Patent ID: 7486236

Claim:
An antenna apparatus for the reception of, and or transmission of, electromagnetic energy, the apparatus comprising: a non-radiating dielectric waveguide, further comprising a first conductive plate having a first aperture and a second conductive plate having a second aperture, the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate arranged substantially parallel to each other at a predetermined distance, and a dielectric strip element having a length direction positioned between the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate and aligned with the first aperture and the second aperture; a transmission line element, the transmission line element electromagnetically coupled to the second aperture of the non-radiating dielectric waveguide; and a plurality of antenna elements and a plurality of apertures positioned on the first conductive plate of the dielectric waveguide, each of the plurality of antenna elements aperture coupled to the non-radiating dielectric waveguide through one of the plurality of apertures.