Patent ID: 7932870

Claim:
An interlaced multiband antenna array comprising: a plurality of antenna elements; wherein the interlaced multiband antenna array is adapted to operate simultaneously on a plurality of working frequency bands; wherein positions of the plurality of antenna elements result from juxtaposition of a plurality of mono-band antenna arrays, each mono-band antenna array of the plurality of mono-band antenna arrays comprises a plurality of mono-band antenna elements; wherein a number of the plurality of mono-band antenna arrays corresponds to a number of the plurality of working frequency bands of the interlaced multiband antenna array; wherein the interlaced multiband antenna array employs a single multiband antenna element in positions where mono-band antenna elements of a plurality of the plurality of mono-band antenna arrays come together; wherein the single multiband antenna element comprises a plurality of electromagnetically-coupled portions which are adapted to interact with each other to establish radio-electric characteristics of the single multiband antenna element with respect to radiation and impedance patterns that are substantially similar in a plurality of the plurality of working frequency bands; wherein a central frequency of a first working frequency band of the plurality of working frequency bands does not corresponds to an integer divider of a central frequency of a second working frequency band of the plurality of working frequency bands; and wherein at least one mono-band antenna element of one of the plurality of mono-band antenna arrays operating at said first working frequency band is repositioned to coincide with a nearest mono-band antenna element of another one of the plurality of mono-band antenna arrays operating at said second working frequency band.