Patent ID: 6496149
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:an electronic device having an external shell, the external shell having at least two opposing sides enclosing a hollow space therebetween; a removable core to which a plurality of electrical components are attached, the removable core operatively and removably positioned within the hollow space, wherein one of the plurality of the electrical components is a radio modem; an antenna feed attached to a side of the removable core and coupled to the radio modem; a primary dielectric fitted within a recessed opening in one of the opposing sides of the external shell, the recessed opening positioned such that the antenna feed is proximate the primary dielectric when the removable core is operatively and removably positioned within the hollow space; a metallized patch attached to the primary dielectric, wherein the patch is an antenna; a shim positioned between the primary dielectric and the antenna feed, the shim having an aperture therein to form a secondary dielectric between the antenna feed and the primary dielectric when the antenna feed is positioned proximate the primary dielectric, a signal to be transmitted from the antenna feed to the primary dielectric via the secondary dielectric.