Patent ID: 9685707
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: H01Q

Claim:
1. An antenna, comprising: a radiator aperture assembly including a plurality of radiator sticks arrayed side-by-side in a first direction, each radiator stick being elongate in a second direction transverse to the first direction and including a row of radiating elements configured to transmit and receive RF energy and a body having opposite sides, the row being extended along the second direction and each of the radiating elements being elongate in the first direction; conductive elements coupled to the radiating elements; and a plate disposed proximate to the radiator aperture assembly through which the conductive elements extend, complementary opposite sides of the respective bodies of adjacent radiator sticks and a surface of the plate being configured to form a slot radiator that is elongate in the second direction and into which corresponding ones of each of the radiating elements are disposed to extend in the first direction.