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| 20080316122 | Mobile Wireless Communications Device Including An Electrically Conductive Director Element And Related Methods - A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the PCB, and an antenna connected to the transceiver and carried by the PCB. The mobile wireless communications device may further include at least one director element for directing a beam pattern of the antenna. More particularly, the at least one director element may include an electrically conductive main branch carried by the portable housing, and an electrically conductive connector portion extending between the main branch and the PCB. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090085812 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE ANTENNA ASSEMBLY WITH ANTENNA ELEMENT AND FLOATING DIRECTOR ELEMENT ON FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a circuit board carried by the portable housing and having a ground plane thereon, wireless communications circuitry carried by the circuit board, and an antenna assembly carried by the housing. More particularly, the antenna assembly may include a flexible substrate, an electrically conductive antenna element on the flexible substrate and connected to the wireless communications circuitry and the ground plane, and a floating, electrically conductive director element on the flexible substrate for directing a beam pattern of the antenna element. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090143040 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE ANTENNA ASSEMBLY WITH FLOATING DIRECTOR ELEMENTS ON FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a circuit board carried by the portable housing and comprising a ground plane, and wireless communications circuitry carried by the circuit board. The device may also include an antenna assembly carried by the housing. The antenna assembly may include a flexible substrate, an electrically conductive antenna element on the flexible substrate and connected to the wireless communications circuitry and the ground plane, and at least one pair of floating, electrically conductive director elements on opposite sides of the flexible substrate for directing a beam pattern of the antenna element. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090160714 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE COMPRISING MULTI-FREQUENCY BAND ANTENNA AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing and a multi-frequency band antenna carried within the housing. The multi-frequency band antenna may include a main loop conductor having a gap therein defining first and second ends of the main loop conductor, 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, and 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. A third branch conductor has a first portion within the main loop conductor, and a second portion connected to the second feed point. A tuning branch conductor may have a first end connected to the main loop conductor between the respective first ends of the first and second branches. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090278750 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH SELECTIVE ANTENNA LOAD SWITCHING AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include at least two antennas having a different structure. The device may also include wireless transceivers, a load(s), signal processing circuitry, and a controller. The controller may be for selectively switching the signal processing circuitry to a desired one of the wireless transceivers, selectively switching a desired one of the antennas to the desired one of the wireless transceivers, and selectively switching a different one of the antennas to at least one of the loads. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100056212 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE COMPRISING A SATELLITE POSITIONING SYSTEM ANTENNA AND ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE DIRECTOR ELEMENT THEREFOR - A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, at least one wireless transceiver carried by the portable housing, and a satellite positioning signal receiver carried by the portable housing. An antenna may also be carried by the portable housing and connected to the satellite positioning signal receiver. Further, at least one electrically conductive director element may be carried by the portable housing in spaced apart relation from the antenna and inductively coupled thereto for directing a beam pattern thereof. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100094552 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE COMPRISING A SATELLITE POSITIONING SYSTEM ANTENNA WITH ACTIVE AND PASSIVE ELEMENTS AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, at least one wireless transceiver carried by the portable housing, and a satellite positioning signal receiver carried by the portable housing. Moreover, a satellite positioning antenna may be carried by the portable housing. The satellite positioning antenna may include an active element connected to the satellite positioning signal receiver, and a passive element connected to a voltage reference and positioned in spaced apart relation from the active element and operatively coupled thereto for directing a beam pattern thereof. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20110025567 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE ANTENNA ASSEMBLY WITH ANTENNA ELEMENT AND FLOATING DIRECTOR ELEMENT ON FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a circuit board carried by the portable housing and having a ground plane thereon, wireless communications circuitry carried by the circuit board, and an antenna assembly carried by the housing. More particularly, the antenna assembly may include a flexible substrate, an electrically conductive antenna element on the flexible substrate and connected to the wireless communications circuitry and the ground plane, and a floating, electrically conductive director element on the flexible substrate for directing a beam pattern of the antenna element. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110050540 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE INCLUDING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE DIRECTOR ELEMENT AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the PCB, and an antenna connected to the transceiver and carried by the PCB. The mobile wireless communications device may further include at least one director element for directing a beam pattern of the antenna. More particularly, the at least one director element may include an electrically conductive main branch carried by the portable housing, and an electrically conductive connector portion extending between the main branch and the PCB. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110149935 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH DIVERSITY WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN) ANTENNA AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless LAN communications device may include a portable, handheld housing, and a wireless LAN transceiver carried by the housing. A polarization diversity wireless LAN antenna may be included for cooperating with the wireless LAN transceiver to communicate over a wireless LAN. The polarization diversity wireless LAN antenna may include a first antenna element coupled to the wireless LAN transceiver having a first shape and a first polarization, and a second antenna element coupled to the wireless LAN transceiver having a second shape different from the first shape. The second antenna element may also have a second polarization different from the first polarization. | 06-23-2011 |
