Patent ID: 9419340
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: H01Q

Claim Text:
1. An ultrawideband antenna for use in communications equipment, comprising: a first folded branch antenna element having a first portion, a second portion coupled to the first portion of the first folded branch antenna element, and a third portion coupled to the second portion of the first folded branch antenna element, with a first end defined on the first portion of the first folded branch antenna element and a second end defined on the third portion of the first folded branch antenna, and a first side of the first portion of the first folded branch antenna element includes the first end and a second side of the first portion includes the first end and faces opposite the first side, and the second side of the first portion of the first folded branch antenna element is configured to be electrically connected to a ground element at the first end, and the first side being spaced apart from the ground element; and a second folded branch antenna element having a first portion, a second portion coupled to the first portion of the second folded branch antenna element coplanar with the second end of the first folded branch antenna, and a third portion coupled to the second portion of the second folded branch antenna element, with a first end defined on the first portion of the second folded branch antenna element and a second end of the second folded branch antenna element defined on the third portion of the second folded branch antenna element, the first end of the second folded branch antenna element being electrically connected to the first side of the first portion of the first folded branch antenna element, and the second end of the second folded branch antenna element being electrically shorted with the first side of the first portion of the first folded branch antenna element.