A multiband antenna intended for small-sized radio devices, internal to the device. The antenna comprises a main element (320) connected to the
antenna feed conductor (326) and a short-circuited
parasitic element (330). The
feed point (FP) is beside the short-circuit point (S1 ) of the
parasitic element. The elements are typically elongated, and at least their parts, which correspond a certain operating band, are substantially perpendicular to each other. Two resonances, the frequencies of which fall on two different operating bands of the antenna, are excited also in the
parasitic element. In order to implement the resonances of the parasitic element, the
coupling between the elements takes place through a very narrow slot (309) near the
feed point and the short-circuit point of the parasitic element. The
coupling is then sufficiently strong in
spite of the positions of the main and the parasitic element. Even the lower operating band of the antenna can be made so wide that it covers the frequency ranges of two different systems.