Patent ID: 8026853

Claim:
An antenna system comprising: a driven antenna element; a parasitic antenna element; a dielectric support; a ground plane layer; a first input terminal, the first input terminal being coupled to the driven antenna element; a second input terminal, the second input terminal being coupled to the ground plane layer; wherein the driven antenna element and the parasitic antenna element are arranged on the dielectric support; wherein the parasitic antenna element is coupled to the driven antenna element by means of a gap between the driven antenna element and the parasitic antenna element; and wherein the gap is defined by a space-filling curve, said space-filling curve being a curve comprising at least ten connected segments, wherein each of said segments forms an angle with its neighbors so that no pair of adjacent segments define a longer straight segment, and wherein any portion of the curve that is periodic along a fixed straight direction of space is defined by a non-periodic curve comprising at least ten connected segments in which no pair of adjacent and connected segments define a longer straight segment.