Patent ID: 7541997

Claim:
A portable communications device comprising: a case operable to be held in a user's hand; a grounding element; an antenna mounted within the case in operative relation to the grounding element and operable to both radiate and receive electromagnetic waves across at least one industry-standard frequency band; wherein the antenna comprises: a radiating element disposed relative to the grounding element in a monopole configuration and comprising a first part and a second part; wherein the first part comprises at least one conducting surface; wherein the second part comprises a loading structure; wherein the loading structure comprises at least one conducting strip connected at least two points on an edge of the at least one conducting surface; wherein the maximal width of the at least one conducting strip is less than a quarter of the longest straight edge of the at least one conducting surface; and wherein the loading structure causes the antenna to radiate and receive electromagnetic waves across at least one more industry-standard frequency band compared to an identical antenna without the loading structure.