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Wireless communication device and method

US6828941B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 14, 2002
Grant dateDec 7, 2004
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Expiry dateJan 9, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B23/286
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A wireless communication device that communicates using a pole antenna in a first mode and a slot antenna in a second mode. The wireless communication device contains at least one conductive tab antenna. The tab(s) form a pole antenna, and the tabs may also be attached across a slot to form a slot antenna. The wireless communication device can communicate at different frequencies using the pole antenna in a first mode and the slot antenna in a second mode. The tab(s) may be attached across a slot created in a package to form a slot antenna, or the tab(s) may be attached to a slot that is created as part of the wireless communication device to form a slot antenna.

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