Mobile wireless communications device with human interface diversity antenna and related methods
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1. An electronic device comprising:
- a housing;
a wireless transceiver carried by said housing;
a plurality of antennas carried by said housing in side-by-side relation, said plurality of antennas having different conductive patterns from one another and having different polarizations; and
a controller configured to cooperate with said wireless transceiver and said plurality of antennas to preferentially weight transmit signals based upon received signal strength.
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Abstract
A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable handheld housing, and a wireless transceiver carried by the housing. A pair of an antennas are positioned in side-by-side relation preferably in the upper portion of the portable handheld housing. A human interface diversity controller is connected to the wireless transceiver to preferentially operate with the plurality of antennas based upon a relative position of the portable handheld housing with respect to a hand of a human user. The device can select or weight the antennas based upon the position of the device when being held by a user.
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26 Claims
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1. An electronic device comprising:
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a housing; a wireless transceiver carried by said housing; a plurality of antennas carried by said housing in side-by-side relation, said plurality of antennas having different conductive patterns from one another and having different polarizations; and a controller configured to cooperate with said wireless transceiver and said plurality of antennas to preferentially weight transmit signals based upon received signal strength. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An electronic device comprising:
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a housing; a wireless transceiver carried by said housing; a plurality of antennas carried by said housing and positioned in side-by-side relation, said plurality of antennas having different conductive patterns from one another and having orthogonal polarizations; a controller configured to cooperate with said wireless transceiver and said plurality of antennas to preferentially weight transmit signals based upon received signal strength; a display carried by said housing and coupled to said controller; and at least one user input device carried by said housing and coupled to said controller. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of operating an electronic device comprising a housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the housing, and a plurality of antennas carried by the housing in side-by-side relation, with the plurality of antennas having different conductive patterns from one another and having different polarizations, the method comprising:
using a controller in cooperation with the wireless transceiver and the plurality of antennas to preferentially weight transmit signals based upon received signal strength. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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