US 11,909,121 B2
Radiating elements having angled feed stalks and base station antennas including same
Haifeng Li, Richardson, TX (US); Peter J. Bisiules, LaGrange Park, IL (US); and XiaoHua Hou, Richardson, TX (US)
Assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed by CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/048,085.
Application 18/048,085 is a continuation of application No. 17/205,122, filed on Mar. 18, 2021, granted, now 11,652,300.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/087,451, filed on Oct. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/993,925, filed on Mar. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0059532 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H01Q 21/26 (2006.01); H01Q 9/06 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 21/062 (2013.01) [H01Q 9/06 (2013.01); H01Q 21/26 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A base station antenna, comprising:
a reflector;
a first array comprising a column of radiating elements and mounted to be forward of the reflector on a right side portion of the base station antenna;
a second array comprising a second column of radiating elements and mounted to be forward of the reflector on a left side portion of the base station antenna; and
a multiple column array of radiating elements that is at least partly positioned laterally between the first array and the second array of radiating elements,
wherein at least one of the radiating elements of the first and second arrays comprises a feed stalk that projects inwardly toward a front of the base station antenna and comprises a segment that extends at an oblique angle from a primary surface of the reflector.