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Apparatus and method

US7876273B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 21, 2007
Grant dateJan 25, 2011
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Expiry dateFeb 16, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01Q5/378
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus including a first conductive cover portion defining an interior surface and an exterior surface of the apparatus; an antenna element, connected to a feed point and arranged to operate in at least a first resonant frequency band; a conductive element, positioned between the interior surface of the first conductive cover portion and the antenna element, and arranged to couple with the first conductive cover portion, wherein the combination of the conductive element and the first conductive cover portion are operable in a second resonant frequency band, different to the first resonant frequency band and are arranged to be contactlessly fed by the antenna element.

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