Patent ID: 8599093

Claim:
A planar antenna, comprising: a dielectric portion; a first conductive portion, extending along a surface of the dielectric portion; a second conductive portion, parallel to the first conductive portion, extending along the surface of the dielectric portion, the second conductive portion laterally offset from the first portion to provide a specified lateral separation between the first and second conductive portions; and a feed conductor conductively coupled to the first and second conductive portions; wherein the first and second conductive portions are conductively coupled at a tie location; wherein the first and second conductive portions are configured to provide respective first and second resonant operating frequency ranges, the resonant operating frequencies ranges offset from each other; wherein the first and second conductive portions are configured to follow a commonly-shared path, including at least one bend, along the surface of the dielectric portion; and wherein the second conductor includes a return conductor extending along the surface of the dielectric portion between the second conductive portion and a return plane.