MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICE WITH MULTI FEED POINT ANTENNA AND AUDIO TRANSDUCER AND RELATED METHODS
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Abstract
A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a circuit board carried by the portable housing, a wireless communications circuit carried by the circuit board, and an audio circuit carried by the circuit board. The mobile wireless communications device may further include an antenna assembly including an antenna carrier frame coupled to the circuit board and defining a cavity therein, and an antenna element carried on the antenna carrier frame and having a plurality of spaced apart signal feed points coupled to the wireless communications circuit. In addition, an audio transducer may be carried within the cavity of the antenna carrier frame and coupled to the audio circuit.
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39 Claims
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21. A mobile wireless communications device comprising:
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a housing; a wireless communications circuit in said housing; an audio circuit in said housing; an antenna carrier frame in said housing and defining a cavity and an acoustic port coupled thereto; an antenna element on said antenna carrier frame and coupled to said wireless communications circuit; and an audio transducer coupled to said audio circuit and positioned within the cavity so that said antenna carrier frame defines an acoustic enclosure for said audio transducer. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A mobile wireless communications device comprising:
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a housing having an upper portion and a lower portion; a wireless communications circuit in said housing; an audio circuit in said housing; an antenna carrier frame in the lower portion said housing and defining a cavity and an acoustic port coupled thereto; an antenna element on said antenna carrier frame and coupled to said wireless communications circuit; and an audio output transducer coupled to said audio circuit and positioned within the cavity so that said antenna carrier frame defines an acoustic enclosure for said audio transducer. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method for making a mobile wireless communications device comprising:
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positioning a wireless communications circuit and an audio circuit in a housing; positioning an antenna element on an antenna carrier frame; positioning the antenna carrier frame in the housing to define a cavity and an acoustic port coupled thereto; positioning an audio transducer in the cavity so that the antenna carrier frame defines an acoustic enclosure for the audio transducer; and coupling the antenna element to the wireless communications circuit, and coupling the audio transducer to the audio circuit. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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Specification