US 6,982,672 B2 | ||
Multi-band antenna and system for wireless local area network communications | ||
Shengli Lin, Shanghai (China); Chunfei Ye, Shanghai (China); and Nilesh N. Shah, Rancho Cordova, Calif. (US) | ||
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, Calif. (US) | ||
Filed on Mar. 08, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/795,781. | ||
Prior Publication US 2005/0195110 A1, Sep. 08, 2005 | ||
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/38 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 343—700MS | 31 Claims |
1. An antenna comprising:
a first conductive layer comprising one or more parasitic patches;
a second conductive layer comprising a plurality of radiating patches; and
a third conductive layer comprising a ground patch,
wherein the first, second and third conductive layers are separated by first and second substrate layers, and
wherein at least one grounding point electrically couples at least one of the radiating patches to the third conductive layer
by a conductive path provided through the second substrate layer wherein the radiating patches having a single feed point.
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