Patent ID: 11916280
Assignee: THE ANTENNA COMPANY INTERNATIONAL N.V.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An antenna for IEEE 802.11 applications, comprising:
a flat, dielectric substrate,
a conductive central feeding point,
at least three folded dipole elements applied onto an upper side of said substrate, each folded dipole element comprising:
a loop-shaped first conductor including a first curved inner conductor part and a first curved outer conductor part, wherein outer ends of the first inner conductor part are connected to respective outer ends of the first outer conductor part, and
a first conductive dipole branch and a conductive second dipole branch, both dipole branches being connected, respectively, to different segments of said first inner conductor part, wherein both dipole branches are also connected to said central feeding point,, wherein the conductors of the folded dipole elements are arranged in a circular arrangement, and wherein the antenna comprises a dielectric carrier for mounting the dielectric substrate and the folded dipole elements applied onto an upper side of said substrate onto a ground plane, wherein said dielectric carrier comprises a through hole suitable for receiving a part of a probing structure to be connected to said feeding point.