Patent ID: 6429818
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
An antenna assembly for use in a wireless communication device, the antenna assembly comprising:a ground plane element; a driven element having a first conductive surface with a feed point, said first conductive surface being disposed a predetermined distance away from the ground plane element, said driven element having a first downwardly depending leg element being conductively coupled to the ground plane element and a second downwardly depending leg element being capacitively coupled to the ground plane element; a parasitic element having a first conductive surface, said first conductive surface being disposed a predetermined distance away from the ground plane element, said parasitic element having a first downwardly depending leg element being conductively coupled to the ground plane element and a second downwardly depending leg element being capacitively coupled to the ground plane element; and a feed conductor coupled to the first conductive surface of the driven element at the feed point and to an rf signal conductor of the wireless communication device.