Patent ID: 7728775

Claim:
A radiator for an RF (radio frequency) communication device including a first member including a first conducting surface operable to provide a first radiating surface, a second member including a second conducting surface operable to provide a near field reflector or ground plane, the first conducting surface and the second conducting surface being galvanically connected, wherein the first and second conducting surfaces arc substantially planar surfaces that are disposed in non parallel planes such that the first conducting surface is sloping at an oblique angle relative to the second conducting surface, the first conducting surface includes a first conducting region and a second conducting region separated by a gap, at least a portion of the gap is tapered, the radiator further comprising a contact area on the first conducting surface adjacent to the gap to receive a feed conductor to feed RF electrical signals to and from the first and second conducting regions, and a third conducting surface operable to provide a second radiating surface and disposed in a plane substantially perpendicular to the first and second conducting surfaces adjacent to an end of the gap distant from the contact area.