Patent ID: 8723742

Claim:
A wireless handheld or portable device comprising: an antenna mounted within the wireless handheld or portable device and configured to operate in at least two non-overlapping frequency bands, the antenna comprising: a ground plane; a feeding mechanism; and a conductive radiating element electrically coupled to the ground plane and connected to the feeding mechanism, the connection between the radiating element and the feeding mechanism defining a feeding point, wherein: the conductive radiating element extends along a first path, the first path extending from the feeding point through the conducting radiating element to a most distant end of the conductive radiating element; a spacing between sections of the first path is shaped as a non-straight gap; and a length of a contour of the non-straight gap is greater than a length of a contour of an equivalent straight gap, the equivalent straight gap having a substantially constant width through the spacing that defines the non-straight gap.