Patent ID: 8164532

Claim:
A single-sided circular polarized self-contained compound loop antenna, comprising: a magnetic loop located on a plane generating a magnetic field and having a first inductive reactance; a first electric field radiator located on the plane emitting a first electric field and having a first capacitive reactance, the first electric field radiator coupled to the magnetic loop and having a first orientation, wherein the first electric field is orthogonal to the magnetic field, and wherein a first physical arrangement between the first electric field radiator and the magnetic loop results in a second capacitive reactance; and a second electric field radiator located on the plane emitting a second electric field out of phase with the first electric field, the second electric field radiator having a third capacitive reactance and coupled to the magnetic loop and having a second orientation orthogonal to the first orientation, wherein the second electric field is orthogonal to the magnetic field and orthogonal to the first electric field, wherein a second physical arrangement between the second electric field radiator and the magnetic loop results in a fourth capacitive reactance, and wherein the first inductive reactance matches a combined capacitive reactance from the first capacitive reactance, the second capacitive reactance, the third capacitive reactance, and the fourth capacitive reactance.