Patent ID: 7679575

Claim:
A method, comprising: coupling at least two tapered slot antenna pairs to a cylindrical base support element having a cylindrical surface in a cylindrical array configuration where each antenna pair includes two antenna elements and where each antenna element of a respective antenna pair of the at least two tapered slot antenna pairs includes a linear input edge and a curvature edge and where each antenna element is generally spaced apart and coplanar with respect to the other antenna element and where each linear edge is coupled to the surface of the cylindrical base element and each curvature edge extends radially away from the cylindrical base element, such that each coplanar antenna pair is spaced apart from one another when coupled around the surface and in a plane parallel to the axis of the cylindrical base element such that each of the at least two tapered slot antenna pairs is spaced apart from one another when coupled around the cylindrical surface and in a plane parallel to the axis of the cylindrical base.