Patent · US Expired

Antenna coupling device for coupling an antenna of a hand-portable telephone to a remotely located antenna

US5673053A · kind A · utility

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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 5, 1996
Grant dateSep 30, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 5, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01Q1/242
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An antenna coupling device is disclosed for connecting, substantially inductively, a first antenna to a second antenna, whereat the antenna coupling device comprises a loop antenna (4) with two poles (15, 16). The loop antenna (4) is arranged to surround the first antenna and is connected to the second antenna via both of its poles (15, 16). Such an antenna coupling device connected via a cable (5) to an external antenna by the action of threading the antenna coupling device onto a helical antenna (2) of a hand-portable telephone (1) is used inside a vehicle for improving transmission and reception conditions of the hand-portable telephone (1).

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