Base station antennas having sparse and/or interleaved multi-column arrays
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorMartin L. Zimmerman
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Abstract
Base station antennas include a first array that has a plurality of columns of radiating elements. All of the columns in the first array except for a first column and a second column are spaced apart from adjacent of the columns of the first array by a first distance. The first and second columns of the first array are spaced apart from each other a second, larger distance (e.g., twice the first distance) to define a first column-shaped open space within the first array. A column of a second array may be positioned in the first column-shaped open space within the first array.
Claims20
A base station antenna, comprising:
- a first array that includes a plurality of columns of radiating elements,
- where all of the columns in the first array except for a first column and a second column are spaced apart from adjacent of the columns of the first array by a first distance, the first and second columns of the first array being spaced apart from each other by a different distance that is larger than the first distance to define a first column-shaped open space within the first array.
A base station antenna, comprising:
- a first array that includes a plurality of columns of radiating elements;
- and
- a second array that includes a plurality of columns of radiating elements,
- wherein a first column of radiating elements of the first array are within an interior of the second array, and a first column of radiating elements of the second array are within an interior of the first array.
A base station antenna, comprising:
- a first array that includes a plurality of rows of radiating elements;
- a second array that includes a plurality of rows of radiating elements;
- and
- a third array that includes a plurality of rows of radiating elements,
- where a first exterior row of the third array is spaced apart from an adjacent row of the third array by a greater distance than the spacing between any of the other adjacent rows in the third array to define a third row-shaped open space within the third array, and
- wherein a first row of the first array is positioned within the third row-shaped open space within the third array.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.