Patent ID: 8427373

Claim:
An antenna assembly, comprising: a planar laminate; a planar electrically conductive area of predetermined shape and dimension forming a radiative antenna element on the planar laminate; another planar electrically conductive area of predetermined shape and dimension forming a reference ground element on the planar laminate, such that the radiative antenna element and the reference ground element are coplanar, and wherein there is no substantial overlap between the radiative antenna element and the reference ground element; a first planar electrically conductive floating ground element that is oriented parallel to the radiative antenna element and the reference ground element, that is separated from the planar laminate by an air-filled space, and that is electrically connected directly to the radiative antenna element; and a second planar electrically conductive floating ground element on the planar laminate and coplanar with the radiative antenna element and the reference ground element; wherein the radiative antenna element is substantially larger than the reference ground element and the second floating ground element.