Patent ID: 8203497

Claim:
A wearable antenna comprising: a first dielectric substrate layer; a second dielectric substrate layer; a conductive feed network layer formed on the inner sides of said first and said second dielectric substrate layers, said feed network layer comprising a main stripe, comprising a plurality of substantially straight sections parallel to each other and connected to each other via substantially right angled bands with substantially orthogonal stubs protruding from said sections; a conductive radiating layer formed on the outer side of said first dielectric substrate layer, said radiating layer comprising two continuous and parallel stripes banded at right angles to form a plurality of substantially parallel sections said stripes having there between a rectangular slot, wherein said radiating layer is disposed along said main stripe of said feed network layer; and a conductive ground layer formed on the outer side of said second dielectric substrate layer, said ground layer extending beyond the outermost dimensions of said feed network layer and said radiating layer, wherein said stubs of said feed network layer are disposed across from said slot of said radiating layer such that said antenna is capable of receiving and transmitting both substantially vertically and substantially horizontally polarized signals.