Patent ID: 6961022

Claim:
A radio communications device comprising: radio frequency communications circuitry; a ground plane; a radio frequency radiator element; a plurality of connectors each physically contacting the radio frequency radiator element at contact points At least one feed point formed by one of the connectors, the feed point electrically coupling the radio frequency radiator element to the radio frequency communications circuitry; At least one ground link formed by one of the connectors electrically coupling the radio frequency radiator element to the ground plane; At least one switching unit associated with the radio frequency communications circuitry and at least one of the connectors, wherein when the device is operating in a specific frequency band during a transmit mode, the switching unit selects at least one of contact points of the connectors to provide a transmit frequency sub-band, and when the device is operating in the specific frequency band during a receive mode, the switching unit selects another at least one of the contact points of the connectors to provide a receive frequency sub-band.