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To: JohnG who wrote (33304)	6/26/1999 2:01:00 PM
From: Clarksterh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

John - Is there any practical application with G phones that would make the antennas smaller and more asthetically pleasing?* Probably, but it isn't a simple problem because handsets do not have a guaranteed orientation relative to the satellite. Thus the antenna needs to be somewhat isotropic (radiate equally in all direction, or at least be cylindrically symmetric). I am not sure how this can be accommodated with fractal antenna in a handset, but there is probably some ergonomic way to make it happen. As for being more aesthetically pleasing, it might be smaller, but it would probably be covered in plastic to protect all the angles. You wouldn't actually see the fractal. For a good background on fractal antennas see fractenna.com Clark