Patent · US Expired

Wide bandwidth base station antenna and antenna array

US6917346B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 6, 2002
Grant dateJul 12, 2005
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Expiry dateSep 7, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01Q21/061
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A base station antenna array comprises a ground plane and a parallel array of antennas above the ground plane. The antennas each have a progression of radiating elements whose length increases in a direction away from the ground plane. A feed is connected to the antenna at a point nearest the ground plane.

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