Antenna arrangement for small-sized radio communication devices
First Claim
1. A radio communication device intended for establishing a two-way connection comprising:
- first transform means for transforming a received electric signal into a first acoustic signal,means for transmitting the first acoustic signal in a certain direction,means for receiving a second acoustic signal from a certain direction,second transform means for transforming the second acoustic signal into an electric signal,at least one planar antenna element having a certain radiation pattern, said radiation pattern having an amplification maximum of said radiation in a certain direction,said antenna element comprising a planar ground plane having at least, a first radiator on one side of said ground plane and a second radiator on the opposite side of said ground plane, said first and second radiators being arranged essentially parallel to said ground plane,said radio communication device further comprising selection means for performing a selection between said first radiator and said second radiator in order to use one of said radiators at a time as the radiator of the antenna element,and wherein the direction of said amplification maximum of said antenna element when said first radiator is selected is essentially in the direction of said first acoustic signal and wherein the direction of said amplification maximum of said antenna element when said second radiator is selected is in a direction essentially opposite to the direction of said first acoustic signal.
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Abstract
The scope of the present invention is the antenna arrangement of a radio communication device (87) intended for establishing a two-way connection, with which arrangement it is striven for to reduce the effects of the body on the properties of an antenna and on the other hand to reduce the radiation of the antenna towards the body. The antenna element (81) is planar and it consists of a ground plane and of a radiator (86) essentially parallel to it. The antenna element has been arranged in a position in which the ground plane ends up between the body of the user of the radio communication device and the radiator, and the amplification maximum of the radiation pattern of the antenna is directed away from the user of the radio communication device in an operating position typical of the radio communication device.
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11 Claims
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1. A radio communication device intended for establishing a two-way connection comprising:
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first transform means for transforming a received electric signal into a first acoustic signal, means for transmitting the first acoustic signal in a certain direction, means for receiving a second acoustic signal from a certain direction, second transform means for transforming the second acoustic signal into an electric signal, at least one planar antenna element having a certain radiation pattern, said radiation pattern having an amplification maximum of said radiation in a certain direction, said antenna element comprising a planar ground plane having at least, a first radiator on one side of said ground plane and a second radiator on the opposite side of said ground plane, said first and second radiators being arranged essentially parallel to said ground plane, said radio communication device further comprising selection means for performing a selection between said first radiator and said second radiator in order to use one of said radiators at a time as the radiator of the antenna element, and wherein the direction of said amplification maximum of said antenna element when said first radiator is selected is essentially in the direction of said first acoustic signal and wherein the direction of said amplification maximum of said antenna element when said second radiator is selected is in a direction essentially opposite to the direction of said first acoustic signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A radio communication device intended for establishing a two-way connection comprising
a wristband for fastening the radio communication device on a wrist of a hand of a user, said wrist having a palm side corresponding to a palm side of said hand and a back side corresponding to a back side of said hand, a loudspeaker for reproducing a first acoustic signal to said user, a microphone for receiving a second acoustic signal from the user, an antenna element for transmission and reception of radio signals, said wristband, said loudspeaker, said microphone and said antenna being arranged about said communication device such that when the communication device is fastened on the user'"'"'s wrist, and the communication device is in operation, said loudspeaker and said microphone are located at the palm side of the user'"'"'s wrist or hand and said antenna element is located on the back side of the user'"'"'s wrist or hand.
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