An antenna assembly may include an excitation source configured to generate an excitation signal, an antenna radiator including a first end and an opposing second end, a reference ground disposed corresponding to the antenna radiator, adjacent to the first end and including a first surface adjacent to the first end and an opposing second surface adjacent to the second end, a support body arranged on the second surface of the reference ground and extending along a direction from the first end to the second end, and a conductive sheet arranged on the support body, adjacent and coupled to the second end and configured to transmit the excitation signal from the excitation source to the antenna radiator, the antenna radiator may be configured to generate an electromagnetic signal according to the excitation signal.

An antenna assembly may include an excitation source configured to generate an excitation signal, an antenna radiator including a first end and an opposing second end, a reference ground disposed corresponding to the antenna radiator, adjacent to the first end and including a first surface adjacent to the first end and an opposing second surface adjacent to the second end, a support body arranged on the second surface of the reference ground and extending along a direction from the first end to the second end, and a conductive sheet arranged on the support body, adjacent and coupled to the second end and configured to transmit the excitation signal from the excitation source to the antenna radiator, the antenna radiator may be configured to generate an electromagnetic signal according to the excitation signal.

Multi-band base station antenna units include a first base station antenna that has a first housing, a first radome extending forwardly from the first housing, a first vertically-disposed linear array of low-band radiating elements mounted behind the first radome and a second vertically-disposed linear array of mid-band radiating elements mounted behind the first radome. These base station antenna units also include a second base station antenna that has a second housing, a second radome extending forwardly from the second housing and a third array of high-band radiating elements mounted behind the second radome. The first and second base station antennas are mounted in a vertically stacked arrangement and are configured to be mounted as a single structure.

Multi-band base station antenna units include a first base station antenna that has a first housing, a first radome extending forwardly from the first housing, a first vertically-disposed linear array of low-band radiating elements mounted behind the first radome and a second vertically-disposed linear array of mid-band radiating elements mounted behind the first radome. These base station antenna units also include a second base station antenna that has a second housing, a second radome extending forwardly from the second housing and a third array of high-band radiating elements mounted behind the second radome. The first and second base station antennas are mounted in a vertically stacked arrangement and are configured to be mounted as a single structure.

A portable communication device and antenna device with removeable matching circuit is provided. The antenna device includes: a base; an antenna element; an electrical connector at the base; a matching circuit removably positioned between the electrical connector and the antenna element, the electrical connector and the antenna element in electrical communication via the matching circuit; and a shell removably attached to the base, the shell surrounding and protecting the matching circuit. The portable communication device includes the antenna device, for example removably attached to an antenna receptacle.

Disclosed are various embodiments for transmitting energy conveyed in the form of a guided surface-waveguide mode along the surface of a lossy medium such as, e.g., a terrestrial medium by exciting a guided surface waveguide probe.

Disclosed are various embodiments for transmitting energy conveyed in the form of a guided surface-waveguide mode along the surface of a lossy medium such as, e.g., a terrestrial medium by exciting a guided surface waveguide probe.

A antenna structure including a reflector, a horizontally polarized antenna and a vertically polarized antenna on the front side of reflector, wherein the horizontally polarized antenna is made up of a pair of dipoles, each said dipole includes a positive ground member and a negative ground member overlapping each other, while the vertically polarized antenna is made of a upper ground member and a lower ground member overlapping each other, and the upper ground member is above the upper dipole and the lower ground member is below the lower dipole, and a first signal source and a second signal source extend from the back side of the reflector to the front side to excite the horizontally polarized antenna and the vertically polarized antenna, respectively.

A antenna structure including a reflector, a horizontally polarized antenna and a vertically polarized antenna on the front side of reflector, wherein the horizontally polarized antenna is made up of a pair of dipoles, each said dipole includes a positive ground member and a negative ground member overlapping each other, while the vertically polarized antenna is made of a upper ground member and a lower ground member overlapping each other, and the upper ground member is above the upper dipole and the lower ground member is below the lower dipole, and a first signal source and a second signal source extend from the back side of the reflector to the front side to excite the horizontally polarized antenna and the vertically polarized antenna, respectively.

An antenna device includes a ground plane, and an antenna element formed on a first surface of the ground plane, the antenna element including a feed point, a first line extending from the feed point to a first end in a direction away from the first surface, a second line extending along the first surface of the ground plane from the first end of the first line to a second end, and a third line extending along the first surface of the ground plane from the second end of the second line to a third end in a direction different in plan view from an extending direction of the second line.