Patent ID: 7447525

Claim:
A portable wireless communications device, comprising: a first antenna, having a first reception characteristic at a reception frequency (f 1 ), and having a first transmission characteristic at a transmission frequency (f 2 ) different from the reception frequency (f 1 ); a second antenna, having a second reception characteristic at the reception frequency (f 1 ), and having a second transmission characteristic at the transmission frequency (f 2 ) different from the reception frequency (f 1 ); a switching module coupled to the first antenna and to the second antenna; a receiver module selectably coupled to the first antenna and to the second antenna via the switching module; and a transmitter module selectably coupled to the first antenna and to the second antenna via the switching module, the switching module responsive to connect one of the first antenna and the second antenna to the transmitter module based on at least one of the first transmission characteristic and the second transmission characteristic.