Patent ID: 6842148

Claim:
An antenna comprising: a non-conducting substrate in the shape of a polyhedron comprising a plurality of faces; a plurality of radiating/receiving pads disposed on one or more of said plurality of faces; a plurality of feed pads equal in number to said plurality of radiating/receiving pads and disposed on one or more of said plurality of faces, wherein signals to be transmitted by the antenna are supplied to one or more of said plurality of feed pads and signals received by the antenna are supplied from one or more of said plurality of feed pads; a plurality of meanderline elements equal in number to said plurality of radiating/receiving pads, wherein each one of said plurality of meanderline elements is electrically interposed between one of said plurality of radiating/receiving pads and one of said plurality of feed pads, and wherein each one of said plurality of meanderline elements is disposed on a different face from said plurality of radiating/receiving pads and said plurality of feed pads; and wherein each one of said plurality of meanderline elements has an effective electrical length greater than the physical length thereof.