# US 2010/0165584 A1 · Detachable network communication device, electronic device and communication device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2010/0165584 A1 - Document ID: US20100165584A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 12/644,899 - Filed: 2009-12-22 - Published: 2010-07-01 - Earliest claimed: 2008-12-25 - Assignees: KYOCERA Corporation - Inventors: Tadashi KOYAMA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20100165584A1 ## CPC - H01Q 1/2275: {associated to expansion card or bus, e.g. in PCMCIA, PC cards, Wireless USB} - G06F 1/1698: {the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone (details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266)} - H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A detachable network communication device comprising a first antenna is disclosed. The detachable network communication device is operable to be coupled to a second electronic device comprising a second antenna, wherein the first antenna is coupled to the second antenna to form a combined antenna structure. The combined antenna structure is operable to receive and/or transmit radio signals such as, for example, digital television signals. The detachable network communication device may also comprise an additional sub-antenna that may be operable as a diversity antenna. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A detachable network communication device, comprising: a housing comprising: a circuit module comprising: a ground unit; a feeding unit; and a signal processing unit electrically coupled to the ground unit and the feeding unit; and a conductive part electrically coupled to one of the ground unit and the feeding unit; and a connector operable to detachably couple to an electronic device, and coupled to one of the ground unit and the feeding unit which is not coupled to the conductive part. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The detachable network communication device according to claim 1, wherein the conductive part further comprises a circuit board comprising a conductive pattern. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The detachable network communication device according to claim 2, wherein the circuit module is located on the circuit board. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The detachable device according to claim 1, wherein the housing further comprises an antenna element. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The detachable network communication device according to claim 4, wherein: the conductive part is coupled to the ground unit; and the connector is coupled to the feeding unit. ### Claim 6 An electronic device comprising: a docking port operable to detachably dock an electronic detachable device; a connector operable to couple to the electronic detachable device docked in the docking port; and a conductive part coupled to the connector, wherein the conductive part has a configuration and an area corresponding to a configuration and an area of the docking port. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electronic device according to claim 6, further comprising: a circuit board; and a high frequency blocking part, wherein the conductive part and the circuit board are coupled through the high frequency blocking part. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the high frequency blocking part is mounted on the circuit board. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The electronic device according to claim 6, further comprising: a circuit board in the docking port comprising the conductive part; a selection part coupled to the conductive part and a part different from the conductive part in the circuit board to select between a conduction state and a non-conduction state of the conductive part and the part different from the conductive part in the circuit board; and a control part configured to control the selection part to select the non-conduction state when the detachable terminal is coupled to the second connector, and control the selection part to select the conduction state when the detachable terminal is not coupled to the second connector. ### Claim 10 An electronic system comprising: detachable device means comprising: a first connector; and a first conductive part; and electronic device means comprising: a second connector formed on a circuit board and detachably coupled to the detachable device means; and a second conductive part formed on the circuit board and coupled to the detachable device means, wherein the first conductive part and the second conductive part comprise a combined antenna. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The electronic system according to claim 10, wherein: the first conductive part comprises a first conductive pattern; and the second conductive part comprises a second conductive pattern. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The electronic system according to claim 11, wherein the detachable device means uses the first conductive pattern of the detachable device means as a ground of the combined antenna. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The electronic system according to claim 12, wherein a circuit module of the detachable device means is formed on the circuit board on which the first conductive pattern of the detachable device means functions as the ground of the combined antenna. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The electronic system according to claim 11, wherein the first conductive pattern of the detachable device means is larger than a sub-antenna of the detachable device means to prevent interference between the combined antenna and the sub-antenna. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The electronic system according to claim 10, wherein the combined antenna comprises a dipole antenna. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The electronic system according to claim 10, wherein the detachable device means comprises: a housing comprising: a circuit module comprising: a ground unit; a feeding unit; and a signal processing unit electrically coupled to the ground unit and the feeding unit; and a first conductive part electrically coupled to one of the ground unit and the feeding unit; and a first connector operable to detachably couple to the electronic device means, and coupled to one of the ground unit and the feeding unit which is not coupled to the first conductive part. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The electronic device system according to claim 16, wherein the housing further comprises an antenna element coupled to the feeding unit. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The electronic device system according to claim 16, wherein: the first conductive part is coupled to both the ground unit and the feeding unit; and the first connector is coupled to one of the ground unit and the feeding unit. ### Claim 19 (depends on 10) The electronic system according to claim 10, wherein the electronic device means comprise: a docking port operable to detachably dock the detachable device means; a second connector operable to couple to the detachable device means docked in the docking port; and a second conductive part coupled to the second connector, wherein the second conductive part has a configuration and an area corresponding to a configuration and an area of the docking port. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The electronic system according to claim 19, further comprising: a second circuit board; and a high frequency blocking part, wherein the second conductive part and the second circuit board are coupled through the high frequency blocking part.