Telecommunications card for mobile telephone network and wireless local area network

A telecommunications card for wireless telecommunication between a host device and one or more wireless networks, the card comprising electronics for converting data into telecommunication signals and vice versa and a single antenna structure (2) comprising an antenna in the form of a flat radiation pattern (50) for transmitting and receiving said telecommunication signals, characterized in that said radiation pattern (50) comprises a first portion (51) with a predetermined shape enabling transmission and receipt of telecommunication signals via a mobile telephone network and a second portion (52) with a predetermined shape enabling transmission and receipt of telecommunication signals via wireless local area network, and characterized in that the second portion (52) comprises a radiant element (55) which is capacitively coupled (56) to a second contact (59) via which the telecommunication signals are conducted to and from said electronics.

A telecommunications card for wireless telecommunication between a host device and one or more wireless networks, the card comprising electronics for converting data into telecommunication signals and vice versa and a single antenna structure (2) comprising an antenna in the form of a flat radiation pattern (50) for transmitting and receiving said telecommunication signals, characterised in that said radiation pattern (50) comprises a first portion (51) with a predetermined shape enabling transmission and receipt of telecommunication signals via a mobile telephone network and a second portion (52) with a predetermined shape enabling transmission and receipt of telecommunication signals via a wireless local area network, characterised in that the antenna is integrated into a movable antenna structure (2), and further characterised in that each portion of the radiation pattern (50) is electrically connected to a separate external contact (60, 61) of the movable antenna structure (2), associated contacts being provided on the card for contacting the external contacts (60, 61) of the antenna structure (2), the associated contacts being electrically connected to the electronics within the card.