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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Norman Epstein, St. Lucie West, FL (US);
Robert Vu, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Symbol Technologies, Inc., Holtsville, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/38 ;
Abstract
A portable communications and display system and methodology is provided in accordance with the present invention. The system includes a chip antenna for transmitting and receiving RF signals, a lens material for mounting the chip antenna and a conductive material for providing a chip antenna ground plane. The conductive material provides an operative coupling between the lens material and the chip antenna. A communications subsystem is provided that is associated with the lens material and is operatively coupled to the chip antenna for processing the RF signals.