Patent ID: 7864130

Claim:
An antenna assembly for receiving and/or transmitting electromagnetic signals, comprising: a ground plane; at least one pair of dipole antennas, each dipole antenna including: a first conductor extending transversely from a surface of the ground plane at an angle less than 90 degrees and electrically connected to the ground plane, the first conductor comprising a first radiating element projecting outwardly therefrom; a second conductor spaced from the ground plane by a dielectric and extending transversely relative to the surface of the ground plane at an angle less than 90 degrees and substantially the same orientation of the first conductor, the second conductor comprising a second radiating element projecting outwardly therefrom; wherein the first and second conductors are spaced from one another by a gap, and the first and second radiating elements project outwardly in essentially opposite directions; and wherein the first and second conductors of the dipole antennas of each pair are oriented in different directions relative to the ground plane.