Patent ID: 8130162

Claim:
An antenna for at least one of transmitting and receiving electromagnetic waves, comprising: a plurality of pairs of electric dipoles, each pair of dipoles being parallel with respect to each other and oppositely located thereof, wherein each dipole includes two or more conducting lines that are connected at one or more point or an extended part of the conducting lines, and the dipole of each pair of dipoles provides at least one of radiating and receiving with approximately the same amplitude and phase, at least some of said plurality of pairs of dipoles have different properties and the dipoles being arranged in such a way that geometrical center of each pair of dipoles are at least approximately coinciding; and a conducting body acting as a ground plane, above which the plurality of pairs of dipoles are located, wherein approximately half the plurality of pairs of dipoles are oriented in one direction and the rest in an orthogonal direction, in order to at least one of transmit and receive waves of at least one of dual linear polarization and circular polarization.