The present invention consists of an antenna comprising at least two
radiating structures, said radiating structures taking the form of two
arms, said arms being made of or limited by a conductor, superconductor
or semiconductor material, said two arms being coupled to each other
through a region on first and second superconducting arms such that the
combined structure of the coupled two-arms forms a small antenna with a
broadband behavior, a multiband behavior or a combination of both
effects. According to the present invention, the coupling between the two
radiating arms is obtained by means of the shape and spatial arrangement
of said two arms, in which at least one portion on each arm is placed in
close proximity to each other (for instance, at a distance smaller than a
tenth of the longest free-space operating wavelength) to allow
electromagnetic fields in one arm being transferred to the other through
said specific close proximity regions. Said proximity regions are located
at a distance from the feeding port of the antenna (for instance a
distance larger than 1/40 of the free-space longest operating wavelength)
and specifically exclude said feeding port of the antenna.