Patent ID: 7145513

Claim:
An antenna system comprising: a fractal antenna including a first element having a portion that includes at least a first motif defined in at least two-dimensions, said portion further including at least a first replication of said first motif and a second replication of said first motif, such that a point chosen on a geometric figure represented by said first motif results in a corresponding point on said first replication and on said second replication of said first motif, each at different spatial locations; wherein each of the replications is spaced from the first motif and geometrically defined by at least one operation set selected from a group consisting of (a) scaling the size of said first motif, (b) rotating said first motif, and (c) translating said first motif, wherein each operation defining each replication excludes those operations which are a function of and referenceable to the spatial location of a single point on said first motif; and a conductive element, spaced-apart from said first fractal antenna to influence at least one of resonant frequency and bandwidth of said antenna system.