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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:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2002
Applicants:
Kevin R. Boyle, Horsham, GB;
Peter J. Massey, Horley, GB;
Inventors:
Kevin R. Boyle, Horsham, GB;
Peter J. Massey, Horley, GB;
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H01Q 1/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A wireless terminal a transceiver coupled to an antenna feed and a ground conductor (), the antenna feed being coupled directly to the ground conductor (). In one embodiment the ground conductor is a conducting case (). The coupling is via a parallel plate capacitor formed by a respective plate () and a portion of the surface of the case (). The case () acts as an efficient, wideband radiator, eliminating the need for separate antennas. Slots () perform a matching function, eliminating the need for matching between the transceiver and antenna feed.