Abstract: An array antenna with dual polarization elements is provided. Each dual polarization element comprises a first sub-element and a second sub-element, each of which comprises a radiator that is embodied in and/or on a planar member and a balanced feed for the radiator that divides the radiator into two sections that that are mirror images of one another relative to a plane that passes through the balanced feed structure and is perpendicular to the planar member. Further, the radiator of the first sub-element is positioned to lie in an isolation plane associated with the second sub-element. Two such elements are positioned with respect to one another so that the planar members associated with the first elements are coplanar.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a crossed-dipole antenna structure that, in one embodiment, is comprised of: (a) a first planar dielectric substrate with a feed portion and an antenna portion that supports a first dipole antenna and (b) a second planar dielectric substrate that supports a second dipole antenna or substantial portion of such an antenna. The first and second planar dielectric substrates are positioned substantially perpendicular to one another and so as to form a crossed-dipole antenna from the first and second dipole antennas. The feed portion of the first planar dielectric substrate is electrically and mechanically connected to the second planar substrate by a plurality of solder joints established in the corners defined by the intersections of the first and second planar dielectric substrates.