US 12,266,860 B2
Antenna element and an antenna array for wireless communication systems
Matti Somersalo, Espoo (FI)
Assigned to Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 17/605,028
Filed by Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed May 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/FI2020/050303
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 20, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/225482, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 12, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 20195376 (FI), filed on May 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0209421 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/38 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 21/062 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/38 (2013.01); H01Q 1/241 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An antenna element for an antenna array, comprising:
a transmission line and an antenna, wherein one end of the transmission line is coupled to a base board of the antenna array and another end of the transmission line is coupled to the antenna, and a first part of the transmission line is bent about 90 degrees compared to a second part of the transmission line, and the transmission line and the antenna are on, or in, a single flexible film, wherein the single flexible film comprises an opening and the second part of the transmission line is arranged to go through the opening, and the second part of the transmission line is arranged to go through the opening from a level of the antenna to the base board of the antenna array.