Patent ID: 6943738

Claim:
An antenna, comprising: a first arm with a first end; a second arm, substantially parallel to, co-planar with, and separated from the first arm along a length of the first arm and the second arm, and with a first end that is substantially aligned with the first end of the first arm; a conducting bridge, electrically connected to the first end of the first arm and the first end of the second arm; and a feed element, electrically connected to a middle point of the second arm, for connection to an RF feed on a circuit board, wherein the first arm, the second arm and the conducting bridge are mechanically unsupported by the circuit board while being designed for RF signal coupling with circuits on the circuit board, and wherein at least one of the first arm, the second arm, and the conducting bridge, are formed so as to be supported by a supporting structure that is mechanically separate from the support of the circuit board.