Dual-band antenna for a wireless local area network device
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1. A dual-band antenna, comprising:
- a substrate;
an inverted F antenna printed circuit supported by said substrate and tuned to resonate in a first frequency band; and
a monopole antenna printed circuit supported by said substrate, connected to said inverted F antenna printed circuit and tuned to resonate in a second frequency band.
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Abstract
A dual-band antenna, a method of manufacturing the same and a wireless networking card incorporating the antenna. In one embodiment, the antenna includes: (1) a substrate, (2) an inverted F antenna printed circuit supported by the substrate and tuned to resonate in a first frequency band and (3) a monopole antenna printed circuit supported by the substrate, connected to the inverted F antenna printed circuit and tuned to resonate in a second frequency band.
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35 Claims
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1. A dual-band antenna, comprising:
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a substrate;
an inverted F antenna printed circuit supported by said substrate and tuned to resonate in a first frequency band; and
a monopole antenna printed circuit supported by said substrate, connected to said inverted F antenna printed circuit and tuned to resonate in a second frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A wireless networking card, comprising:
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wireless networking circuitry;
a dual-band transceiver coupled to said wireless networking circuitry; and
a dual-band antenna coupled to said dual-band transceiver and including;
a substrate, an inverted F antenna printed circuit supported by said substrate and tuned to resonate in a first frequency band, and a monopole antenna printed circuit supported by said substrate, connected to said inverted F antenna printed circuit and tuned to resonate in a second frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of manufacturing a dual-band antenna, comprising:
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forming an inverted F antenna printed circuit on a substrate, said inverted F antenna printed circuit tuned to resonate in a first frequency band; and
forming a monopole antenna printed circuit on said substrate, said monopole antenna connected to said inverted F antenna printed circuit and tuned to resonate in a second frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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