Dual band antenna

1. An apparatus comprising:

a dual band antenna including antenna elements formed into patterns on a dielectric substrate to adapt to a first fundamental frequency and a second fundamental frequency, the dual band antenna comprising:

a first radiation element conforming to the first fundamental frequency and making a junction with one end of a ground edge, including a horizontal pattern having an open end and extending in parallel with the ground edge;

a second radiation element conforming to the second fundamental frequency and making a junction with another end of the ground edge, including a horizontal pattern having an open end and extending in parallel with the ground edge so that the open end of the second radiation element will enter an area surrounded by the horizontal pattern of the first radiation element and the ground edge; and

a driven element including a first excitation pattern extending along the horizontal pattern of the first radiation element and a second excitation pattern extending along the horizontal pattern of the second radiation element;

the dual band antenna having a common power supply;

wherein the horizontal pattern of the first radiation element includes a horizontally extending pattern having an open end and arranged on a flat surface intersecting at right angles with a flat surface on which the driven element is formed.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first radiation element and a first excitation pattern are quarter-wavelength monopole antennas.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein a first excitation pattern of the driven element resonates at a quarter wavelength with a harmonic frequency relative to a first fundamental frequency, and

the first radiation element resonates with m-order harmonic frequency at a predetermined wavelength via an electromagnetic wave induced from the first excitation pattern and further resonates with the first fundamental frequency at the quarter wavelength;

wherein m is a number selected from the group consisting of 3 and 5.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein a frequency band of the first fundamental frequency is in a range from 704 MHz to 787 MHz.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first radiation element includes an impedance adjustment portion expanded into a trapezoidal shape toward the ground element.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second radiation element forms a quarter-wavelength monopole antenna.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a frequency band of the second fundamental frequency is in a range from 1700 MHz to 2200 MHz.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first radiation element and the second radiation element are inverted-L monopole antennas.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the driven element is a linear antenna having a power supply.

10. An apparatus comprising:

a multi-element antenna formed on a dielectric substrate, said antenna further comprising:

a first inverted-L radiation element conforming to a first fundamental frequency and making a junction with one end of a ground edge, including a horizontal pattern having an open end and extending in parallel with the ground edge;

a second inverted-L radiation element conforming to a second fundamental frequency and making a junction with another end of the ground edge, including a horizontal pattern having an open end and extending in parallel with the ground edge so that the open end of the second radiation element will enter an area surrounded by the horizontal pattern of the first radiation element and the ground edge; and

a ground element to which the first inverted-L radiation element and the second inverted-L radiation element attach at opposites ends;

wherein the second inverted-L radiation element extends between the ground element and the first inverted-L radiation element;

wherein both of the first inverted-L radiation element and second inverted-L radiation element and the ground element and a linearly formed driven element are attached to the dielectric substrate; and

wherein the first inverted-L radiation element includes elements disposed orthogonally from one another;

wherein the horizontal pattern of the first radiation element includes a horizontally extending pattern having an open end and arranged on a flat surface intersecting at right angles with a flat surface on which the driven element is formed.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein:

the first inverted-L radiation element is a low frequency radiation element; and

the second inverted-L radiation element is a high frequency radiation.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein said low frequency radiation element includes a portion that is not disposed on the substrate.

13. The apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising:

a linearly formed driven element has a first excitation pattern and a second excitation pattern.

14. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein said apparatus is a mobile computing device.

15. An apparatus comprising:

a display case;

a multi-element antenna disposed in the display case;

wherein elements of said antenna comprise:

a common ground element;

a first inverted-L radiation element conforming to a first fundamental frequency and making a junction with one end of a ground edge, including a horizontal pattern having an open end and extending in parallel with the ground edge; and

a second inverted-L radiation element conforming to a second fundamental frequency and making a junction with another end of the ground edge, including a horizontal pattern having an open end and extending in parallel with the ground edge so that the open end of the second radiation element will enter an area surrounded by the horizontal pattern of the first radiation element and the ground edge;

wherein said first inverted-L radiation element and said second inverted-L radiation element are disposed orthogonally to each other and extend in opposite horizontal directions;

wherein said second inverted-L radiation element extends between the common ground element and said first inverted-L radiation element;

wherein an end of the second inverted-L radiation element extends into an area surrounded by part of the first inverted-L radiation element and the common ground element;

wherein the horizontal pattern of the first radiation element includes a horizontally extending pattern having an open end and arranged on a flat surface intersecting at right angles with a flat surface on which a linear driven element is formed; and

said linear driven element comprising a first excitation element and a second excitation element, each of the first excitation element and the second excitation element having a common power source and extending along the first inverted-L radiation element and second inverted-L radiation element.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein:

the first inverted-L radiation element and the inverted-L second radiation element form a dual band antenna;

the first inverted-L radiation element is longer than the second inverted-L radiation element; and

the first inverted-L radiation element communicates using a lower frequency than the second inverted-L radiation element.