MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH POLARIZATION DIVERSITY WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN) ANTENNA AND RELATED METHODS
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Abstract
A mobile wireless LAN communications device may include a portable, handheld housing, and a wireless LAN transceiver carried by the housing. A polarization diversity wireless LAN antenna may be included for cooperating with the wireless LAN transceiver to communicate over a wireless LAN. The polarization diversity wireless LAN antenna may include a first antenna element coupled to the wireless LAN transceiver having a first shape and a first polarization, and a second antenna element coupled to the wireless LAN transceiver having a second shape different from the first shape. The second antenna element may also have a second polarization different from the first polarization.
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52 Claims
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1-28. -28. (canceled)
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29. An electronic device comprising:
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a wireless LAN transceiver; and a wireless LAN antenna coupled to the wireless LAN transceiver and comprising a first antenna element and a second antenna element each comprising a respective feed branch and a respective loop branch having a first end coupled to the feed branch, a second end adjacent the feed branch and separated therefrom by a respective gap, and a respective loop-back section extending between the first and second ends, the loop-back section of the first antenna element comprising a plurality of linear portions coupled together, the loop-back section of the second antenna element comprising an arcuate portion and at least one linear portion coupled together. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. An electronic device comprising:
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a circuit board; a wireless LAN transceiver carried by the circuit board; and a wireless LAN antenna coupled to the wireless LAN transceiver and comprising electrically conductive traces on the circuit board defining a first antenna element and a second antenna element each comprising a respective feed branch and a respective loop branch having a first end coupled to the feed branch, a second end adjacent the feed branch and separated therefrom by a respective gap, and a respective loop-back section extending between the first and second ends, the loop-back section of the first antenna element comprising a plurality of linear portions coupled together, the loop-back section of the second antenna element comprising an arcuate portion and at least one linear portion coupled together. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A wireless LAN antenna for a wireless LAN transceiver comprising:
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a first antenna element and a second antenna element each comprising a respective feed branch and a respective loop branch having a first end coupled to the feed branch, a second end adjacent the feed branch and separated therefrom by a respective gap, and a respective loop-back section extending between the first and second ends; the loop-back section of the first antenna element comprising a plurality of linear portions coupled together; the loop-back section of the second antenna element comprising an arcuate portion and at least one linear portion coupled together. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A method making a wireless LAN antenna for a wireless LAN transceiver comprising:
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forming a first antenna element and a second antenna element each comprising a respective feed branch and a respective loop branch having a first end coupled to the feed branch, a second end adjacent the feed branch and separated therefrom by a respective gap, and a respective loop-back section extending between the first and second ends; the loop-back section of the first antenna element comprising a plurality of linear portions coupled together; the loop-back section of the second antenna element comprising an arcuate portion and at least one linear portion coupled together. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52)
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Specification