Patent ID: 7636064

Claim:
An antenna system comprising: a substantially straight microstrip segment; and a plurality of substantially straight microstrip projections extending from said microstrip segment in pairs at a predetermined angle, wherein each said microstrip projection of said pair of microstrip projections extends from substantially the same location on said microstrip segment, and a first microstrip projection of said plurality of microstrip projections extends from said microstrip segment on a first side of said microstrip segment and a second microstrip projection of said plurality of microstrip projections extends from said microstrip segment on a second side of said microstrip segment, such that said first and second microstrip projections at least one of emit and receive one sense of circularly polarized radiation in a first direction and another sense of circularly polarized radiation in a second direction simultaneously; wherein a plurality of microstrip segments comprises one or more pairs of microstrip segments and each pair of microstrip segments are electrically connected by a connector at a feed point on each microstrip connector, such that an electrical current is applied to a feed point on each connector.