Patent ID: 9293817
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: F16M,H01Q,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An array antenna comprising: a ground plate in a first plane; a plurality of antenna radiating elements above the first plane wherein each antenna radiating element has a radiating surface extending in a plane above the first plane, wherein the antenna radiating elements may extend in the same plane or in different planes; a third plane between the first plane and the radiating surfaces; and a plurality of feed lines, wherein each feed line extends in the third plane between two or more of the antenna radiating elements to connect the two or more antenna radiating elements to each other, so that the plurality of radiating elements form a network that is fed by a common connection point; wherein the plurality of antenna radiating elements and the plurality of feed lines are part of a single continuous sheet of metal in which two or more edges of each antenna radiating element are connected through two or more slant feed lines to the plurality of feed lines in the third plane, further wherein the width of the slant feed lines narrows from the antenna radiating element to the plurality of feed lines.