Patent ID: 8188929
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
1. An antenna comprising: a distributed feed element; a first coupler portion and a second coupler portion sandwiching the distributed feed element, the first coupler portion having first and second ends, the second coupler portion having first and second ends; a first resonant line portion having a first resonant end physically coupled to the second end of the first coupler portion and a second resonant end; a second resonant line portion having a first resonant end physically coupled to the second end of the second coupler portion and a second resonant end; a shunt portion coupling the second resonant end of the first resonant line portion to the second resonant end of the second resonant line portion, the first coupler portion, the second coupler portion, the first resonant line portion, the second resonant line portion, and the shunt portion defining a slot; a capacitive element bridging the slot and capacitively coupling the first coupler portion to the second coupler portion; and a ground plane physically coupled only to the first end of the first coupler portion.