Patent ID: 9673507
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: H01Q

Claim:
1. A mobile communications device, comprising: an exterior housing comprising a plurality of sides and a front and a back surface separated by a thickness, the plurality of sides each comprising the thickness, the thickness being the smallest overall dimensions of the exterior housing; an electronics assembly comprising a ground and at least one feed port, the electronics assembly substantially contained within the exterior housing; and an antenna component comprising: a radiator element comprising a first surface, and configured to be disposed proximate to a first side of the plurality of sides of the exterior housing, the radiator element comprising an elongated shape that spans the thickness along the length of the first side and is entirely disposed within the thickness; a feed conductor coupled to the at least one feed port, and configured to couple to the radiator element at a feed point; a ground feed coupled to the first surface of the radiator element and disposed between the first surface and the ground; and an additional ground feed coupled to the first surface of the radiator element and disposed between the first surface and the ground, additional ground feed disposed at a first distance from the ground feed.