Mobile communication device

• US 7,494,069 B2
• Filed: 11/24/2004
• Issued: 02/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Shimada, Hajime
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee; Seung H
• Application Number:
  US10/578,588
• Publication Number:
  US 20070004456A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,553 Days
• Field of Search: 235/441, 235/449, 235/451, 235/492, 235/493, 455/558, 455/550.1, 4555755- 7, 455/90.1, 455/90.3
• US Class Current: 235/493
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/0008 General problems related to the reading of electronic memory record carriers, independent of its reading method, e.g. power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10316 using at least one antenna particularly designed for interrogating the wireless record carriers antennas in general H01Q1/22
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10386 the interrogation device being of the portable or hand-handheld type, e.g. incorporated in ubiquitous hand-held devices such as PDA or mobile phone, or in the form of a portable dedicated RFID reader
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/48 Transceivers

Abstract

There is provided with a portable communication device which can perform proximity contactless communication without reducing a distance capable of performing the proximity contactless communication thereby to improve convenience and prevent degradation of the characteristics of the proximity contactless communication.

In a mobile communication device 1 with a proximity contactless communication function, antennas 14A to 14C for performing the proximity contactless communication with an external proximity contactless communication device 2 are provided on the plural surfaces of the casing 10 of the mobile communication device 1. Each of the antennas 14A to 14C has one or more loops and the antennas 14A to 14C are coupled in series.

Claims

1. A portable communication device having a contactless communication function, comprising:

a plurality of loop antennas for performing contactless communication with an external contactless communication device or an external contactless communication card, each of the loop antennas being provided on a plurality of surfaces of a casing of the portable communication device,

wherein each of the loop antennas comprises at least one loop, and

wherein the loop antennas are connected in series.

2. The portable communication device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of electromagnetic interference suppression sheets,

wherein each of the electromagnetic interference suppression sheets are placed, from each of the loop antennas, at opposite sides or near opposite sides of a communication surface facing external contactless communication device or an external contactless communication card.

3. The portable communication device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an antenna for a mobile phone for performing mobile phone communication; and

an antenna feeding point for the mobile phone,

wherein the antenna for the mobile phone and the antenna feeding point are placed in separation from the loop antennas by a required distance or more.

4. A portable communication device having a contactless communication function, comprising:

a plurality of loop antennas for performing contactless communication with an external contactless communication device or an external contactless communication card, each of the loop antennas being provided on a plurality of surfaces of a battery pack housed in a battery chamber of a casing of the portable communication device or on a plurality of surfaces of a lid portion for closing a battery chamber provided separately from the battery pack,

wherein each of the loop antennas comprises at least one loop, and

wherein the loop antennas are connected in series.

5. The portable communication device according to claim 4, further comprising:

a plurality of electromagnetic interference suppression sheets,

wherein each of the electromagnetic interference suppression sheets are placed, from each of the loop antennas, at opposite sides or near opposite sides of a communication surface facing external contactless communication device or external contactless communication card.

6. The portable communication device according to claim 4, further comprising:

an antenna for a mobile phone for performing mobile phone communication; and

an antenna feeding point for the mobile phone,

wherein the antenna for the mobile phone and the antenna feeding point are placed in separation from the loop antennas for the contactless communication by a required distance or more.

7. A portable communication device having a contactless communication function, comprising:

a plurality of loop antennas for performing contactless communication with an external contactless communication device or an external contactless communication card, each of the loop antennas being provided on a plurality of surfaces of a main body portion of a battery pack housed in a battery chamber of a casing of the portable communication device or on a plurality of surfaces of a lid portion which closes the battery chamber and is provided integrally with the battery pack,

wherein each of the loop antennas comprises at least one loop, and

wherein the loop antennas are connected in series.

8. The portable communication device according to claim 7, further comprising:

a plurality of electromagnetic interference suppression sheets,

wherein each of the electromagnetic interference suppression sheets are placed, from each of the loop antennas, at opposite sides or near opposite sides of a communication surface facing external contactless communication device or an external contactless communication card.

9. The portable communication device according to claim 7, further comprising:

an antenna for a mobile phone for performing mobile phone communication; and

an antenna feeding point for the mobile phone,

wherein the antenna for the mobile phone and the antenna feeding point are placed in separation from the loop antennas by a required distance or more.