Mobile Wireless Communications device with multiple RF transceivers using a common antenna at a same time and related methods
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1. A mobile wireless communications device comprising:
- a housing;
a common antenna carried by said housing and having a plurality of spaced apart signal feed points thereon;
a plurality of wireless radio frequency (RF) transceivers carried by said housing and coupled to respective ones of the signal feed points of said common antenna, each wireless RF transceiver also having a respective different operating frequency associated therewith; and
a controller selectively operating at least some of the wireless RF transceivers to use said common antenna at a same time.
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Abstract
A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing and a common antenna carried by the housing and having a plurality of spaced apart signal feed points thereon. The device may further include a plurality of wireless radio frequency (RF) transceivers carried by the housing and coupled to respective ones of the signal feed points of the common antenna. Each wireless RF transceiver may also have a respective different operating frequency associated therewith. Furthermore, the device may also include a controller selectively operating at least some of the wireless RF transceivers to advantageously use the common antenna at a same time.
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25 Claims
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1. A mobile wireless communications device comprising:
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a housing; a common antenna carried by said housing and having a plurality of spaced apart signal feed points thereon; a plurality of wireless radio frequency (RF) transceivers carried by said housing and coupled to respective ones of the signal feed points of said common antenna, each wireless RF transceiver also having a respective different operating frequency associated therewith; and a controller selectively operating at least some of the wireless RF transceivers to use said common antenna at a same time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A mobile wireless communications device comprising:
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a housing; a common antenna carried by said housing and comprising a patch antenna having at least one slot therein, said common antenna also having a plurality of spaced apart signal feed points and a reference voltage point thereon; a plurality of wireless radio frequency (RF) transceivers carried by said housing and coupled to respective ones of the signal feed points of said common antenna, each wireless RF transceiver also having a respective different operating frequency associated therewith; and a controller selectively operating at least some of the wireless RF transceivers to use said common antenna at a same time. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for making a mobile wireless communications device comprising:
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providing a housing with a common antenna carried thereby, the common antenna having a plurality of spaced apart signal feed points thereon; coupling a plurality of wireless radio frequency (RF) transceivers also carried by the housing to respective ones of the signal feed points of the common antenna, each wireless RF transceiver also having a respective different operating frequency associated therewith; and coupling a controller to the plurality of wireless RF transceivers to selectively operate at least some of the wireless RF transceivers to use the common antenna at a same time. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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