Patent ID: 8525733

Claim:
An antenna structure, comprising: a ground plane; a loading plate spaced from the ground plane in a direction substantially perpendicular to the ground plane and extending substantially parallel to the ground plane; a first conductive matching element extending from the loading plate toward the ground plane, wherein the first conductive matching element is electrically connected to the loading plate and is electrically isolated from the ground plane; a first conductive element extending from the loading plate toward the ground plane; and a second conductive matching element extending from the first conductive element spaced from and between the ground plane and the loading plate; wherein the first conductive matching element, the first conductive element and the second conductive matching element are in a common plane, the common plane extending substantially perpendicular to the loading plate and the ground plane, wherein the first conductive matching element, the first conductive element and the second conductive matching element comprise an integral conductive structure, and wherein the integral conductive structure further comprises a second conductive element extending along the common plane from the first conductive element to the first conductive matching element.