Patent ID: 11881611
Assignee: SMITHS INTERCONNECT, INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 19:
20. An antenna element, comprising:
a printed circuit board (PCB);
a balun formed integral with the PCB and configured to convert an unbalanced signal to a balanced signal and having an input, a first output, and a second output;
a feed layer formed integral with the PCB and having a first feed coupled to the first output of the balun, a second feed coupled to the second output of the balun, a first ridge coupled to the first feed, a second ridge coupled to the second feed, and a center post; and
a wide area impedance matching (WAIM) layer bonded to the PCB and at least one of in close proximity to or in contact with the feed layer.