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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2000
LK-Products Oy, Kempele, FI;
Abstract
The invention relates to dual mode antennas particularly suitable for mobile stations. The antenna structure comprises an antenna (,) of the PIFA type which is located within the covers of the mobile station, and a whip element (,) which is movable relating to the PIFA antenna. The PIFA can be a single band or a dual band antenna. When the whip element is extracted its lower end (,) forms a galvanic or capacitive coupling with the radiating element (,) of the PIFA. If the PIFA is a single band antenna the extracted whip element substantially changes the resonant frequency of the PIFA, so that the whip is left as the radiating element at the operating band. If the PIFA is a dual band antenna, then an extracted whip alone, or the whip and the planar element of the PIFA together, functions as the radiating element at one operating band, and at the other operating band the planar element of the PIFA operates as the radiating element. The feeding and the matching of the whip element is arranged by the PIFA without any separate additional components. With the aid of the invention the best properties of both the PIFA and the monopole antenna can be utilised. The structure is further reliable and it has relatively low costs.