Multi-band monopole antenna for a mobile communications device
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1. A cellular telephone handset, comprising:
- a device housing;
a display;
a keyboard;
a speaker;
a printed circuit board, the printed circuit board comprising;
a ground plane layer;
a feeding point;
a communication circuitry energized by means of a battery;
wherein the communication circuitry is mounted on the printed circuit board;
wherein the communication circuitry is coupled to the feeding point and to the ground plane layer;
an antenna including an antenna element;
wherein the antenna element operates in cooperation with the ground plane layer;
the antenna element comprising;
a common conductor including a feeding port;
a first longer radiating arm connected to the common conductor;
a second shorter radiating arm connected to the common conductor;
wherein the feeding port is coupled to the feeding point;
wherein an orthogonal projection of a footprint of the antenna element on a plane of the printed circuit board overlaps the ground plane layer in less than 50% of an area of said footprint;
wherein the display, the speaker, the printed circuit board, the communication circuitry, and the antenna are arranged inside the device housing; and
wherein the antenna and the cellular telephone handset operate at multiple frequency bands.
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Abstract
A multi-band monopole antenna for a mobile communications device includes a common conductor coupled to both a first radiating arm and a second radiating arm. The common conductor includes a feeding port for coupling the antenna to communications circuitry in a mobile communications device. In one embodiment, the first radiating arm includes a space-filling curve. In another embodiment, the first radiating arm includes a meandering section extending from the common conductor in a first direction and a contiguous extended section extending from the meandering section in a second direction.
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1. A cellular telephone handset, comprising:
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a device housing; a display; a keyboard; a speaker; a printed circuit board, the printed circuit board comprising; a ground plane layer; a feeding point; a communication circuitry energized by means of a battery; wherein the communication circuitry is mounted on the printed circuit board; wherein the communication circuitry is coupled to the feeding point and to the ground plane layer; an antenna including an antenna element; wherein the antenna element operates in cooperation with the ground plane layer; the antenna element comprising; a common conductor including a feeding port; a first longer radiating arm connected to the common conductor; a second shorter radiating arm connected to the common conductor; wherein the feeding port is coupled to the feeding point; wherein an orthogonal projection of a footprint of the antenna element on a plane of the printed circuit board overlaps the ground plane layer in less than 50% of an area of said footprint; wherein the display, the speaker, the printed circuit board, the communication circuitry, and the antenna are arranged inside the device housing; and wherein the antenna and the cellular telephone handset operate at multiple frequency bands. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A smartphone handset, comprising:
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a device housing; a speaker; a display, the display having an area of at least 60% of an area defined by transversal dimensions of the device housing; a printed circuit board, the printed circuit board comprising; a ground plane layer; a feeding point; a communication circuitry energized by means of a battery; wherein the communication circuitry is mounted on the printed circuit board; wherein the communication circuitry is coupled to the feeding point and to the ground plane layer; an antenna, the antenna including an antenna element coupled to the feeding point of the printed circuit board and that operates in cooperation with the ground plane layer; wherein the antenna operates at multiple frequency bands; wherein an orthogonal projection of a footprint of the antenna element on a plane of the printed circuit board overlaps the ground plane layer in less than 50% of an area of said footprint; wherein the speaker, the display, the printed circuit board, the communication circuitry, and the antenna are arranged inside the device housing; and wherein the smartphone handset operates at least three cellular communication services and at least one wireless connectivity service. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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