External case for redistribution of RF radiation away from wireless communication device user and wireless communication device incorporating RF radiation redistribution elements

摘要

A case for a wireless tablet computer device includes a number of RF resonant loop elements and elongated RF director coupling strip elements mounted in the case and configured such that RF radiation is coupled from an internal antenna of the wireless device out of the device to the RF resonant and coupling elements. The case incorporates a cut-out section in a location leaving exposed a strip that covers an area proximate the internal antenna. The RF resonant loops and director coupling strip elements alternatively may be incorporated with the wireless tablet computer device itself.

主权项

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a wireless communication device having a housing, an internal antenna and a coupling antenna, the housing having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the internal antenna and the coupling antenna being operatively coupled when the wireless device is operational, the first side of the housing having a first portion and a second portion mutually exclusive from the first portion of the first side of the housing, the first portion of the first side of the housing having a material different from a material of the second portion of the first side of the housing, the internal antenna being disposed between the first portion of the first side of the housing and the second side of the housing, an interior of the housing being disposed between the coupling antenna and the second side of the housing.