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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rodger J Andrew, Wimborne, GB;
Stephen A Williams, Southampton, GB;
Assignee:
3Com Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/48 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/48 ;
Abstract
An antenna assembly comprises a printed circuit board having on one face various components and on the other face a ground plane, and a planar F suspended antenna comprising a conductive ground plane element having peripheral parts overlapping the edge of an aperture in the board a connecting element extending from the ground plane element through the aperture, a radiator element integral with the connecting element and extending generally parallel and within the area of the ground plane element, and an antenna feed element which extends from the radiating element though the aperture.