Patent ID: 7050014

Claim:
A horizontally polarized sector dipole antenna comprising: a printed circuit board having: a dielectric substrate provided with a pair of first and second opposed faces; at least one dipole element formed on the dielectric substrate; the at least one dipole element having a pair of first and second, oppositely extending, dipole arms; the first dipole arm being formed on the first face of the dielectric substrate and the second dipole arm being formed on the second face thereof, the at least one dipole element having a width W corresponding to the span between the first and second dipole arms; and a feed network operatively connected to the at least one dipole element; a pair of conductive boards mounted to the dielectric substrate to protrude from the second face thereof, the conductive boards being spaced from each other a distance D, the distance D being greater than the width W, the distance D being selected to obtain an E-Plane beamwidth for the antenna ranging from about 90 degrees to about 240 degrees; and a ground plane operatively connected to the pair of conductive boards.