Abstract: A base station antenna that may include radiating elements having tilted dipoles. For example, a base station antenna may include a reflector and a plurality of radiating elements, each radiating element mounted on the front surface of the reflector and having a support stalk and at least one dipole mounted to the support stalk. The radiating elements include a plurality of first radiating elements configured to operate in a first operating frequency band, and arranged in one or more first columns extending along a first direction; and a plurality of second radiating elements, configured to operate in a second operating frequency band different from the first operating frequency band, and arranged in one or more second columns extending along the first direction. At least one dipole of a first of the second radiating elements in at least one of the second columns is tilted around the first direction.

Abstract: A base station antenna comprises a reflector assembly and a first radiating element having a first feed stalk and a first radiator. A base of the first feed stalk is adjacent the reflector assembly and the first radiator is adjacent a distal end of the first feed stalk. A center of the first radiator is offset from the base of the first feed stalk in a longitudinal direction that is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the base station antenna.

Abstract: Radiating elements include a conductive patch having first and second slots that each extend along a first axis and third and fourth slots that each extend along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis, a feed network that includes first through fourth feed lines, each feed line crossing a respective one of the first through fourth slots, and a conductive ring that at least partially surrounds the periphery of the conductive patch and that encloses each of the first through fourth slots.

Abstract: A box dipole radiating element uses a compact quad arrangement of substantially coplanar radiating arms to support slant-polarized radiation, in response to differential-mode currents generated along four sides thereof and in response to common-mode currents, which may be generated in substantially the same plane as the differential-mode currents. A feed signal routing network is provided, which includes a feed signal routing substrate on portions of the radiating arms, first through fourth signal traces on a forward face of the substrate, and first through fourth ground plane segments on a rear face of the substrate. These first through fourth ground plane segments are capacitively coupled to the radiating arms. Each of the signal traces receives a corresponding feed signal, and spans a corresponding air gap between a pair of the radiating arms.

Abstract: A radiator assembly for a base station antenna has a longitudinal central axis and two dipoles cross-arranged around the longitudinal central axis. Each dipole has two dipole arms and each dipole arm is equipped with a hook-like feeder made of a metal sheet and having a free end portion. The hook-like feeder is capacitively coupled with an associated dipole arm.

Abstract: Radiating elements include a first dipole radiator that extends along a first axis, the first dipole radiator including a first pair of dipole arms that are configured to resonate at a first frequency and a second pair of dipole arms that are configured to resonate at a second frequency that is different than the first frequency. Each dipole arm in the first pair of dipole arms comprises a plurality of widened sections that are connected by intervening narrowed sections.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing comprising a first ground plane surface and a second ground plane surface and a wiper-type phase shifter within the housing that is electrically coupled to a first plurality of conductive lines and a second plurality of conductive lines, the wiper-type phase shifter, the first plurality of conductive lines, and the second plurality of conductive lines being separated from the first ground plane surface and the second ground plane surface by a dielectric material.

Abstract: A radiator assembly for a base station antenna has a longitudinal central axis and two dipoles cross-arranged around the longitudinal central axis. Each dipole has two dipole arms and each dipole arm is equipped with a hook-like feeder made of a metal sheet and having a free end portion. The hook-like feeder is capacitively coupled with an associated dipole arm. The radiator assembly is compact and is easy to manufacture and assemble.

Abstract: Base station antennas, and components for base station antennas, such as reflectors, feeder components, frames, and column components. A base station antenna may include a reflector; a first radiator located at the front side of the reflector; mutually parallel first and second ground plates extending backward from the reflector and basically perpendicular to the reflector; and a first conductor strip extending between the first and second ground plates and configured to feed power to the first radiator. The first conductor strip and the first and second ground plates may be configured as a first stripline transmission line. The reflector and the first and second ground plates may be configured as one piece so that the reflector is grounded via the first and second ground plates without soldering.

Abstract: A base station antenna includes a first radio frequency (“RF”) port; a second RF port; a first array of radiating elements that includes a first radiating element, the first radiating element including first and second radiators each having the first polarization direction, wherein the first radiator is coupled to the first RF port; a second array of radiating elements that includes a second radiating element, the second radiating element including a third radiator having the first polarization direction; and a first power divider having a first input that is coupled to the second RF port, and first and second outputs that are respectively coupled to the second and third radiators.

Abstract: Base station antennas, and components for base station antennas, such as reflectors, feeder components, frames, and column components. A base station antenna may include a reflector; a first radiator located at the front side of the reflector; mutually parallel first and second ground plates extending backward from the reflector and basically perpendicular to the reflector; and a first conductor strip extending between the first and second ground plates and configured to feed power to the first radiator. The first conductor strip and the first and second ground plates may be configured as a first stripline transmission line. The reflector and the first and second ground plates may be configured as one piece so that the reflector is grounded via the first and second ground plates without soldering.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a phase shifter assembly and a base station antenna, wherein the phase shifter assembly includes: a first printed circuit board; a first wiper arm, which is rotatably coupled to the first printed circuit board; a second printed circuit board; and a second wiper arm, which is rotatably coupled to the second printed circuit board; wherein the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board are arranged at a non-zero angle.

Abstract: The present application relates to an antenna assembly for a base station antenna, a base station antenna arrangement and a base station antenna. The antenna assembly has a reflector, which has a longitudinal extent, a front side and a rear side opposite the front side, where the front side is configured for radiating elements to be arranged thereon, wherein, the reflector has a first longitudinal section residing in a first plane and a second longitudinal section residing in a second plane that is adjacent to the first longitudinal section, where the first plane is rearward of the second plane. The properties of the base station antenna arrangement and the base station antenna may be improved through the antenna assembly.

Abstract: Antennas include first and second radiating elements that are configured to operate in respective operating frequency bands. The first radiating element includes a first dipole arm that has a first conductive path and a second conductive path that is positioned behind the first conductive path. The first conductive path includes a plurality of first segments and the second conductive path includes a plurality of second segments, where a subset of the first segments overlap respective ones of second segments to form a plurality of pairs of overlapping first and second segments. At least some of the pairs of overlapping segments are configured so that the instantaneous direction of a first current formed on the first segment in response to RF radiation emitted by the second radiating element will be substantially opposite the instantaneous direction of a second current formed on the second segment in response to the RF radiation.

Abstract: A radiating element comprises a first radiator having first and second dipole arms that each include a narrowed arm segment and a widened arm segment and a second radiator having third and fourth dipole arms that each include a narrowed arm segment and a widened arm segment, a first feed line configured to feed a first polarized RF signal to the first through fourth dipole arms, and a second feed line configured to feed a second polarized RF signal to the first through fourth dipole arms.

Abstract: A base station antenna includes a column of radiating elements comprising first and second sets of radiating elements, each radiating element being configured to operate in a first frequency band that has first and second sub-bands. The second set of radiating elements is located above and/or below the first set of radiating elements. The antenna further includes a feeding assembly that is configured to feed first RF signals that are in the first sub-band and second RF signals that are in the second sub-band to the column of radiating elements, where the feeding assembly is configured to partially attenuate sub-components of the second RF signals that are fed to the second set of radiating elements more than sub-components of the first RF signals that are fed to the second set of radiating elements.

Abstract: Radiating elements include a conductive patch having first and second slots that each extend along a first axis and third and fourth slots that each extend along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis, a feed network that includes first through fourth feed lines, each feed line crossing a respective one of the first through fourth slots, and a conductive ring that at least partially surrounds the periphery of the conductive patch and that encloses each of the first through fourth slots.

Abstract: A first band radiating element for a multi-band antenna comprises at least one first band dipole that has a first dipole arm and a second dipole arm that each include one or more arm segments, and the number of the arm segments of the first dipole arm is greater than the number of the arm segments of the second dipole arm.

Abstract: Multi-band antennas utilize compact multi-band dipole-type radiating elements having multiple arms, including a front facing arm and a rear facing arm that respectively target higher and lower frequency bands. These higher and lower frequency bands may include, but are not limited to, a relatively wide band (e.g., 1695-2690 MHz) associated with the front facing arm and somewhat narrower and nonoverlapping band (e.g., 1427-1518 MHz) associated with the rear facing arm. The front facing arm may extend on a “front” layer of a multi-layer printed circuit board and the rear facing arm may extend at least partially on a “rear” layer of the printed circuit board. A resonant LC (or CLC) network is provided, which is integrated into the rear facing arm and at least capacitively coupled to the front facing arm. This resonant network advantageously supports low-pass filtering from the front facing arm to the rear facing arm, to thereby support the multiple and nonoverlapping bands.

Abstract: A radiator assembly for a base station antenna includes two dipoles arranged in a cross-over manner, each dipole including two dipole arms, and two feeding lines, each feeding line being associated with a respective one of the dipoles. Each dipole arm is integrally formed of sheet metal, and includes a radiating surface and a leg projecting from the radiating surface at an angle with the radiating surface, where the leg is electrically grounded.