Twin-beam base station antennas having bent radiator arms
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorsLigang WU, Uparnabh GHOSHAL, Kumara Swamy KASANI, Xiangyang AI
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Abstract
Twin-beam base station antennas are provided. A twin-beam base station antenna includes a plurality of vertical columns of radiating elements that are configured to transmit radio frequency signals in a frequency band. The radiating elements have bent metal radiator arms including tip portions that face respective center axes of the radiating elements.
Claims20
A twin-beam base station antenna comprising:
- a reflector;
- and
- a plurality of vertically-staggered vertical columns of radiating elements that are on a surface of the reflector and are configured to transmit radio frequency (RF) signals in a frequency band,
- wherein a metal radiator arm of each of the radiating elements comprises a base portion that is parallel to the surface of the reflector and a tip portion that is not parallel to the surface of the reflector, and
- wherein a shortest distance between consecutive ones of the vertical columns is more than 8.4 millimeters.
A twin-beam base station antenna comprising a plurality of vertically-staggered vertical columns of radiating elements that are configured to transmit radio frequency (RF) signals in a frequency band and that have bent metal radiator arms comprising tip portions that face respective center axes of the radiating elements.
A twin-beam base station antenna comprising:
- a reflector;
- and
- first and second vertical columns of radiating elements that are on a surface of the reflector and are configured to transmit radio frequency (RF) signals in a frequency band,
- wherein a first metal dipole arm of a first of the radiating elements of the first vertical column comprises a first tip portion that protrudes away from the surface of the reflector, and
- wherein a second metal dipole arm of a second of the radiating elements of the second vertical column comprises a second tip portion that protrudes toward the surface of the reflector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.