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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
May. 10, 2012
Stephen Ledingham, Waltham, MA (US);
Richard Alexander Cote, Bolton, MA (US);
Stephen Ledingham, Waltham, MA (US);
Richard Alexander Cote, Bolton, MA (US);
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A mobile device having a printed circuit board, a wireless transceiver, an antenna having an earth plane and coupled to the wireless transceiver, a conductive earth plane extension conductively coupled to the earth plane and a neck cord adapted to support the mobile device from a neck of a user of the device, wherein the conductive earth plane extension is incorporated into the neck cord. Also, an antenna assembly having an antenna having an earth plane, the antenna being adapted to be coupled to a wireless transceiver, a conductive earth plane extension coupled to the earth plane and a neck cord adapted to support a mobile device housing the antenna from a neck of a user of the device, wherein the conductive earth plane extension is incorporated into the neck cord.