# US 7,612,726 B2 · Mobile wireless communications device comprising a top-mounted auxiliary input/output device and a bottom-mounted antenna > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,612,726 B2 - Document ID: US7612726B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/167,170 - Filed: 2008-07-02 - Published: 2008-11-20 - Granted: 2009-11-03 - Earliest claimed: 2004-06-02 - Assignees: Research In Motion Limited - Inventors: Yihong Qi; Ying Tong Man; Perry Jarmuszewski - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7612726B2 ## CPC - H01Q 1/243: {with built-in antennas} - H01Q 1/36: Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; {Particular materials used therewith}(H01Q1/08, H01Q1/14 take precedence) - H01Q 1/38: formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support {(patch antennas H01Q9/0407; microstrip dipole antennas H01Q9/065; microstrip slot antennas H01Q13/106; transmission line microstrip antennas H01Q13/206; manufacturing reflecting surfaces using insulating material for supporting the reflecting surface H01Q15/142)} - H01Q 5/371: Branching current paths - H01Q 7/00: Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop - H01Q 9/0407: {Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna (dipole H01Q9/285; monopole H01Q9/40)} - H01Q 9/40: Element having extended radiating surface - H01Q 9/42: with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength - H04B 1/3833: {Hand-held transceivers} - Y10T 29/49016: Antenna or wave energy "plumbing" making - H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72) - H04B: TRANSMISSION - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing having an upper portion and a lower portion, a dielectric substrate carried by the housing, circuitry carried by the dielectric substrate, and an audio output transducer carried by the upper portion of the housing and connected to the circuitry. The device may further include a user input interface carried by the housing and connected to the circuitry, and at least one auxiliary input/output device carried by the upper portion of the housing and connected to the circuitry. An antenna may also be carried within the lower portion of the housing comprising a pattern of conductive traces on the dielectric substrate. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mobile wireless communications device comprising: a housing having an upper portion and a lower portion; an audio output transducer carried by the upper portion of said housing; a user input interface device carried by said housing; at least one auxiliary input/output device carried by the upper portion of said housing; and a multi-frequency band antenna carried within the lower portion of said housing and comprising a dielectric substrate and at least one conductive trace thereon. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mobile wireless communications device of claim 1 wherein said multi-frequency band antenna comprises: a main loop conductor having a gap therein defining first and second ends of said main loop conductor; a first branch conductor having a first end connected adjacent the first end of said main loop conductor and having a second end defining a first feed point; and a second branch conductor having a first end connected adjacent the second end of said main loop conductor and a second end defining a second feed point. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The mobile wireless communications device of claim 2 wherein said multi-frequency band antenna further comprises a tuning branch conductor connected to said main loop conductor between the first ends of said first and second branches. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The mobile wireless communications device of claim 1 wherein said at least one auxiliary input/output device comprises a wireless local area network (WLAN) antenna. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The mobile wireless communications device of claim 1 wherein said at least one auxiliary input/output device comprises a satellite positioning system antenna. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The mobile wireless communications device of claim 1 wherein said at least one auxiliary input/output device comprises an electrical device connector. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The mobile wireless communications device of claim 1 wherein said at least one auxiliary input/output device comprises a second audio output transducer. ### Claim 8 A mobile wireless communications device comprising: a static housing having an upper portion and a lower portion; an audio output transducer carried by the upper portion of said static housing; a user input interface device carried by said static housing; at least one auxiliary input/output device carried by the upper portion of said static housing; and a multi-frequency band antenna carried within the lower portion of said static housing and comprising a dielectric substrate and at least one conductive trace thereon. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The mobile wireless communications device of claim 8 wherein said multi-frequency band antenna comprises: a main loop conductor having a gap therein defining first and second ends of said main loop conductor; a first branch conductor having a first end connected adjacent the first end of said main loop conductor and having a second end defining a first feed point; a second branch conductor having a first end connected adjacent the second end of said main loop conductor and a second end defining a second feed point; and a tuning branch conductor having a first end connected to said main loop conductor between the first ends of said first and second branches. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The mobile wireless communications device of claim 8 wherein said at least one auxiliary input/output device comprises a wireless local area network (WLAN) antenna. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The mobile wireless communications device of claim 8 wherein said at least one auxiliary input/output device comprises a satellite positioning system antenna. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The mobile wireless communications device of claim 8 wherein said at least one auxiliary input/output device comprises an electrical device connector. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The mobile wireless communications device of claim 8 wherein said at least one auxiliary input/output device comprises a second audio output transducer. ### Claim 14 A method for making a mobile wireless communications device comprising: providing a housing having an upper portion and a lower portion, an audio output transducer carried by the upper portion of the housing, and a user input interface device carried by the housing; positioning at least one auxiliary input/output device within the upper portion of the housing; and positioning a multi-frequency band antenna within the lower portion of the housing and comprising a dielectric substrate and at least one conductive trace thereon. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14 wherein positioning the multi-frequency band antenna comprises: forming a main loop conductor having a gap therein defining first and second ends of the main loop conductor; forming a first branch conductor having a first end connected adjacent the first end of the main loop conductor and having a second end defining a first feed point; forming a second branch conductor having a first end connected adjacent the second end of the main loop conductor and a second end defining a second feed point; and forming a tuning branch conductor having a first end connected to the main loop conductor between the first ends of the first and second branches. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14 wherein the at least one auxiliary input/output device comprises a wireless local area network (WLAN) antenna. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14 wherein the at least one auxiliary input/output device comprises a satellite positioning system antenna. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14 wherein the at least one auxiliary input/output device comprises an electrical device connector. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14 wherein the at least one auxiliary input/output device comprises a second audio output transducer.