Patent ID: 7483728
Filing Date: 2009-01-27
Classification: G04R,H01Q,H04B

Abstract:
1. A portable communication unit comprising: a printed circuit board on which a radio unit comprising a transmitter and a receiver is mounted, a grounding pattern on the printed circuit board, an internal antenna which is an inverted F shaped antenna and which includes a reflecting plane connected with the grounding pattern, an antenna metal element having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is directly connected with a feeding point of said internal antenna at an output end thereof, and the second end of the antenna metal element is brought into direct electrical contact with a feeding terminal formed on said printed circuit board at an input end thereof, a front case, and a rear case which is provided with a space for accommodating said internal antenna, and, wherein said internal antenna is supported between said rear case and said printed circuit board, wherein a conductive painting is applied to a predetermined region of an inner surface of said rear case, and brought into contact with the grounding pattern of said printed circuit board, and wherein said reflecting plane, said conductive painting, and said grounding pattern form a grounding plane, and the electrical contact between the antenna metal element and the feeding terminal of the printed circuit board is secured by pressure exerted on a contact surface therebetween.