Patent ID: 8199065

Claim:
A dual-band antenna comprising: a common antenna feedpoint; a conductive ground plane having a first leg and a second leg, wherein the first leg and the second leg are electrically connected at a single end thereof, each leg having an opposing inside edge that defines a non-conductive channel in the conductive ground plane; a first antenna element of the dual-band antenna having a general “J” shaped element extending away from the common antenna feedpoint at a distal end of the first leg of the conductive ground plane into the non-conductive channel, each portion of the “J” shaped element being substantially co-planar with one another and substantially coplanar with the conductive ground plane; and a second antenna element of the dual-band antenna having a general “h” shaped element extending away from the common antenna feedpoint at the distal end of the first leg of the conductive ground plane, each portion of the “h” shaped element being substantially co-planar with one another and disposed in a plane substantially perpendicular to the conductive ground plane, and wherein the second antenna element further comprises: a first section extending from the distal end of the first leg of the conductive ground plane in a direction substantially perpendicular to the conductive ground plane; a second section branching from the first section in an orientation substantially parallel to the conductive ground plane and in a direction toward the second leg, and offset from the ground plane by a first distance; and a third section oriented substantially parallel with the first section and having a first end in direct electrical contact with the second section and having a second end in direct electrical contact with a distal end of the second leg of the conductive ground plane; a fourth section branching from a distal end of the first section in a direction toward the second leg of the conductive ground plane and in an orientation substantially parallel to the second section of the second antenna element; and a fifth section branching from an end of the fourth section, the fifth section oriented substantially perpendicular to the first section and the fourth section and substantially parallel to the conductive ground plane.