Patent ID: 7705783
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: H01Q,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An antenna apparatus for a radio device operable over multiple frequency bands comprising a first frequency band, a second frequency band, and at least a third frequency band, said apparatus comprising: a substrate; and a plurality of conductive slot strips disposed upon said substrate and electrically and physically connected together in a configuration of connected together slot-strips, an end edge of each of the slot strips of said plurality engaged with an adjacent slot strip of said plurality, extending at angles relative to one another, and each slot strip of a selected width and of a selected length, portions of said plurality of conductive slot strip exhibiting resonance at levels responsive to frequency levels of signal energy therein, at least one portion of said plurality of the connected-together slot strips resonant at each of the first, second, and at least third frequency bands, respectively, said plurality of slot strips configured to form a first lobed portion and a second lobed portion, a slot strip of said plurality of slot strips forming part of each of the first and second lobed portions and extending therebetween, said second lobed portion comprising a partial loop arrangement of concatenated slot strips; and a feed connection and a ground connection, said feed connection and said ground connection positioned at the second lobed portion.