Patent ID: 11909121
Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. A base station antenna, comprising:
a reflector;
a first array comprising a column of radiating elements and mounted to be forward of the reflector on a right side portion of the base station antenna;
a second array comprising a second column of radiating elements and mounted to be forward of the reflector on a left side portion of the base station antenna; and
a multiple column array of radiating elements that is at least partly positioned laterally between the first array and the second array of radiating elements,
wherein the first and second arrays of radiating elements are cross-dipole radiating elements, each comprising a plurality of arms that project outward from a common center location of a respective cross-dipole radiating element, and wherein a center of a base of a feed stalk of a first of the cross-dipole radiating elements of the first array is laterally offset from the center location of the first of the cross-dipole radiating elements of the first array.