Antennas with periodic shunt inductors

An antenna comprising:

• first and second coplanar conductive regions that are spaced apart to form a gap, wherein the first and second coplanar conductive regions are formed from a conductive housing of electronic device computing equipment;
• first and second antenna terminals that are connected to the conductive regions and that form an antenna feed for the antenna;
• and
• a plurality of shunt inductors each of which bridges the gap and each of which forms an active part of the antenna, wherein a first set of the inductors forms a scatter-type antenna having inductors of a first inductance value and wherein a second set of the inductors forms a scatter-type antenna having inductors of a second inductance value that is different from the first inductance value.

An antenna comprising:

• first and second coplanar conductive regions that are spaced apart to form a gap, wherein the first and second coplanar conductive regions are formed from a conductive housing of electronic device computing equipment;
• first and second antenna terminals that are connected to the conductive regions and that form an antenna feed for the antenna;
• and
• a plurality of shunt inductors each of which bridges the gap and each of which forms an active part of the antenna, wherein a first set of the inductors forms a scatter-type antenna structure and wherein a second set of the inductors forms a horn-type antenna structure.

An antenna comprising:

• first and second coplanar conductive regions in conductive electronic device computing equipment housing that are spaced apart to form a gap;
• first and second antenna terminals that are respectively connected to the first and second coplanar conductive regions and that form an antenna feed for the antenna;
• and
• a plurality of shunt inductors each of which bridges the gap, wherein the electronic device computing equipment comprises computing equipment selected from the group consisting of:
• a laptop computer, a cellular telephone, a desktop computer, a computer that is integrated into a computer monitor, a handheld computer, a wrist-watch device, and a media player.