Patent ID: 9634774
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04M

Claim:
1. A modular device system including a base portable electronic communication device comprising: a chassis; a housing at least partially encompassing the chassis, having a display side and a reverse side, and having top, bottom and side edges, wherein one or more antennas are located along one of the top, bottom and side edges; a ground element exposed on the reverse side of the housing and being adjacent to the one or more antennas, the ground element being electrically tied to the chassis; and a multi-pin connector array on the reverse side and being adjacent to the ground element such that the ground element lies between the connector array and the one or more antennas, the connector array having multiple pins supporting multiple data speeds between and including low speed data and high speed data, wherein the multi-pin connector array has a center and the high speed data pins are located closer to the array center than the low speed data pins, the multi-pin connector array being configured and located to electrically connect to a mating array on a module device when the module device is mated to the base portable electronic communication device.