Small extendible antenna for mobile terminals

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EP 0 986 131 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	05.04.2000 Bulletin 2000/14

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	15.03.2000 Bulletin 2000/11

(21)	Application number: 99118205.6

(22)	Date of filing: 13.09.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H01Q 1/24

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

11.09.1998 KR 9837517

(71)	Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
	Suwon-City, Kyungki-do (KR)

(72)	Inventors:
	Ha, Dong-In Seoul (KR) Kim, Seong-Joong Namyangju-shi, Kyonggi-do (KR) Kim, Dong-Hwan Seoul (KR) Krylov, Konstantine Stanislavovich Suwon-shi, Kyonggi-do (KR)

(74)	Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät
	Maximilianstrasse 58 80538 München 80538 München (DE)

(54)	Small extendible antenna for mobile terminals

(57) There is provided a small extendible antenna in a transceiver. An antenna housing is installed on the body housing, a helical antenna is installed inside the antenna housing, and an extendible rod antenna has a whip portion for acting as an effective antenna in an extended state, a conductive core wire installed inside the whip portion at a lower end thereof, and a metal pipe connected to the lower end of the whip portion. The conductive core wire is extended from and retracted into the metal pipe.

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