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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2011
Arun Kumar Sharma, Cupertino, CA (US);
Robert J. Hill, Prunedale, CA (US);
David Arthur Candee, Milpitas, CA (US);
Arun Kumar Sharma, Cupertino, CA (US);
Robert J. Hill, Prunedale, CA (US);
David Arthur Candee, Milpitas, CA (US);
SecureALL CORPORATION, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
An antenna and a method for using the antenna in a wireless appliance are provided. The antenna includes a conducting surface having a length and a width; a dielectric slit having a slit length portion oriented along either the length or the width, the slit forming two lips on the conducting surface; the slit having an opening on one of the length and the width, the opening having a flare size; a feed-point element connecting the two lips; wherein the dimensions of the length, the width, the slit length portion, and the flare size are smaller than an effective propagation wavelength of the RF radiation in the antenna. An antenna including a conducting surface having a conductive plate with a plate area defined by a plate perimeter overlaying a portion of a conducting surface is also provided. A method to provide an antenna as above is also disclosed.