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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Scott Anthony Faulkner, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Lawrence Steven Gans, Exeter, NH (US);
Supriyo Dey, Burlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/36 ;
Abstract
An antenna element (,) includes, a film (,) of dielectric material having thereon a radiating antenna element (,) that radiates at a first order harmonic frequency within a desired first frequency band, a conducting capacitive load element (,) and the radiating antenna element (,) being capacitively coupled across a thickness of the film (,) at a second order harmonic frequency, to tune a radiated second order harmonic frequency to correspond with a desired second frequency band, thereby providing a dual band antenna element (,).