Abstract:
A multiband radiating array according to the present invention includes a vertical column of lower band dipole elements and a vertical column of higher band dipole elements. The lower band dipole elements operate at a lower operational frequency band, and the lower band dipole elements have dipole arms that combine to be about one half of a wavelength of the lower operational frequency band midpoint frequency. The higher band dipole elements operate at a higher frequency band, and the higher band dipole elements have dipole arms that combine to be about three quarters of a wavelength of the higher operational frequency band midpoint frequency. The higher band radiating elements are supported above a reflector by higher band feed boards. A combination of the higher band feed boards and higher band dipole arms do not resonate in the lower operational frequency band.
Abstract:
A base station antenna includes a first antenna having first and second spaced-apart columns of first radiating elements therein, which are configured to operate within a first frequency band. An active antenna system (AAS) is provided, which is configured to operate within a second, typically higher, frequency band. The AAS includes a second antenna within a space between the first and second columns of first radiating elements. These first radiating elements may include tilted feed stalks which support higher integration by enabling the first radiating elements to overhang at least a portion of the second antenna.
Abstract:
A base station antenna, comprising a first reflector structure having first and second generally opposed sides; a first array of radiating elements that are mounted to extend outwardly from the first side of the first reflector structure and a second array of radiating elements that are mounted to extend outwardly from the second side of the first reflector structure; a second reflector structure having third and fourth generally opposed sides; and a third array of radiating elements that are mounted to extend outwardly from the third side of the second reflector structure and a fourth array of radiating elements that are mounted to extend outwardly from the fourth side of the second reflector structure, wherein the first side is a first distance from the second side and the third side is a second distance from the fourth side, and wherein the second distance is different from the first distance.
Abstract:
A dual-polarized radiating element includes a first dipole radiator that has a first dipole arm that generally extends along a first axis and a second dipole arm that generally extends along a second axis that is different from the first axis, and a second dipole radiator that has a third dipole arm that generally extends along the first axis and a fourth dipole arm that generally extends along a third axis that is different from the first axis. At least one of the first through fourth dipole arms may be a cloaked dipole arm that include inductive elements that are configured to suppress currents in a higher frequency band.
Abstract:
Providing a multiband antenna, comprising a column of lower band dipole elements that operate in a lower operational frequency band and a column of higher band dipole elements that operate in a higher operational frequency band, each higher band dipole element includes a higher band feed board and a dipole having a first dipole arm and a second dipole arm, it is an objective to reduce distortion in the radiation pattern of the lower operational frequency band. This is solved by, for each higher band dipole element, the length of the combination of the higher band feed board and the first dipole arm exceeds one quarter of a wavelength of the lower operational frequency band and tunes a common mode resonance to be out of the lower operational frequency band.