Low profile dual-band conformal antenna

An antenna assembly in combination with a wireless communication device having a combined signal generating and receiving element and a ground plane, the antenna assembly comprising:

• a metal plate resonator element having a major surface and a curved three dimensional topography;
• a ground plane of reduced electrical potential;
• a conductive portion electrically coupled to the metal plate resonator at a first end and to a communication signal output at a second end;
• a second conductive portion electrically coupled to the ground plane of reduced electrical potential at a first end and the metal plate resonator at a second end.

An antenna assembly for use with a wireless communication device, the antenna assembly comprising:

• a resonator element composed of an electrically conducting material and having a smoothly curving exterior contour surface;
• a deformable resonator support substrate supporting the resonator element;
• a first electrically conducting connector element;
• a second electrically conducting connector element;
• and,
• a ground plane;
• wherein the first electrically conducting connector element is operatively connected between the resonator element and the ground plane, and the second electrically conducting connector element is operatively connected between the resonator element and a communication signal output of the wireless communication device.

An antenna assembly for use in an antenna assembly of the type having a ground plane, the antenna assembly comprising:

• a resonator element having a complex curvature to a major surface thereof and at least one curved edge portion and at least one straight edge portion;
• a flexible resonator support substrate, the flexible resonator support substrate in supporting relation to the resonator element;
• a ground plane;
• an electrical connector element coupling the resonator element at a first location to the ground plane and coupling the resonator element at a second location to a communication signal output.