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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2005
Carlo Dinallo, Plantation, FL (US);
Marco Maddaleno, Turin, IT;
Carlo DiNallo, Plantation, FL (US);
Marco Maddaleno, Turin, IT;
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed for a multiband antenna () in a communication device (). An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present invention may include, for example, an antenna having a finite ground surface (), and an elongated conductor () that is characterized by a length and is spaced from the finite ground surface. The elongated conductor has a first slot () extending through a substantial portion of the length of the elongated conductor, and a second slot () having a shorter length than the first slot. The antenna further has a grounding conductor () coupling the finite ground surface to the elongated conductor, and a signal feed conductor () coupling to the elongated conductor.