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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1997
Shankar Narayanaswamy, Middletown Township, Monmouth County, NJ (US);
Markus Rupp, Lincroft Township, Monmouth County, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A wireless communication terminal comprises a first housing section including an antenna for enabling wireless communications with the terminal and a second housing section including a second communications antenna, the second housing section being extendibly connected to the first housing in an manner such that when the second housing section is in its extended position the second antenna is located one half wavelength from the first antenna. One or both of the antennas may be a fixed type, e.g., a whip or stub, or a retractable type, e.g., telescoping. The antennas may be located external or may be internal (e.g., patch type antennas) to the housing sections.