Abstract: A dual-band microstrip antenna has a ground plate and also has a central patch positioned between a pair of side patches. The antenna has a single signal feedline, connected to the central patch, and the side patches are shorted to the ground element. Conductive surfaces of the ground plate and patches that carry surface current from signal radiation are contoured such that only portions of conductive surfaces that carry more than a negligible amount of the surface current are retained. The antenna has a reduced weight and improved bandwidth over conventional antennas that operate in the 925 MHz and 1800 MHz ranges.

Abstract: A multi-band blade antenna for use on a vehicle is formed by patterning the metal on both sides of a printed circuit board. One side is patterned into low-frequency patch and ground elements, and the other side is patterned into high-frequency patch and ground elements. The length of the patterned patch element on the low-frequency side of the board approximates the length of the board, while the effective length of the high-frequency patch element is approximately twice as long. Tuning for the frequency bands of mobile telephones in different regions (for instance, the European Union, United States and Japan) is by means of differences in slot length in the patch member on the low-frequency side, and differences in separation between the patch and ground members on the high-frequency side. RLC components are affixed to the low-frequency side after patterning. The printed circuit board has a shape which, in a complementary housing, may add ornamentation to the exterior of a vehicle on which it is mounted.

Abstract: A multi-band blade antenna for use on a vehicle is formed by patterning the metal on both sides of a printed circuit board. One side is patterned into low-frequency patch and ground elements, and the other side is patterned into high-frequency patch and ground elements. The length of the patterned patch element on the low-frequency side of the board approximates the length of the board, while the effective length of the high-frequency patch element is approximately twice as long. Tuning for the frequency bands of mobile telephones in different regions (for instance, the European Union, United States and Japan) is by means of differences in slot length in the patch member on the low-frequency side, and differences in separation between the patch and ground members on the high-frequency side. RLC components are affixed to the low-frequency side after patterning. The printed circuit board has a shape which, in a complementary housing, may add ornamentation to the exterior of a vehicle on which it is mounted.

Abstract: A patch antenna comprises a radiating element and a ground plane with a dielectric therebetween, one or both of the radiating element and the ground plane comprising means defining current paths in a pattern which approximates to a preferred excitation mode of a patch radiating element of uniform and continuous section.