| 摘要 |
A radio card is disclosed that is rigid on one end and relatively flexible on the second end. The radio card's 68-pin connector and radio are mounted on the rigid end of the card, and the antenna, which is advantageously fabricated from a flexible material, is mounted on the relatively flexible end of the card. When the radio card is inserted into a PC Card slot in the wireless terminal, the rigid end (with the 68-pin connector) is inserted first. When the radio card is seated inside the wireless terminal's card slot, the flexible end of the radio card (which comprises the antenna) is flexed so that the plane of the antenna is advantageously parallel to the plane of the slot doors or housing or both of the wireless terminal. When the doors and housing of the wireless terminal adjacent to the antenna is unshielded, the antenna can radiate through the doors and housing and can exhibit favorable radio propagation characteristics. Because the radio card does not extend out of the wireless terminal's card slot, the doors to the card slot can be closed, which prevents dirt and dust from entering the wireless terminal. Furthermore, because the radio card does not extend out of the wireless terminal, neither the radio card nor the wireless terminal are unlikely to be damaged if the wireless terminal is accidentally dropped.
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