Tightly coupled dipole array additively manufactured modular aperture

An antenna assembly method comprising:

• additively manufacturing an integral element as a single continuous piece of material, the integral element including:
• a single-ended antenna feed configured to receive a single-ended signal;
• a ground plane;
• a first conductive dipole arm in planar alignment with a surface of the ground plane;
• a second conductive dipole arm in planar alignment with the surface of the ground plane and adjacent to the first conductive dipole arm;
• a first feedline in electrical communication with the first conductive dipole arm and the single-ended antenna feed;
• a second feedline in electrical communication with the second conductive dipole arm and the ground plane;
• and
• a shorting arm in electrical communication with the ground plane and the second conductive dipole arm;
• and
• attaching a superstrate to the integral element.