Patent ID: 8005519

Claim:
A communications device including a capacitor assembly comprising: a housing; a first capacitor electrode formed by a conductive keypad mount coupled to a conductive part of the housing of the communications device, wherein the first capacitor electrode is carried in the housing, the keypad mount having keypad apertures aligned with keys of a keypad and the conductive part of the housing having an external housing covering insulator thereon; a circuit board carried in the housing, the circuit board including an array of keypad actuators thereon, the keypad actuators being aligned with the keys of the keypad; a second capacitor electrode carried in the housing; a dielectric disposed between the first capacitor electrode and the second capacitor electrode; and an antenna radiator element mounted in the housing, wherein the first capacitor electrode, the second capacitor electrode, and the dielectric form the capacitor assembly, wherein the capacitor assembly is parasitically coupled in parallel to the antenna radiator element.