IP Library Granted Patent US 9,142,874
Granted Patent B2
US 9,142,874 · App. 13/050,918 · Granted Sep 22, 2015

Wireless device

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Patent No.
US 9,142,874
App. No.
13/050,918
Granted
Sep 22, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention discloses a wireless device. The wireless device includes a housing, formed by a metal material, a wireless module disposed inside the housing, and an antenna, disposed outside the housing, coupled to the wireless module via a external socket interface disposed on the housing, for transmitting and receiving signals corresponding to the wireless module.

Claims (18)

1. A wireless device, comprising:

a housing, formed by a metal material;

a wireless module, disposed inside the housing;

an external socket interface, disposed on the housing; and

an antenna, disposed outside the housing, coupled to the external socket interface for transmitting and receiving signals corresponding to the wireless module; wherein the external socket interface is a USB (Universal Serial Bus) port, and a power supply pin Vcc of the USB port is electrically connected to a signal trace of the antenna, and the power supply pin Vcc of the USB port is physically connected to the wireless module, and the USB port is coupled to a flash memory module which is powered by the power supply pin Vcc via a first RF choke circuit.

2. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the metal material is an aluminum alloy.

3. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the metal material generates a shielding effect on the signals of the wireless module.

4. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the wireless module is a Bluetooth module, a Wi-Fi module, a 3G (Third Generation) mobile communication module or a GPS (Global Positioning System) module.

5. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the antenna is coupled to the wireless module via the external socket interface in a pluggable manner.

6. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the wireless device further comprises:

a second RF choke circuit, coupled between the power supply pin and a power management circuit of the wireless device, for inhibiting the signals of the wireless module from entering the power management circuit via the power supply pin; and

a second DC block circuit, coupled between the power supply pin and the wireless module, for inhibiting a DC power supplied by the power management circuit from entering the wireless module via the power supply pin.

7. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein a first DC block circuit is disposed in the antenna, coupled between the signal trace and the power supply pin, for inhibiting a DC power supplied by a power management circuit of the wireless device from entering a ground pin of the antenna.

8. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein first RF choke circuit, is utilized for inhibiting the RF signals of the wireless module from entering the flash memory module.

9. The wireless device of claim 6 , wherein the second RF choke circuit is a low-pass filter.

10. The wireless device of claim 6 , wherein the second RF choke circuit is an inductor.

11. The wireless device of claim 6 , wherein the second DC block circuit is a high-pass filter.

12. The wireless device of claim 6 , wherein the second DC block circuit is a capacitor.

Assignments (2)
MERGER (RESUBMISSION OF THE MISSING MERGER DOCUMENTS FOR RESPONSE TO DOC ID:502887510) EFFECTIVE DATE:04/01/2014. WE ATTACHED THE MERGER DOCUMENTS ON JULY 11,2014. PLEASE REVIEW THE FILES AND REVISE THE DATE OF RECORDATION AS JULY 11, 2014. Recorded Jul 11, 2014
From: RALINK TECHNOLOGY CORP.
To: MEDIATEK INC.
Reel/Frame 033471/0181 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2011
From: WU, MIN-CHUNG; LO, SHAO-CHIN
To: RALINK TECHNOLOGY CORP.
Reel/Frame 025978/0115 →