Abstract: A vehicle radar cover assembly and method includes a radar bracket for securing a radar unit to the vehicle, a radar cover for inhibiting undesirable matter from interfering with the radar unit, and at least one fastener securing both the radar bracket and the radar cover to the vehicle. The radar bracket includes at least one bracket mounting aperture. The radar cover includes at least one cover mounting aperture. The at least one fastener is received through aligned ones of the at least one bracket mounting aperture and the at least cover mounting aperture.

Abstract: The antenna device is disposed inside a vehicle exterior accessory such as a spoiler which is mounted on the exterior of the vehicle body. An amplifier substrate is fixed to a bracket, amplifies wave signals received from an antenna element, and outputs the amplified signals. A GND bolt fixes the bracket to the vehicle body and electrically connects between the bracket and the vehicle body. An amplifier cover is fixed to the bracket to cover the amplifier substrate. An elastic member is provided covering the outer periphery of the amplifier cover between the amplifier cover and the vehicle body. The elastic member is compressed as the amplifier cover is pressed against the vehicle body.

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to an antenna system for a vehicle, such as a vehicle that has a non-metallic roof. The antenna system includes two metallic supports coupled to the roof. Additionally, the antenna system includes a first MIMO antenna pair. A first antenna of the first MIMO antenna pair is coupled to a first support of the two metallic supports, and a second antenna of the first MIMO antenna pair is coupled to a second support of the two metallic supports. The antenna system further includes a second MIMO antenna pair. A first antenna of the second MIMO antenna pair is coupled to the first support of the two metallic supports, and a second antenna of the second MIMO antenna pair is coupled to the second support of the two metallic supports. Yet further, the two metallic supports of the antenna system are physically separated from each other.

Abstract: A window assembly includes an electrically conductive transparent layer and an antenna element disposed on a substrate. The transparent layer has an area defining a periphery with a plurality of edges. An outer region devoid of the transparent layer is defined adjacent the transparent layer along the periphery. The antenna element includes a first antenna segment and a second antenna segment. The first antenna segment is elongated and disposed in the outer region and spaced from the periphery and extends solely along one edge of the periphery. The second antenna segment extends integrally from the first antenna segment towards the transparent layer such that the second antenna segment crosses a periphery of the transparent layer. A feeding element is coupled to the first antenna segment to energize the antenna element and the transparent layer such that the antenna element and the transparent layer collectively transmit and/or receive radio frequency signals.

Abstract: A three-axis antenna containing: a bobbin for housing a core, made of a resin having an top flange and a bottom flange both of which include four flange pieces at both ends of the winding column in the thickness direction of the core; a first coil and a second coil wound in the spaces between the flange pieces to cross each other at the upper and lower surfaces of the core; and a third coil wound at the side surface of the core and between the top flange and the bottom flange.

Abstract: A flexible, printable antenna for automotive radar. The antenna can be printed onto a thin, flexible substrate, and thus can be bent to conform to a vehicle body surface with compound curvature. The antenna can be mounted to the interior of a body surface such as a bumper fascia, where it cannot be seen but can transmit radar signals afield. The antenna can also be mounted to and blended into the exterior of an inconspicuous body surface, or can be made transparent and mounted to the interior or exterior of a glass surface. The antenna includes an artificial impedance surface which is tailored based on the three-dimensional shape of the surface to which the antenna is mounted and the desired radar wave pattern. The antenna can be used for automotive collision avoidance applications using 22-29 GHz or 76-81 GHz radar, and has a large aperture to support high angular resolution of radar data.

Abstract: A method of designing a conductive pattern with reduced channel break visibility includes generating a representation of the conductive pattern in a software application and placing a plurality of non-linear channel break voids that partition the conductive pattern into a plurality of channels. Each non-linear channel break isolates adjacent channels.

Abstract: An electronic component housing package has an input/output member that is bonded to a hole part of a frame body via a brazing material. This input/output member has a top surface that is bonded to first side wall parts and a second side wall part inside the first side wall parts, and the top surface is provided with a narrow part having a narrow width at a portion that is bonded to the first side wall part. When the input/output member is bonded, the flow of the brazing material on the top surface can be controlled by the narrow part.

Abstract: There is described a device (100) for communicating with RFID-tags, the device (100) comprising (a) an antenna unit comprising a first antenna (110; 200) and a second antenna (120; 200), and (b) a controller (130) connected to the antenna unit. The controller (130) is adapted to sequentially feed different polling signals to the antenna unit such that corresponding signals are individually and simultaneously radiated by each of the first antenna (110; 200) and second antenna (120; 200). There is also described a home appliance comprising the aforementioned device (100). Furthermore, there is described a method for communicating with RFID-tags by an antenna unit comprising a first antenna (110; 200) and a second antenna (120; 200). The described method comprises sequentially feeding different polling signals to the antenna unit such that corresponding signals are individually radiated by each of the first antenna (110; 200) and second antenna (120; 200).

Abstract: A compact arrangement of antennas in a glazing is disclosed, which allows a plurality of antenna wires to be connected to an external circuit by a single contact. Parallel conductors, in direct current isolation from each other so that alternating current coupling occurs between them, are embedded at different depths in the thickness of a ply of plastic material. In plan view, conductors at different depths may be positioned closer to each other than in the prior art, so antennas connected to them are less obtrusive and may even be hidden completely under an obscuration band. Different widths of parallel conductor may be used. A thin antenna, connected to a thin conductor, may be positioned in a vision area of a glazing without impeding the view.

Abstract: A high-impedance passive device to radio-electrically decouple two antennas operating at least partially within a common frequency band and arranged on a surface of the carrier structure. A substrate of the device has a flexible dielectric material layer having a predetermined thickness with patches of conductive material arranged on its surface and a layer to attach the device onto the surface of the carrier structure. The patches having predetermined shape and arrangement. The body of the substrate separates the dielectric layer from the surface of the carrier structure. The substrate thickness is determined based on the size, number, and arrangement of the patches, and further it is based on the aerodynamic constraints imposed on the device. The device having an impedance to cause the desired decoupling in the common frequency band.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile telephone integration system for integration of a mobile telephone into a vehicle.

Abstract: A radar antenna is provided. The radar antenna includes an antenna unit provided with dielectric bodies in a front part thereof in a radio wave radiating direction, a pedestal, a supporting bar attached between the antenna unit and the pedestal to separate the antenna unit from the pedestal, and formed with a hollow section therein, and one of a cable and a waveguide passing through the hollow section and connected with the antenna unit.

Abstract: A connector for an automotive windshield antenna includes a thin trace portion that is electrically equivalent to a series inductor and a wide trace portion that is electrically equivalent to a shunt capacitor. The capacitor and the inductor form a matching LC network that is adjustable to match antenna impedance and transmission line impedance.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a medical monitoring system which comprises a landmark with a wireless module configured to broadcast a location information, a server connected to the landmark, a wearable device comprising a wearable-end wireless module and a user tag, a monitoring device comprising a monitor-end wireless module and a tag reader, and wherein the tag reader reads a user information from the user tag. The wearable device uses the wearable-end wireless module to receive the location information from the landmark, and determines a first current location based on the location information, and uses the wearable-end wireless module to send the first current location and the user information to the server via the landmark. The monitoring device uses the monitor-end wireless module and the user information as reference to obtain the first current location from the server via the landmark.

Abstract: Method for determining the magnitude and phase of a signal received by the active antenna (3).

Abstract: Antenna systems are provided including a chassi and first and second radiating elements coupled to the chassi. The first radiating element is configured to amplify excitation of the chassi and the second radiating element is configured to reduce excitation of the chassi so as to reduce mutual coupling in the antenna system. Related co-located antennas and methods of controlling mutual coupling are also provided.

Abstract: A transmission arrangement for a radio station of an access system may include a printed circuit board with an upper main surface and a first metallization plane in which conducting paths are formed. A drive circuit for supplying a frequency signal and an antenna structure are also provided. The antenna structure includes a coupling device, a conductor structure and a continuous, electrically conductive path having first and second ends opposite each other. The coupling device is configured to couple a frequency signal supplied by the drive circuit into the conductor structure. The first and/or second ends form end(s) of the conductor structure. The printed circuit board is retained at a distance from the first and/or second end by a gas or an electrically non-conductive material.

Abstract: An antenna device includes a retaining seat, a first polarized antenna module, and a second polarized antenna module, both disposed on the retaining seat. The first polarized antenna module has a dual-band monopole antenna. The second polarized antenna module has a carrying frame disposed on the retaining seat, two dual-band dipole antennas in a coplanar arrangement formed on the carrying frame, and a splitter installed on the carrying frame. Each dual-band dipole antenna defines a longitudinal axis and has a feeding and a grounding segment arranged in the longitudinal axis. The longitudinal axes of the dual-band dipole antennas are perpendicular to each other. The polarized direction of the dual-band dipole antennas is perpendicular to the polarized direction of the dual-band monopole antenna. The splitter is electrically connected to the feeding segments for separating a current respectively into the feeding segments by a phase difference of 90 degrees.

Abstract: A vehicle communication apparatus includes an antenna module, a wireless communication device placed and physically separated from the antenna module, a first communication cable and a second communication cable. The antenna module includes a first antenna and a second antenna. The wireless communication device includes a first antenna-connecting sending portion, a second antenna-connecting receiving portion, an adjustment portion, a memory, and a loss amount calculation portion calculating a loss amount by the first communication cable. The adjustment portion adjusts the sending power of the sending wave radiated from the first antenna based on the loss amount calculated by the loss amount calculation portion, and equalizes the sending power with a reference power.

Abstract: A push-button switch includes a wiring board having a first surface on which electronic components are mounted. The push-button switch is used for an immobilizer system and supplies power to a portable device from the first surface side of the wiring board. The push-button switch includes a coil antenna and a conductor pattern. The coil antenna includes a magnetic core and a coil conductor wound around the magnetic core. The coil antenna is attached to a second surface of the wiring board. The conductor pattern is formed in at least one wiring layer so as to surround the coil conductor in plan view. The wiring board has an inner layer including the at least one wiring layer. A direction of current flowing through the coil conductor is the same as a direction of current flowing through the conductor pattern.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted replacement antenna includes an antenna holder, an antenna element, a connecting shaft and a concealed screw. The concealed screw is embedded into a concealed screw hole of a cylindrical portion of the antenna holder, and a distal end of the concealed screw is pressed against a bottom surface of a ring groove of a hook shaft portion, so that the antenna holder is mounted on the connecting shaft so as to be prevented from rotation. Or the concealed screw is screwed into the concealed screw hole, and the distal end of the concealed screw is spaced from a bottom surface of the ring groove and hooked on a side surface of the ring groove, so that the antenna holder is mounted on the connecting shaft so as to be rotatable and unremovable.

Abstract: An ultra-wideband, low profile antenna is provided. The antenna includes a ground plane substrate, a feed conductor, a top hat conductor, a shorting arm, and a ring slot. The feed conductor includes a first end and a second end. The first end is configured for electrical coupling to a feed network through a feed element extending from the ground plane substrate. The top hat conductor includes a generally planar sheet mounted to the second end of the feed conductor in a first plane approximately parallel to a second plane defined by the ground plane substrate. The shorting arm includes a third end and a fourth end. The third end is mounted to the top hat conductor, and the fourth end is mounted to the ground plane substrate. The ring slot is formed in the ground plane substrate around the feed element.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments generally relate to techniques for processing signals received from multiple antennas. More specifically, the disclosed embodiments relate to a system that uses an integrated phase-shifting-and-combining circuit to process signals received from multiple antenna elements. This circuit applies a specified phase shift to the input signals, and combines the phase-shifted input signals to produce an output signal. In some embodiments, the integrated phase-shifting-and-combining circuit uses a current-steering mechanism to perform the phase-shifting-and-combining operations. This current-steering mechanism operates by converting the input signals into associated currents, and then steering each of the associated currents through multiple pathways which have different delays. Next, the currents from the multiple pathways for the associated currents are combined to produce the output signal.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing and a communications disposed in the housing. The communications module is configured to transmit and/or receive radio signals using at least one communications standard. An aerial glass cover is mounted on a side of the housing so as to form a skin covering the side of the housing. The aerial glass cover includes a glass carrier having a surface on which at least one antenna is printed, where the at least one antenna is configured to operate in at least one communications band associated with the at least one communications standard. A transmission line is formed between the communications module and the at least one antenna.

Abstract: A window assembly includes an electrically conductive transparent layer and an antenna element disposed on a substrate. The antenna element includes a first antenna segment and a second antenna segment. The first antenna segment is elongated and disposed in an outer region devoid of the transparent layer. The second antenna segment extends from the first antenna segment toward the transparent layer such that the second antenna segment crosses a periphery of the transparent layer. The second antenna segment abuts and is in direct electrical contact with the transparent layer. A feeding element is coupled to the antenna element and energizes the first and second antenna segments and the transparent layer such that the first and second antenna segments and the transparent layer collectively transmit and/or receive radio frequency signals.

Abstract: A diplexer, for coupling a first radio frequency (RF) signal corresponding to a first carrier frequency and a second RF signal corresponding to a second carrier frequency is disclosed. The diplexer includes a first port arranged to couple the first RF signal; a second port arranged to couple the second RF signal; a third port capable of connecting an antenna; a first impedance unit coupled to the first port and the third port; and a second impedance unit coupled to the second port and the third port; wherein the first port, the second port and the third port are coupled to a direct current (DC) ground; wherein the first impedance unit is arranged to provide an first open-circuit impedance against the second RF signal, and the second impedance unit is arranged to provide a second open-circuit impedance against the first RF signal.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a non-conductive sheet, an electrically conductive coil disposed on the non-conductive sheet, and an electronic component. The non-conductive sheet has a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a third surface extending from the first surface to the second surface, the third surface defining an opening. The electrically conductive coil surrounds the third surface and the third surface surrounds the electronic component, the electronic component being disposed within the opening.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing enclosing a motion sensor and a first capacitive proximity sensor on a first planar side of the electronic device. A second capacitive proximity sensor on a second planar side of the electronic device within the housing is monitored for determining the differential amount of signal change of the first capacitive proximity sensor relative to the second capacitive proximity sensor.

Abstract: A vehicle slot antenna wherein an electro-conductive coating is applied to the surface of a glass ply. The peripheral edge of the conductive coating is spaced from the vehicle window edge and connected to a high conductive bus bar to define an annular slot antenna with low resistance loss and improved antenna efficiency. The slot antenna is fed by a thin conductive line located in the middle of the slot and parallel to the bus bar. The thin line along with the conductive coating and window frame form a coplanar waveguide (CPW). The CPW feed provides a convenient feed for the antenna at any point around the perimeter of the window slot and affords antenna tuning and impedance matching. The antenna design can use the characteristic impedance of the CPW line to match the impedance of the slot antenna to the impedance of a coaxial cable or other input impedance.

Abstract: A glass antenna provided on or in window glass of a vehicle, includes: an antenna conductor including: a first antenna element which is connected to a feed portion and formed into a loop-like shape extending in a first direction; a second antenna element which is formed into an L-like shape by a first partial element which is connected to the first antenna element and extends in the first direction and a second partial element which is connected to the first partial element and extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction at right angles; a third antenna element which is connected to the first antenna element and extends in the second direction on a side where the second partial element extends with respect to the first partial element; and a fourth antenna element which divides the loop of the first antenna element into two loops.

Abstract: An antenna device (10) includes: an antenna (100) including a radiating element (101) and an internal ground (103); a coaxial cable (200) whose internal conductor (204) is connected with the radiating element (101) and whose external conductor (203) is connected with the internal ground (103); and an external ground (500) capacitive-coupled with the external conductor (203) of the coaxial cable (200).

Abstract: A window assembly for a vehicle includes a substrate that is substantially transparent and has a surface. A transparent layer is disposed on the surface and comprises a metal compound such that the transparent layer is electrically conductive. The transparent layer defines a first region and a second region that are spaced from one another by a section cut that is devoid of the transparent layer. The first and second regions are non-congruent to one another. A feeding arrangement is coupled to the first and second regions to energize the first and second regions such that the first and second regions operate as antenna elements. The first and second regions each define at least one performance enhancing slit that is devoid of the transparent layer. The slits are configured to operate as at least one of an impedance matching element and a radiation pattern altering element.

Abstract: The antenna device disclosed includes an insulating antenna case, an antenna base, an umbrella-type element, an amplifier substrate, and a coil. A lower surface of the insulating antenna case is open and a housing space is formed in the insulating antenna case. The antenna case is fitted on the antenna base. The umbrella-type element is provided on the antenna base. The amplifier substrate includes an amplifier which amplifies a signal received by the umbrella-type element, and is disposed on the antenna base. The coil is inserted between an output end of the umbrella-type element and an input end of the amplifier to make the umbrella-type element resonate at a predetermined frequency, and is disposed substantially at a center in a width direction of the umbrella-type element.

Abstract: An improved rooftop antenna is characterized, inter alia, by the following features: the base (7) has a protruding base foot part (17) on the base lower side (7e) of said base; the base foot part (17) is formed integrally with the remaining part of the base (7) or connected thereto and is electrically conductive or coated, together with the base (7), with an electrically conductive layer; the base foot part (17) has a channel (117), which passes through the foot part (17) transversely and preferably perpendicular to the base (7) in a plug-in and joining direction (Z) for accommodating the at least one coaxial line (21); and the coaxial line (21) is inserted into the at least one channel (117) of the base foot part (17) in such a way that at least one section of the outer circumference of the outer conductor (27) of the coaxial line (21) is pressed mechanically with the electrically conductive inner wall of the channel (117) of the base foot part (17) and DC contact is thereby made therewith.

Abstract: Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of multiband multiple input multiple output (MIMO) vehicular antenna assemblies for installation to a vehicle body wall. In exemplary embodiments, a multiband MIMO vehicular antenna assembly generally includes at least one cellular antenna configured to be operable over one or more cellular frequencies (e.g., Long Term Evolution (LTE), etc.), at least one satellite antenna configured to be operable over one or more satellite frequencies (e.g., Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), satellite digital audio radio services (SDARS), etc.) and at least one Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) antenna configured to be operable over DSRC frequencies.

Abstract: An antenna having a base film carrying at least one antenna structure and one electronic device with a contact region of the at least one antenna structure being provided on a tab formed from the base film and contacted with a contact region of the electronic device is made by first providing the electronic device inside a housing. Then the tab is inserted into the housing. Finally the housing is adhesively adhered in place on the base.

Abstract: A low-frequency radiating element and a high-frequency radiating element are configured so as to respectively operate in a relatively low frequency band and a relatively high frequency band that are non-contiguous with each other. A matching circuit is inserted between a transmission/reception circuit and a branching point. A high-frequency variable reactance circuit is inserted between the branching point and the high-frequency radiating element. A low-frequency variable reactance circuit is inserted between the branching point and the low-frequency radiating element. The high-frequency variable reactance circuit and the low-frequency variable reactance circuit are configured such that their reactances can be adjusted independently of each other.

Abstract: The structural rigidity of a device is improved by overmolding one or more layers of the device housing over the antenna components, improving overall wall thickness and avoiding air gaps present in conventional devices. Pull tabs are implemented for battery installation and removal using a stretch-release adhesive connected to the tabs that can hold the battery in place and, upon pulling of the pull tabs, cause the battery to be removable from the device. Camera sensors larger than the camera optics are usable in a device by utilizing only image data captured by those pixels of the sensor that correspond to the appropriate part of the camera optics. Mechanical interlocks can be used advantageously for alignment and connection strength for side soldering. Optical alignment processes are used advantageously in situations such as mounting a device camera relative to an opening of a light absorbing layer on a cover glass sheet.

Abstract: An outer peripheral wall and an inner peripheral wall are formed in the lower part of a shark-fin antenna case. The lower end surface of the inner peripheral wall is bonded to the upper surface of an insulating base in an antenna base arranged on the lower surface of the antenna case. Thus, an antenna assembly can be housed in the antenna case which is constructed to be waterproof. The antenna assembly is provided with an element holder that is arranged upright on the antenna base; an umbrella-shaped element that is fixed to the top part of the element holder in such a way that the rear part thereof is positioned above the insulating base; an amplifier substrate for amplifying a reception signal of the umbrella-shaped element; and a coil that causes the umbrella-shaped element to resonate at the specified frequency.

Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device in which a power line is not affected by noise due to a voltage drop caused by instantaneous high-current consumption in the buffer portion and that has no possibility that a logic portion malfunctions. In a case where the same potential is supplied to a logic portion and a buffer portion, by a method in which separate FPC terminals are used for the logic portion and the buffer portion, or by a method in which the FPC terminal is shared but a power line is branched for the logic portion and the buffer portion at a point close to the FPC terminal, a problem that the logic portion is affected by noise generated by a voltage drop of the power line due to instantaneous high-current consumption in the buffer portion can be prevented.

Abstract: A vehicular antenna apparatus includes a substrate, a circuit portion, a case, and a heat transfer path. The substrate has an antenna portion. The circuit portion is mounted on the substrate and configures at least a part of a wireless communication circuit electrically coupled with the antenna portion. The case is made of resin material and configures a protruded portion of an outer surface of a vehicle. The substrate and the circuit portion are arranged in the case. The heat transfer path is arranged between the circuit portion and the case, and has a thermal conductivity higher than air. The circuit portion is electrically coupled with the antenna portion by a solid phase diffusion bonding.

Abstract: A vehicle door handle apparatus is provided with a handle main body formed by coupling a first cover and a second cover and a capacitance sensor accommodated in a hollow space in the handle main body. One of the first cover and the second cover is formed with an accommodation recess defined by partition walls. The capacitance sensor is accommodated in the accommodation recess and fixed by a potting agent.

Abstract: A motor vehicle window pane with antenna mount is described. The motor vehicle window pane with antenna mount has an opening in a composite pane made of an outer pane, an intermediate layer, and an inner pane. An adhesive is disposed on the outer pane on a top in a region around the opening. A mounting plate is fixed on the adhesive. An antenna housing is disposed on the mounting plate and has a rod-shaped antenna mount within the opening and below a recess.

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) identification tag including a substrate, a planar antenna, an RF chip, a plurality of signal conductors and a plurality of ground conductors is provided. The RF chip receives an RF signal from the planar antenna to generate an identification code. The signal conductors are coupled to the planar antenna. The ground conductors, interlaced on two opposite sides of the signal conductors, and the signal conductors are adjacent to each other and disposed on the substrate to form a coplanar waveguide structure which includes an impedance match portion and a transmission portion. The impedance match portion has an input end coupled to the signal conductors and a ground plane coupled to the ground conductors. The RF chip is disposed between the input end and the ground plane. The transmission portion is connected between the impedance match portion and the planar antenna.

Abstract: An antenna system includes a controller operatively connected to a first antenna and a second antenna, the controller including a vehicle position input configured and disposed to receive GPS position data identifying a location of a motor vehicle and a vehicle heading input configured and disposed to receive GPS heading data for the motor vehicle. The controller is configured and disposed to selectively employ at least one of the first and second antennas to receive a radio signal based on received location and heading data for the motor vehicle.

Abstract: A device, apparatus and method for producing a body or platform interfaced with a wideband antenna system. The antenna interfaces to the body or platform so as to comprise a synergistic radiating system.

Abstract: The disclosure discloses an antenna module and an electronic system. The antenna module includes a waterproof protective cover, a transparent cap, a printed circuit board, a wireless communication unit and an antenna unit. The waterproof protective cover is removably assembled onto an opening on a metal shielding case of the electronic system. The water-proof protective cover has a housing slot. The transparent cap is mounted on the waterproof protective cover. A first part of the printed circuit board is inserted into the housing slot. A second part of the printed circuit is located within the metal shielding case. The wireless communication unit is disposed on the second part of the printed circuit board. The antenna unit is disposed on the first part of the printed circuit board and electrically connected with the wireless communication unit.

Abstract: An automotive window antenna includes: an FM radio main antenna which includes two horizontal strips, and a vertical strip, and which is connected with a main feed point provided on a side of a longitudinal side of the window glass through a strip extending inwardly between the horizontal strips from one end portion or a midpoint portion of one of the horizontal strips; and an FM radio sub antenna which includes one horizontal strip, and which is provided on a side opposite to the feed point, at a substantially central position between the two horizontal strips of the FM radio main antenna so as not to achieve a capacitive coupling with the two horizontal strips, the FM radio main antenna and the FM radio sub antenna being provided in the blank space to achieve a diversity reception, and being connected to a tuner.

Abstract: A short, efficient antenna utilizing a floating coax transmission line over ground or overlapping wire feed structure for reduced antenna size for use in handheld radios. An asymmetric transmission line radiator having a length (LTL) is oriented substantially planar to and proximal to a truncated ground plane, and having at one end an input/output connector, and at an other end a feed point at least one of above a ground plane and proximal to its edge. An exciter antenna in a form of a plate or bent wire is coupled to the feed point and is exterior to the edge of the ground plane and oriented substantially orthogonal to the ground plane, the exciter antenna having a larger dimension length (LEA) that is at least 50% smaller than the length LTL. The overall length of a perimeter of the antenna is approximately ½ a wavelength of a center frequency of the antenna.