Patent ID: 7289074
Filing Date: 2007-10-30
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
1. A composite antenna device comprising: a common bottom board; a first subassembly mounted on the common bottom board at a predetermined first portion thereof; a second subassembly which is retrofittably mounted on the common bottom board at a predetermined second portion thereof, the second portion of the common bottom board being separated from the first portion of the common bottom board such that the first and second subassemblies are separated from each other on the common bottom board; wherein the first subassembly comprises at least one antenna and a board on which the at least one antenna is positioned, and the second subassembly comprises a further antenna and a board on which the further antenna is positioned; wherein the further antenna in the second subassembly differs in antenna characteristics from the at least one antenna in the first subassembly; and wherein the at least one antenna in the first subassembly is horizontal with respect to the common bottom board, and the further antenna in the second subassembly is tilted with respect to the common bottom board.