Patent ID: 7183976

Claim:
An inverted-F antenna, comprising: a radiator arm having a first portion and a second portion, said first portion being disposed in a first plane, said second portion being disposed in a second plane, said first plane being spaced apart from and substantially parallel to said second plane, said first portion and said second portion being electrically connected, and said radiator arm being disposed along a radiator arm axis and having an open end and a shorted end; a ground plane spaced apart from and substantially parallel to said radiator arm axis; a shorting strip connected to said ground plane and to said shorted end of said radiator arm; and a feed line connected to said radiator arm between said shorted end and said open end; wherein said radiator arm forms a folded meander-line topology, and wherein said first portion comprises at least one switchback section in said folded meander-line topology.