Patent ID: 7330152

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a wireless communication device including communication signal processing circuitry, antenna control circuitry, and a reconfigurable antenna, the antenna including a multiple element antenna arrangement carried on a first side of a dielectric layer and an electrical ground layer carried on a second side of the dielectric layer opposite the first side, the arrangement including: an electrically conductive signal element operatively coupled to the communication signal processing circuitry to radiate an electromagnetic signal in response to application of a corresponding electrical signal; and a first electrically conductive parasitic element extending along one longitudinal side of the signal element in a spaced apart relationship, the first parasitic element including an adjustable component operatively coupled to the antenna control circuitry, the component being operatively coupled between two electrically conductive portions of the first parasitic element and being responsive to the antenna control circuitry to directionally change a radiation pattern of the antenna.