Patent ID: 7280083

Claim:
A Phased Array Blade Antenna Assembly comprising: a pair of dipole antenna elements spaced apart from one another by a preset distance, wherein the pair of dipole antenna elements includes two symmetrical antenna blades with each blade having a fan out angle of approximately 45 degrees; a phase differential hybrid device for receiving an RF input signal and having multiple RF output ports, wherein the differential hybrid device includes a dummy load connected to one of said RF input ports; a pair of coiled RF feed lines connecting the pair of dipole antenna elements to a pair of the RF output ports of said hybrid device, wherein each of the pair of coiled RF feed lines operates as a balun; and said dipole antenna elements, said hybrid device and said pair of coiled RF feed lines being rigidly mounted to a dielectric substrate, wherein a plurality of clamps are mounted on the dielectric substrate at selected points to achieve structural stability when said phased array blade antenna assembly is attached to and positioned within a radome.