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EP 1 072 064 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 07.10.1999 (43) Date of publication: 31.01.2001 Bulletin 2001/05 (21) Application number: 99908248.0 (22) Date of filing: 19.02.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H01Q 1/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US9903/528 (87) International publication number: WO 9943/037 (26.08.1999 Gazette 1999/34)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE GB IT SE (30) Priority: 23.02.1998 US 75780 P 19.02.1999 US 252732 (71) Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated San Diego, CA 92121-1714 (US)	(72) Inventor: TRAN, Allen San Diego, CA 92126 (US) (74) Representative: Cross, James Peter Archibald et al R.G.C. Jenkins & Co.,26 Caxton Street London SW1H 0RJ London SW1H 0RJ (GB)