Multi-band monopole antenna for a mobile communications device
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1. A clamshell-type multi-band mobile communications device comprising:
- an upper circuit board;
a lower circuit board comprising a ground plane, a feeding point and communications circuitry;
a multi-band antenna connected to the communications circuitry and mounted on the lower circuit board, the multi-band antenna having a common conductor connected to the feeding point for coupling the multi-band antenna to the communications circuitry in the mobile communications device;
a first radiating arm coupled to the common conductor;
a second radiating arm coupled to the common conductor;
an upper housing and a lower housing hinged to one another, the upper housing enclosing the upper circuit board and the lower housing enclosing the lower circuit board and the multi-band antenna, the upper and lower housings enabling the upper and lower housings and the upper and lower circuit boards to be selectively folded together into a clamshell configuration or opened into a communications configuration;
wherein the lower circuit board is connected to the upper circuit board via a hinge enabling the upper and lower circuit boards to be folded together into a closed position;
wherein a projection of an antenna footprint on a plane of the lower circuit board does not intersect a metallization of the ground plane by more than fifty percent; and
wherein the lower circuit board is mounted in a first plane within the mobile communications device and the multi-band monopole antenna is mounted in a second plane within the mobile communications device.
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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 clamshell-type multi-band mobile communications device comprising:
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an upper circuit board; a lower circuit board comprising a ground plane, a feeding point and communications circuitry; a multi-band antenna connected to the communications circuitry and mounted on the lower circuit board, the multi-band antenna having a common conductor connected to the feeding point for coupling the multi-band antenna to the communications circuitry in the mobile communications device; a first radiating arm coupled to the common conductor; a second radiating arm coupled to the common conductor; an upper housing and a lower housing hinged to one another, the upper housing enclosing the upper circuit board and the lower housing enclosing the lower circuit board and the multi-band antenna, the upper and lower housings enabling the upper and lower housings and the upper and lower circuit boards to be selectively folded together into a clamshell configuration or opened into a communications configuration; wherein the lower circuit board is connected to the upper circuit board via a hinge enabling the upper and lower circuit boards to be folded together into a closed position; wherein a projection of an antenna footprint on a plane of the lower circuit board does not intersect a metallization of the ground plane by more than fifty percent; and wherein the lower circuit board is mounted in a first plane within the mobile communications device and the multi-band monopole antenna is mounted in a second plane within the mobile communications device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A clamshell-type multi-band mobile communications device comprising:
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an upper circuit board; a lower circuit board comprising a ground plane, a feeding point, and communications circuitry, the feeding point being coupled to the communications circuitry; a multi-band antenna coupled to the communications circuitry and mounted on the lower circuit board, the multi-band antenna comprising; a common conductor coupled to the feeding point; a first radiating arm coupled to the common conductor; a second radiating arm coupled to the common conductor; an upper housing and a lower housing connected by a hinge, the upper housing enclosing the upper circuit board and the lower housing enclosing the lower circuit board, the hinge enabling the upper and lower housings and the upper and lower circuit boards to be folded together into a clamshell configuration and opened into a communications configuration; wherein the hinge enables the lower circuit board to be electrically coupled to the upper circuit board; wherein an edge of the multi-band antenna is laterally aligned with an edge of the lower circuit board; and wherein the lower circuit board is mounted in a first plane within the mobile communications device and the multi-band monopole antenna is mounted in a second plane within the mobile communications device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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