Mobile wireless communications device including a slot antenna and related methods

US8941550B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8941550-B2
Application numberUS-201113229231-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateSep 9, 2011
Priority dateSep 9, 2011
Publication dateJan 27, 2015
Grant dateJan 27, 2015

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A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing and a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing. The mobile wireless communications device may also include at least one electronic component carried by the PCB and an electrically conductive enclosure coupled to the PCB and having a top spaced above the PCB over the at least one electronic component. The top of the electrically conductive enclosure may have a slot therein defining a slot antenna.

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That which is claimed is: 1. A mobile wireless communications device comprising: a portable housing; a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by said portable housing; at least one electronic component carried by said PCB; an electrically conductive enclosure coupled to said PCB and having a top spaced above said PCB over said at least one electronic component; the top of said electrically conductive enclosure having a slot therein defining a slot antenna; and a tuning elemen…

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What does patent US8941550B2 cover?
A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing and a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing. The mobile wireless communications device may also include at least one electronic component carried by the PCB and an electrically conductive enclosure coupled to the PCB and having a top spaced above the PCB over the at least one electronic component. The t…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Whitmore John Alfred, Man Ying Tong, Blackberry Ltd
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H05K1/0243. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 27 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).