conductor having a gap therein, and first and second branch conductors connected to said main loop conductor. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method for making a mobile wireless communications device comprising:
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providing a housing for receiving an audio output transducer in an upper portion thereof, and for receiving a user input interface device; and positioning a multi-frequency band antenna within a lower portion of the housing and comprising a dielectric substrate, and a pattern of conductive traces on the dielectric substrate defining a main loop conductor having a gap therein, and first and second branch conductors connected to the main loop conductor. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46)
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Specification