Telecommunication antenna

Abstract

A telecommunication device has a permanently mounted antenna tuned to a predetermined resonant frequency and a housing formed of a plurality of parts one of which is removable. The one removable part, which may be an original element or an aftermarket add-on, changes the resonant frequency of the antenna when fitted to the housing. An electrically conductive passive correction element fixed in the one removable housing part is positioned therein and dimensioned such that when the one removable housing part is fitted to the housing the passive correction element cancels out the effect on the resonant frequency of the antenna by the one removable housing part.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

The above and other objects, features, and advantages will become more readily apparent from the following description, it being understood that any feature described with reference to one embodiment of the invention can be used where possible with any other embodiment and that reference numerals or letters not specifically mentioned with reference to one figure but identical to those of another refer to structure that is functionally if not structurally identical. In the accompanying drawing:

FIG. 1 is vertical section through a prior-art cell phone with an antenna;

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the FIG. 1 prior-art phone with the rear shell removed for clarity of view;

FIGS. 3 and 4 are views like respective FIGS. 1 and 2 of another prior-art cell phone;

FIG. 5 is a front view of a rear shell according to the invention;

FIGS. 6 and 7 are views like respective FIGS. 1 and 2 of a cell phone with the rear shell of FIG. 5;

FIGS. 8 and 9 are views like respective FIGS. 1 and 2 of the second embodiment of the invention; and

FIGS. 10 and 11 are views like respective FIGS. 1 and 2 of the third embodiment of the invention.

Claims

1. In a telecommunication device having an antenna tuned to a predetermined resonant frequency and a housing formed of a plurality of parts, one of the parts changing the resonant frequency of the antenna, the improvement comprising an electrically conductive passive correction element fixed in the one housing part and positioned therein and dimensioned such that the passive correction element cancels out the effect on the resonant frequency of the antenna by the one housing part.

2. The improvement defined in claim 1 wherein the antenna has a plurality of radiators each tuned to a respective resonant frequency, the one part carrying respective such passive correction elements each positioned and dimensioned to cancel out the effect on the resonant frequency of the respective radiator by the one housing part.

3. The improvement defined in claim 1 wherein the passive correction element is a thin metal sheet fixed in the one housing part.

4. The improvement defined in claim 3 wherein the passive correction element is out of direct galvanic contact with the antenna and operates parasitically.

5. The improvement defined in claim 3, further comprising a spring contact engaged galvanically between the antenna and the passive correction element.

6. The improvement defined in claim 5 wherein the spring contact is unitarily formed with the passive correction element.

7. The improvement defined in claim 5 wherein the spring contact is fixed on the antenna.

8. The improvement defined in claim 1 wherein the antenna has a plurality of radiators and the passive correction element is juxtaposed with all of them.

9. The improvement defined in claim 1 wherein the antenna is permanently mounted in the housing and the one part is removable from the housing.

10. In a telecommunication device having a permanently mounted antenna tuned to a predetermined resonant frequency and a housing formed of a plurality of parts one of which is removable, the one removable part changing the resonant frequency of the antenna when fitted to the housing, the improvement comprising an electrically conductive passive correction element fixed in the one removable housing part and positioned therein and dimensioned such that when the one removable housing part is fitted to the housing the passive correction element cancels out the effect on the resonant frequency of the antenna by the one removable housing part.

11. The improvement defined in claim 10 wherein the permanently mounted antenna has a plurality of radiators each tuned to a respective resonant frequency, the removable part carrying respective such passive correction elements each positioned and dimensioned to cancel out the effect on the resonant frequency of the respective radiator by the one removable housing part.

12. The improvement defined in claim 10 wherein the passive correction element is a thin metal sheet fixed in the removable housing part.

13. The improvement defined in claim 12 wherein the passive correction element is out of direct galvanic contact with the antenna and operates parasitically.

14. The improvement defined in claim 12, further comprising a spring contact engaged galvanically between the antenna and the passive correction element.

15. The improvement defined in claim 14 wherein the spring contact is unitarily formed with the passive correction element.

16. The improvement defined in claim 14 wherein the spring contact is fixed on the antenna.

17. The improvement defined in claim 10 wherein the antenna has a plurality of radiators and the passive correction element is juxtaposed with all of them when the removable housing part is fitted to the housing.