Patent ID: 8519896

Claim:
An antenna comprising: a board including first and second major surfaces, an end surface connecting the first and second major surfaces, a ground electrode on one of the first and second major surfaces, and a non-ground region where no ground electrode is provided on said one of the first and second major surfaces; a feeding element provided in the non-ground region near the end surface of the board, said feeding element having an electrically insulating base member on which a feeding radiation electrode is provided; and a non-feeding element composed of a substantially line-shaped electrode provided on the board, said substantially line-shaped electrode having at least one end connected to the ground electrode of the board and being coupled with the feeding element, wherein at least a part of the substantially line-shaped electrode is provided on the end surface of the board, and the substantially line-shaped electrode and the ground electrode surround a substantially entire circumference of the non-ground region.