US 12,438,258 B2
Base station antennas
Nengbin Liu, Jiangsu (CN); Xun Zhang, Jiangsu (CN); and PuLiang Tang, Jiangsu (CN)
Assigned to Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC, Richardson, TX (US)
Filed by Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC, Claremont, NC (US)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/307,859.
Claims priority of application No. 202210616569.5 (CN), filed on Jun. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0039145 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 15/00 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H01Q 1/42 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/246 (2013.01) [H01Q 15/0013 (2013.01); H01Q 21/062 (2013.01); H01Q 1/42 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A base station antenna, comprising:
a base station antenna housing comprising a front radome and a rear;
a passive antenna assembly in the base station antenna housing;
a plurality of struts that are longitudinally spaced apart inside the base station antenna housing, wherein at least some struts of the plurality of struts comprise a forward arm and a rearward arm, each of the forward and rearward arms extending laterally across the base station antenna housing; and
a matching layer coupled to at least one of the forward arm or the rearward arm of at least a first strut of the plurality of struts.