Patent ID: 7742787
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: H01Q,H04B

Abstract:
1. A wireless data communication card for coupling with a computing device having a computing device housing, the wireless data communication card and the computing device being physically separate and distinct, said wireless data communication card comprising: a conductive outer housing that provides a radio frequency (“RF”) ground structure for said wireless data communication card, said conductive outer housing of said wireless data communication card establishing RF ground coupling to conductive structure of the computing device; an RF communication module located within said conductive outer housing of said wireless data communication card; an antenna arrangement coupled to said RF communication module and located external to said conductive outer housing of said wireless data communication card, said antenna arrangement being tuned in accordance with said conductive structure of the computing device, said conductive outer housing having an insertion end and an antenna end opposing said insertion end, and said antenna arrangement being located at said antenna end, and said antenna arrangement and comprising: