Patent ID: 11909103
Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A base station antenna, comprising:
a first longitudinally-extending array that includes a plurality of first feed boards, where each first feed board includes one or more first radiating elements mounted thereon;
a second longitudinally-extending array that includes a plurality of second feed boards, where each second feed board includes one or more second radiating elements mounted thereon, wherein none of the first radiating elements are aligned with any of the second radiating elements in a transverse direction;
wherein a phase center of a combination of the first radiating elements mounted on a first of the first feed boards and the first radiating elements mounted on a second of the first feed boards is aligned with a phase center of a combination of the second radiating elements mounted on a first of the second feed boards and the second radiating elements mounted on a second of the second feed boards.