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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2010
Firass Mirza Badaruzzaman, Lisle, IL (US);
Shing Lung Steven Yang, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Michael Kuhn, Bochum, DE;
Firass Mirza Badaruzzaman, Lisle, IL (US);
Shing Lung Steven Yang, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Michael Kuhn, Bochum, DE;
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
A mobile communications device is disclosed as having a patch antenna, which has defined therein at least two slots each having two or more parts. The at least two slots may include an L-shaped slot and a C-shaped slot, wherein the slots can be open or closed. The L-shaped slot may be an open-slot projecting into the patch antenna from the edge. Ground and signal connections may be at the edge of the patch on either side of the L-shaped slot. The C-shaped slot may be nested within the L-shaped slot.