Patent ID: 6853342

Claim:
An antenna element comprising at least three pairs of conducting loops, the perimeters of said conducting loops being approximately 1 to 2 wavelengths, such that: (a) all of said conducting loops are disposed approximately in the same plane; (b) each of said pairs of conducting loops has a reference point; (c) said reference points are disposed so that an imaginary straight line that approximately passes through said reference points is described; (d) in each of said pairs of conducting loops, said conducting loops are disposed on opposite sides of said reference point; (e) in each of said pairs of conducting loops, each of said conducting loops has at least one approximate corner that is disposed approximately at said reference point; (f) each of said conducting loops is disposed approximately symmetrically around said imaginary straight line that approximately passes through said reference points; (g) in each of said pairs of conducting loops, said conducting loops are generally wider at greater distances from said reference points; (h) the sum of the heights of the two adjacent conducting loops disposed between each pair of adjacent reference points equals the distance between said pair of adjacent reference points; (i) between each of said pairs of adjacent reference points, where said two adjacent conducting loops approach each other, except at the proximal point of said antenna element, one side of one of said adjacent conducting loops is connected to the opposite side of the remaining one of said adjacent conducting loops, and the two remaining sides of said adjacent conducting loops are connected to each other; (j) in each of said pairs of conducting loops, approximately at each of said reference points, except at said proximal point of said antenna element, one side of one of said conducting loops is connected to one side of the remaining conducting loop, the two remaining sides of said conducting loops are connected to each other, but there is no connection between these two connections; and (k) there is a means for connecting an associated electronic equipment effectively in series with the two proximal conducting loops of said antenna element, approximately at the proximal point of said antenna element.