Mobile wireless communications device including an electrically conductive director element and related methods
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsYihong Qi, Adrian Cooke, Ying Man, Perry Jarmuszewski
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Abstract
A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the PCB, and an antenna connected to the transceiver and carried by the PCB. The mobile wireless communications device may further include at least one director element for directing a beam pattern of the antenna. More particularly, the at least one director element may include an electrically conductive main branch carried by the portable housing, and an electrically conductive connector portion extending between the main branch and the PCB.
Claims25
A mobile wireless communications device comprising:
- a portable housing;
- a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by said portable housing;
- a wireless transceiver carried by said PCB;
- an antenna connected to said transceiver and carried by said PCB;
- and
- at least one director element for directing a beam pattern of said antenna and comprising
- an electrically conductive main branch carried by said portable housing, and
- an electrically conductive connector portion extending between said main branch and said PCB.
A mobile wireless communications device comprising:
- a portable housing;
- a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by said portable housing and comprising a top portion and a bottom portion;
- a wireless transceiver carried by said PCB;
- an antenna connected to said transceiver and carried by said PCB by the bottom portion thereof;
- and
- at least one director element for directing a beam pattern of said antenna and comprising
- an electrically conductive main branch carried by said portable housing, and
- an electrically conductive connector portion extending between said main branch and said PCB, said electrically conductive connector portion extending transversely from a medial portion of said electrically conductive main branch.
A method for improving hearing aid compatibility (HAC) of a mobile wireless communications device for a user with an electronic hearing aid and comprising a portable housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the PCB, an antenna connected to the transceiver and carried by the PCB, the method comprising:
- positioning at least one director element for directing a beam pattern of the antenna to reduce interference with the electronic hearing aid, the at least one director element comprising an electrically conductive main branch carried by the portable housing and an electrically conductive connector portion extending between the main branch and the PCB.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.