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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2001
Robert A. Sadler, Raleigh, NC (US);
Gerard James Hayes, Wake Forest, NC (US);
William P. Stewart, Mebane, NC (US);
Mark Douglas, Cary, NC (US);
Robert A. Sadler, Raleigh, NC (US);
Gerard James Hayes, Wake Forest, NC (US);
William P. Stewart, Mebane, NC (US);
Mark Douglas, Cary, NC (US);
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A communications device includes a cover member, a circuit board having a lowest point of potential, and an antenna to transmit and receive RF signals. The antenna is electrically connected to the circuit board. A carrier is interposed between the circuit board and the cover member. The carrier includes an electrically conductive layer electrically connected to the point of lowest potential of the circuit board.