Mobile wireless communications device including a wrap-around antenna assembly and related methods
US7321336B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 31, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jan 22, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 31, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R2201/16
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the housing, at least one wireless RF circuit carried by the PCB, and a first contact(s) carried by the PCB and electrically connected to the at least one wireless RF circuit. The device may further include a wrap-around antenna assembly comprising an antenna retainer frame removably coupled to an edge of the PCB and having first and second portions wrapping around adjacent first and second surfaces of the PCB at the edge thereof when the antenna retainer frame is coupled to the PCB. The wrap-around antenna assembly may also include an antenna carried by the antenna retainer frame and extending along the first and second portions thereof. The antenna may include a second contact(s) removably coupled to the first contact(s) when the antenna retainer frame is coupled to the PCB.
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