Patent ID: 7688276
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
1. A handheld wireless device comprising: an antenna element; and a ground plane comprising: a first conducting surface and a second conducting surface, each of the first conducting surface and the second conducting surface having a plurality of sides defined by at least one edge; and a conducting strip, the conducting strip connecting the first conducting surface and the second conducting surface and allowing current to flow between the first conducting surface and the second conducting surface; wherein the conducting strip is narrower than a width of the first conducting surface and a width of the second conducting surface; wherein the conducting strip is shaped as a curve comprising a plurality of connected segments; wherein each segment of the plurality of connected segments is shorter than a tenth of an operating free-space wavelength of the antenna element; and wherein the plurality of connected segments are spatially arranged so that no two adjacent and connected segments form a longer straight segment.