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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2007
Applicants:
Jorge Fabrega-sanchez, San Diego, CA (US);
Gregory Poilasne, San Diego, CA (US);
Mete Ozkar, Raleigh, NC (US);
Vaneet Pathak, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jorge Fabrega-Sanchez, San Diego, CA (US);
Gregory Poilasne, San Diego, CA (US);
Mete Ozkar, Raleigh, NC (US);
Vaneet Pathak, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cellular modem card that conforms to a PCMCIA standard includes a balanced antenna. The balanced antenna minimizes susceptibility to limited available ground plane and limited ground connections between the modem card and a host device, such as laptop computer. The balanced antenna may be a dipole antenna, loop antenna, capacitively loaded antenna, or any other suitable balanced antenna.