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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1996
Seppo Kalervo Kivela, Salo, FI;
Nokia Mobile Phones Limited, Salo, FI;
Abstract
An accessory RF unit, used in combination with a hand-held wireless phone, is designed to raise the antenna of the phone above the user's head such that shadowing effects caused by the user's head or body are minimized during phone operation. The accessory RF unit is placed over an existing radiating element of the phone and the communication signals originating in the phone are electromagnetically coupled to an accessory antenna within the accessory RF unit. Similarly, communication signals originating from a base station can be received by the phone. The accessory RF unit is easily attached and removed without the need for additional tools or the removal of an exiting antenna as part of the wireless phone. A coil circumferentially surrounds the phone's antenna for bidirectionally coupling RF energy from and to the accessory antenna.