An array antenna for magnetic resonance applications has at least one
first and one second conductor loop in which radio-frequency currents
oscillate in respective current flow directions in the operation of the
array antenna. The respective conductor loops are divided into first or
second loop segments in their respective current flow directions. The
first loop segments are capacitively coupled with one another by first
capacitors, the second loop segments are capacitively coupled with one
another of second capacitors. The loop segments are fashioned as
conductor traces of a circuit board that has at least one first and one
second electrically insulating support layer. The support layers abut one
another with the exception of conductor traces arranged between the first
support layer and the second support layer. The capacitors are
respectively formed by end regions of the first or second loop segments
abutting one another as viewed in the respective current flow direction.
The end regions overlap as viewed in the respective current flow
direction. Exactly one of the support layers is between the overlapping
end regions of the loop segments. The first and the second conductor
loops intersect in intersection regions. Neither the a loop segments of
the first conductor loop nor a loop segments of the second conductor loop
are arranged between the first support layer and the second support layer
in the intersection regions.