Mobile wireless communications device including an electrically conductive, electrically floating element and related methods
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H01Q-001/24
H01Q-019/00
출원번호
US-0304887
(2011-11-28)
등록번호
US-8274438
(2012-09-25)
발명자
/ 주소
Qi, Yihong
Man, Ying Tong
Bandurska, Krystyna
출원인 / 주소
Research In Motion Limited
대리인 / 주소
Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.
인용정보
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초록▼
A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing having a surface, a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing, and wireless transceiver circuitry carried by the PCB. The device may further include an antenna connected to the transceiver, and at least one elec
A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing having a surface, a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing, and wireless transceiver circuitry carried by the PCB. The device may further include an antenna connected to the transceiver, and at least one electrically floating, electrically conductive, antenna beam shaping element secured to the surface of the portable housing for directing a beam pattern of the antenna.
대표청구항▼
1. A mobile wireless communications device comprising: a portable housing having an exterior surface;an adhesive layer coupled to the exterior surface of said portable housing; aprinted circuit board (PCB) carried by said portable housing;wireless transceiver circuitry carried by said PCB;an antenna
1. A mobile wireless communications device comprising: a portable housing having an exterior surface;an adhesive layer coupled to the exterior surface of said portable housing; aprinted circuit board (PCB) carried by said portable housing;wireless transceiver circuitry carried by said PCB;an antenna connected to said wireless transceiver circuitry; andat least one electrically floating, electrically conductive, antenna beam shaping element carried by said adhesive layer, said at least one electrically floating, electrically conductive, antenna beam shaping element and said antenna entirely not being vertically overlapping. 2. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 1 wherein said at least one beam shaping element comprises at least one generally rectangular metal layer. 3. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 1 wherein the exterior surface of said portable housing has a color, and further comprising a cover layer over said at least one beam shaping element having the color of said portable housing. 4. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 1 wherein said PCB comprises a top portion and a bottom portion, and wherein said antenna is carried by the bottom portion of said PCB. 5. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 1 wherein said at least one beam shaping element comprises a plurality thereof. 6. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 1 wherein said at least one beam shaping element is positioned substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of said portable housing. 7. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 1 wherein said wireless transceiver circuitry comprises a cellular transceiver. 8. A mobile wireless communications device comprising: a portable housing having an interior surface;an adhesive layer coupled to the interior surface of said portable housing a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by said portable housing;wireless transceiver circuitry carried by said PCB;an antenna connected to said wireless transceiver circuitry; andat least one electrically floating, electrically conductive, antenna beam shaping element carried by said adhesive layer, said at least one electrically floating, electrically conductive, antenna beam shaping element and said antenna entirely not being vertically overlapping. 9. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 8 wherein said at least one beam shaping element comprises at least one generally rectangular metal layer. 10. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 8 wherein said PCB comprises a top portion and a bottom portion, and wherein said antenna is carried by the bottom portion of said PCB. 11. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 8 wherein said at least one beam shaping element comprises a plurality thereof. 12. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 8 wherein said at least one beam shaping element is positioned substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of said portable housing. 13. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 8 wherein said wireless transceiver circuitry comprises a cellular transceiver. 14. A method for making a mobile wireless communications device comprising: positioning a printed circuit board (PCB) carrying wireless transceiver circuitry within a portable housing, the portable housing having an exterior surface; andadhesively securing at least one electrically floating, electrically conductive, antenna beam shaping element to the exterior surface of the portable housing, the at least one electrically floating, electrically conductive beam shaping element and an antenna coupled to the wireless transceiver circuitry entirely not being vertically overlapping. 15. The method of claim 14 wherein the at least one beam shaping element comprises at least one generally rectangular metal layer. 16. The method of claim 14 wherein the exterior surface of the portable housing has a color, and further comprising positioning a cover layer over the at least one beam shaping element having the color of the portable housing. 17. The method of claim 14 wherein the at least one beam shaping element comprises a plurality thereof. 18. The method of claim 14 wherein the at least one beam shaping element is positioned substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the portable housing. 19. A method for making a mobile wireless communications device comprising: positioning a printed circuit board (PCB) carrying wireless transceiver circuitry within a portable housing, the portable housing having an interior surface; andadhesively securing at least one electrically floating, electrically conductive, antenna beam shaping element to the interior surface of the portable housing, the at least one electrically floating, electrically conductive beam shaping element and an antenna coupled to the wireless transceiver circuitry entirely not being vertically overlapping. 20. The method of claim 19 wherein the at least one beam shaping element comprises at least one generally rectangular metal layer. 21. The method of claim 19 wherein the at least one beam shaping element comprises a plurality thereof. 22. The method of claim 19 wherein the at least one beam shaping element is positioned substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the portable housing.
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