Mobile wireless communications device including space apart elongate members for reducing SAR and related methods

A mobile wireless communications device comprising:

• wireless transceiver circuitry and comprising an electrical ground;
• an antenna coupled to said wireless transceiver circuitry;
• a light source;
• a light guide coupled to said light source and having a plurality of input key receiving openings therein;
• a mask adjacent said light guide and having a plurality of input key receiving openings therein aligned with the plurality of input key receiving openings of said light guide, said mask comprising a dielectric substrate and plurality of spaced apart electrically conductive members adjacent thereto and electrically floating with respect to said electrical ground, said plurality of spaced apart electrically conductive members also being electrically isolated from one another, at least one of said plurality of electrically conductive members having a different shape from at least one other of said plurality of electrically conductive members;
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• a plurality of input keys within respective input key receiving openings of said light guide and said mask.

A method for making a mobile wireless communications device comprising:

• coupling an antenna to wireless transceiver circuitry;
• coupling a light guide to a light source, the light guide having a plurality of input key receiving openings therein;
• positioning a mask adjacent the light guide and having a plurality of input key receiving openings therein aligned with the plurality of input key receiving openings of the light guide, the mask comprising a plurality of spaced apart electrically conductive members and being electrically isolated from one another, at least one of the plurality of electrically conductive members having a different shape from at least one other of the plurality of electrically conductive members;
• and
• positioning a plurality of input keys within respective input key receiving openings of the light guide and the mask.

A mobile wireless communications device comprising:

• wireless transceiver circuitry;
• an antenna coupled to said wireless transceiver circuitry;
• a light source;
• a light guide coupled to said light source and having a plurality of input key receiving openings therein;
• a mask adjacent said light guide and having a plurality of input key receiving openings therein aligned with the plurality of input key receiving openings of said light guide, said mask comprising a plurality of spaced apart electrically conductive members and being electrically isolated from one another, at least one of said plurality of electrically conductive members having a different length from at least one other of said plurality of electrically conductive members;
• and
• a plurality of input keys within respective input key receiving openings of said light guide and said mask.

A method for making a mobile wireless communications device comprising:

• coupling an antenna to wireless transceiver circuitry;
• coupling a light guide to a light source, the light guide having a plurality of input key receiving openings therein;
• positioning a mask adjacent the light guide and having a plurality of input key receiving openings therein aligned with the plurality of input key receiving openings of the light guide, the mask comprising a plurality of spaced apart electrically conductive members and being electrically isolated from one another, at least one of the plurality of electrically conductive members having a different length from at least one other of the plurality of electrically conductive members;
• and
• positioning a plurality of input keys within respective input key receiving openings of the light guide and the mask.