Patent ID: 7999758

Claim:
A broadband antenna, comprising: a dielectric substrate; a meander line radiator formed on the dielectric substrate, the meander line radiator having at least one bent portion bent at an acute angle; a stub extended from at least one of the bent portions of the meander line radiator to another bent portion of the meander line radiator; a feeder disposed at an end of the meander line radiator; and at least one additional radiator connected to an identical feeder where the meander line radiator is connected, wherein the at least one additional radiator is a meander line radiator bent at an acute angle and having a stub extended from at least one of bent portions; wherein the meander line radiator has 2n number of bent portions thereon forming an n number of turns, where n≧1; and wherein the meander line radiator and the at least one additional radiator have a different number of turns from one another.