A meander line capacitively-loaded magnetic dipole antenna is disclosed.
The antenna includes a transformer loop having a balanced feed interface,
and a meander line capacitively-loaded magnetic dipole radiator. The
meander line capacitively-loaded magnetic dipole radiator also includes
an electric field bridge. For example, the meander line
capacitively-loaded magnetic dipole radiator may include a quasi loop
with a first end and a second end, with the electric field bridge
interposed between the quasi loop first and second ends. The electric
field bridge may be an element such as a dielectric gap, lumped element,
circuit board surface-mounted, ferroelectric tunable, or a
microelectromechanical system (MEMS) capacitor. The transformer loop has
a radiator interface coupled to a quasi loop transformer interface. In
one aspect, the coupled interfaces are a shared perimeter portion shared
by both loops.