Mobile wireless communications device with an integrated battery/antenna and related methods

摘要

A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a cellular transceiver carried by the portable housing, and a battery carried by the portable housing and comprising a pair of electrodes and an electrolyte therebetween. The mobile wireless communications device may further include a wireless communications circuit carried by the portable housing and configured to wirelessly communicate via at least one of the electrodes.

主权项

1. A mobile wireless communications device comprising:
a portable housing; a cellular transceiver carried by the portable housing; a cellular antenna carried by the portable housing and coupled to the cellular transceiver; a coiled battery stack carried by the portable housing and comprising a pair of electrodes and an electrolyte therebetween being arranged in a layered stack having at least one fold therein, wherein the pair of electrodes are intertwined with each other, wherein the layered stack comprises a Frlan structure; and a wireless communications circuit comprising a Near Field Communication (NFC) circuit and carried by the portable housing and configured to generate a magnetic field to send and receive NFC signals using at least one of the pair of electrodes of the coiled battery stack as an antenna.