Minh V Huynh

US Patent:

20070200772, Aug 30, 2007

Filed:

Feb 28, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/307927

Inventors:

Minh Huynh - Morrisville NC, US
Gerard Hayes - Wake Forest NC, US

Assignee:

SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB - Lund

International Classification:

H01Q 1/24

US Classification:

343702000

Abstract:

An antenna configuration for a flip type mobile phone is disclosed. The antenna configuration is designed to reduce, to a hearing aid compatibility (HAC) M3 rating or better, any scattered EM field effects that can cause interference to an active hearing aid. The antenna configuration comprises a halfwave type antenna extendable from the lower portion of the mobile phone. The antenna does not share the same vertical axis as the lower portion of the mobile phone when extended. Rather, it forms a tilt angle (α) that extends the antenna away from the upper portion of the mobile phone creating a greater separation distance between the speaker and the antenna. An antenna feed contact couples the antenna to components within the mobile phone. An antenna matching network can tune and attenuate the antenna configuration to enhance operation in the GSM frequency bands.