Wireless communication apparatus for portable electronic devices

A wireless communication system, adapted to provide wireless communication, said wireless communication system comprising:

• a portable electronic device;
• an additional PCB (printed circuit board) coupled with said portable electronic device, said additional PCB separate from a PCB of said portable electronic device;
• an antenna component coupled with said additional PCB, said antenna configured to transceive a specific radio frequency band;
• and
• a passive radiator coupled with said additional PCB, wherein said passive radiator, having received some of the energy of said specific radio frequency band re-radiated from said additional PCB, re-radiates said energy in an omnidirectional pattern so as to enhance the transceiving functionality of said wireless communication system.

In a portable computer system having a hingeably attached front cover, an antenna structure comprising:

• a PCB (printed circuit board) communicatively coupled with said portable computer system, said PCB in addition to said portable computer system's PCB;
• an antenna component, said antenna component coupled with said PCB of said portable computer system, said antenna component configured to transceive a specific radio frequency band;
• and
• a passive radiator coupled with said PCB of said portable computer system, wherein said passive radiator, having received some of the energy of said specific radio frequency band re-radiated from said PCB of said portable computer system, re-radiates said energy in an omnidirectional pattern so as to enhance the transceiving functionality of said antenna structure.