Patent ID: 8736504

Claim:
A dual-polarized antenna array, comprising: at least one Balanced Antipodal Vivaldi Antenna (BAVA) element pair, wherein a particular pair of the at least one BAVA element pair includes: a first BAVA, a substrate of the first BAVA forming a notched portion along a center axis of the first BAVA; a second BAVA, a substrate of the second BAVA forming a notched portion along a center axis of the second BAVA; and a cradle assembly, the cradle assembly at least partially receiving the substrate of the first BAVA and the substrate of the second BAVA, wherein the cradle assembly includes a base plate, wherein the cradle assembly includes a plurality of channel modules, said plurality of channel modules being connected to the base plate, wherein a first channel module included in the plurality of channel modules is oriented parallel to a second channel module included in the plurality of channel modules, wherein a third channel module included in the plurality of channel modules is oriented parallel to a fourth channel module included in the plurality of channel modules; wherein each BAVA of the particular BAVA element pair includes a plurality of conductors, the plurality of conductors of each BAVA including at least one embedded conductor, the at least one embedded conductor being embedded within the substrate of each BAVA, wherein the notched portion of the substrate of the first BAVA is received by the notched portion of the substrate of the second BAVA, and the notched portion of the substrate of the second BAVA is received by the notched portion of the substrate of the first BAVA, wherein the substrate of the first BAVA is in an orthogonal orientation relative to the substrate of the second BAVA, wherein a first edge portion of the substrate of the first BAVA is received by a channel of the first channel module, and a second edge portion of the substrate of the first BAVA is received by a channel of the second channel module, wherein a first edge portion of the substrate of the second BAVA is received by a channel of the third channel module, and a second edge portion of the substrate of the second BAVA is received by a channel of the fourth channel module, wherein a third edge portion of the substrate of the first BAVA is received by a first aperture of the base plate, wherein a third edge portion of the substrate of the second BAVA is received by a second aperture of the base plate, and wherein the center axis of the first BAVA passes through a center of the third edge portion of the substrate of the first BAVA and a center of a fourth edge portion of the substrate of the first BAVA, wherein the center axis of the second BAVA passes through a center of the third edge portion of the substrate of the second BAVA and a center of a fourth edge portion of the substrate of the second BAVA.