Patent ID: 6249256
Filing Date: 2001-06-19
Classification: H01Q,H04B

Abstract:
An assembly comprising:a hand-held communications device having a ground plane circuit and having a rear side directed away from an intended user of said communications device;a driven element operatively coupled to the communications device, said driven element radiating a transmitted signal;a conductor element disposed upon the communications device and having a major surface directed toward the user, said conductor element disposed between the driven element and a user of the communications device, said conductor element coupled to the ground plane circuit; anda radiation-shielding structure for blocking at least a portion of a user-directed transmitted signal of the communication device, said radiation-shielding structure disposed upon the major surface of the conductor element so that the radiation-shielding structure is between the conductor element and the user, and said radiation-shielding structure including a plurality of conductive particles disposed within a non-conductive matrix.