Antenna assembly and base station antenna
AssigneeOutdoor Wireless Networks LLC
InventorsFusheng Lv, Zhanming Zhang, Fan He
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Abstract
An antenna assembly is provided which includes: a reflector; an array of radiating elements, the radiating elements including radiators that are mounted forwardly of the reflector; and a plurality of metal tubes mounted forwardly of the reflector, each metal tube extending in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the reflector, wherein at least some of the radiating elements in the array of radiating elements are surrounded by at least four of the plurality of metal tubes spaced apart, respectively.
Claims24
An antenna assembly, comprising:
- a reflector;
- an array of radiating elements, the radiating elements including radiators that are mounted forwardly of the reflector;
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- a plurality of metal tubes mounted forwardly of the reflector, each metal tube extending in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the reflector, wherein at least some of the radiating elements in the array of radiating elements are surrounded by at least four of the plurality of metal tubes spaced apart, respectively.
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An antenna assembly, comprising:
- a reflector;
- an array of radiating elements, the radiating elements including radiators that are mounted forwardly of the reflector, the array of radiating elements comprising a first column of radiating elements and a second column of radiating elements;
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- an array of metal tubes mounted forwardly of the reflector, each metal tube extending in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the reflector, the array of metal tubes comprising a first column of metal tubes arranged between the first column of radiating elements and the second column of radiating elements.
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A base station antenna, comprising:
- a reflector;
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- an antenna assembly mounted in front of the reflector, the antenna assembly comprising:
- an array of radiating elements, the radiating elements including radiators that are mounted forwardly of the reflector;
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- a plurality of metal tubes mounted forwardly of the reflector, each of the plurality of metal tubes extending in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the reflector, wherein at least a subset of the array of radiating elements are surrounded by at least four of the plurality of metal tubes spaced apart, respectively.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.