Patent · US Active

Antenna with divided ground plane

US9105974B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by
23References
8Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateFeb 7, 2013
Grant dateAug 11, 2015
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 4, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01Q9/30
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A removable jacket for a modular communicator, including a connector for connecting the jacket to a modular communicator that includes an antenna and a ground plane for the antenna, wherein the jacket may be conveniently attached to and detached from the communicator, an extended ground plane for the antenna, and at least one ground contact, for connecting the extended ground plane to the ground plane of the communicator, wherein the ground plane of the communicator is too short for the antenna to resonate at a desired frequency, but the ground plane of the communicator when connected with the extended ground plane, provides a combined ground plane sufficient for the antenna to resonate at the desired frequency.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.