Broadband antenna for handheld devices

An electronic device comprising:

• a housing having a planar inner surface;
• a display mounted in the housing;
• at least one integrated circuit mounted in the housing that provides data for the display, that generates data for wireless transmission, and that processes data that is wirelessly received by the electronic device;
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• wireless communications circuitry mounted in the housing that communicates with the integrated circuit, wherein the wireless communications circuitry comprises an antenna comprising a ground element and a resonating element that lie in a plane that is parallel to the planar inner surface, wherein the ground element and the resonating element have a common shape and a common size and are separated by a gap lying in the plane.

A handheld electronic device comprising:

• a broadband antenna comprising a ground element and a resonating element, wherein the ground element and the resonating element have shapes that are substantially equal, lie in a common plane, and are separated by a gap in the common plane;
• a battery that has edges;
• a display;
• and
• at least one integrated circuit, wherein the ground element has edges, wherein the resonating element has edges, and wherein the battery is located in the handheld electronic device above the resonating element such that the edges of the battery do not overlap the edges of the resonating element and do not overlap the gap.