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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1998
Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd., Espoo, FI;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a communication unit (50, 58) comprising a radio module (50, 58) and an antenna (30, 40) to be coupled thereto. The communication unit (50,58) and the antenna (30, 40) are connected together by a first pair of contacts (33, 43, 51, 55) across which an antenna signal can be transmitted. In addition, the communication unit (50,58) is equipped with a second pair of contacts (35, 52) across which ground potential can be provided by the communication unit (50, 58) to the antenna (30, 40) or to an antenna cable shield. The second pair of contacts (35, 52) are at a distance from the first pair of contacts (33, 43, 51, 55). The contacts may comprise pins, plugs, sockets or any other suitable contacts. The communication unit enables a durable and reliable antenna solution to be implemented, e.g., within a PCM/CIA data card (50, 58).