Abstract: An antenna assembly for a vehicle including an environmentally sealed housing and a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board is at least partially disposed within the environmentally sealed housing and extends through a plurality of second order Hilbert Curves which are arranged in side-by-side relationship with one another. The antenna assembly is preferably disposed within a non-metallic structure of the vehicle, and therefore, the antenna assembly is hidden from view, thereby allowing the vehicle to have a more aesthetically pleasing external appearance. Additionally, the length of the trace is limited by the space inside of the non-metallic structure, and therefore, depending on the size of the non-metallic structure, a very long trace having a high performance could be printed on the printed circuit board.

Abstract: An antenna assembly for a vehicle including an environmentally sealed housing and a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board is at least partially disposed within the environmentally sealed housing and extends through a plurality of second order Hilbert Curves which are arranged in side-by-side relationship with one another. The antenna assembly is preferably disposed within a non-metallic structure of the vehicle, and therefore, the antenna assembly is hidden from view, thereby allowing the vehicle to have a more aesthetically pleasing external appearance. Additionally, the length of the trace is limited by the space inside of the non-metallic structure, and therefore, depending on the size of the non-metallic structure, a very long trace having a high performance could be printed on the printed circuit board.

Abstract: An antenna assembly for an automobile including an antenna element having a resonance frequency which is higher than the frequency modulation (FM) range of frequencies for receiving at least one of amplitude modulation (AM), FM and satellite digital audio radio service (SDARS) radio signals. A printed circuit board including amplifier circuitry is in electrical communication with the antenna element for amplifying the radio signals received by the antenna element. A lumped element having a quality value greater than sixty is disposed on the printed circuit board for effectively increasing the bandwidth of radio signals which may be received by the antenna element. All of these components are disposed within a small and aesthetically pleasing cover, such as a shark fin-shaped cover.

Abstract: A multiband antenna with GPS digital output comprising a housing, a GPS antenna provided in the housing, an AM/FM antenna provided on the housing, at least a GPS receiver provided in the housing and coupled to the GPS antenna and a serial network bus provided in the housing and coupled to the GPS receiver whereby AM/FM signals and GPS digital output is provided from the multiband antenna.