Patent ID: 7629933
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
1. An antenna for a radio communication device, said antenna comprising: a dielectric substrate, said dielectric substrate defining a first planar surface, a second planar surface extending from said first planar surface and perpendicular to said first planar surface, a third planar surface extending from said second planar surface and parallel to said first planar surface, a fourth planar surface extending from said third planar surface and parallel to said second planar surface, a fifth planar surface extending from said fourth planar surface and parallel to said first planar surface, and a sixth planar surface extending from and perpendicular to said first planar surface, said second planar surface, said third planar surface, said fourth planar surface, and said fifth planar surface; a monopole defining a first end and a second end, said first end comprising a feed point connection disposed on said first planar surface, said monopole being folded about said dielectric substrate to extend from said first planar surface to said a second planar surface to said third planar surface to said fourth planar surface to said fifth planar surface to said sixth planar surface, said second end being disposed on said sixth planar surface; a first patch forming a first matching element, said first patch extending from and being contiguous and integral with said monopole, said first patch further being defined in said fifth planar surface and matched at least at a first frequency band; a second patch forming a second matching element, said second patch being proximate to said feed point connection and extending from and being contiguous and integral with said monopole, said second patch further being defined in said sixth planar surface and matched at least at a second frequency band; and a third patch forming a third matching element, said third patch extending from and being contiguous and integral with said second end of said monopole, said third patch further being defined in said sixth planar surface and matched at least at a third frequency band.