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Antenna apparatus and antenna selection method

US8688108B2 · kind B2 · utility

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4References

20Claims

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Assignee

Alcatel Lucent · FR

Inventors

Stephen Kaminski · Eislingen/Fils, DE
Bozo Cesar · Kornwestheim, DE
Uwe Doetsch · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 21, 2010
Grant date	Apr 1, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 21, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04B7/18506
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a mobile telecommunication device (100) for establishing a telecommunication connection in the radio frequency range with a base station (102; 104; 1100), the mobile telecommunication device comprising; at least a first (106) and a second antenna (108), an electromagnetic shield (110) located between the first and the second antenna, a logic component (1000), wherein the first and the second antenna are adapted to transmit and receive telecommunication signals of the same frequency band, and wherein the logic component selects whether the first or the second antenna is used for the telecommunication connection with the base station.

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