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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Shirook M. Ali, Milton, CA;
Abdulhadi Ebrahim Abdulahdi, Montreal, CA;
Christopher Andrew Devries, St. Thomas, CA;
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/50 (2006.01); H01Q 7/00 (2006.01); H01Q 9/16 (2006.01); H01Q 19/10 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/50 (2013.01); H01Q 1/246 (2013.01); H01Q 7/00 (2013.01); H01Q 9/16 (2013.01); H01Q 19/10 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49016 (2015.01);
Abstract
An antenna, including a radiating element configured to have a fundamental resonance frequency being regarded as a first harmonic resonance frequency f, and feed points positioned on the configured radiating element at selected multiple locations that correspond to where a multiple of the first harmonic resonance frequency have current maxima, wherein feeds at the feed points cooperate at an operating frequency of the antenna to constructively combine their respective antenna radiation patterns.