Patent ID: 8212730

Claim:
A card that interfaces an electronic device wherein the electronic device has a device height comprising: a card body having a width and opposing ends and a device end adapted to be inserted within the electronic device; a loop antenna mounted non-planar to the card body on the end opposite the device end, wherein the width of the loop antenna is about the width of the card body and a height about one-half of its width, wherein the loop antenna further comprises: a first portion having a first straight path segment followed by a meandering path segment followed by a second straight path segment, and two ends, the meandering path segment being about 50% of the length of the first portion, and second and third portions, each having a straight path and connected to respective ends of the first portion, wherein the antenna is non-rotatable relative to the card, and has a plurality of sides, and the first, second and third portions are located along the sides of the antenna, wherein said meandering path segment is split and a portion engages adjacent said card body and has a floating end and other end coupled to a current source or transceiver and operative as electrical delay lines and a full wavelength antenna.