| CPC H01Q 5/385 (2015.01) [H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); H01Q 5/25 (2015.01); H01Q 9/0414 (2013.01)] | 11 Claims |

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1. A multi-layer dual-band antenna comprising:
a set of patch antennas comprising at least three patch antennas arranged in an “L” shape having a first and second substantially perpendicular axes, a first patch antenna of the at least three patch antennas positioned along the first axis and a second patch antenna of the at least three patch antennas positioned along the first axis and the second axis, and a third patch antenna of the at least three patch antennas positioned along the second axis, each patch antenna comprising:
a first layer comprising a conductive ground plate;
a second layer comprising a feeding plate; and
a third layer comprising two parasitic strips, a first of the two parasitic strips being an open-circuited parasitic strip configured to resonate at a first frequency and a second of the two parasitic strips being shorted to the conductive ground plate and configured to resonate at a second frequency, the first and second parasitic strips aligned at approximately 45 degrees from the first and second substantially perpendicular axes, the first frequency within a first frequency band of the dual-band antenna and the second frequency being within a second frequency band of the dual-band antenna.
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