An electronic device includes: a first pair of antennas having a first polarization along a first direction in a plane, where the first pair of antennas are spatially offset from each other along a second direction in the plane; and a second pair of antennas having a second polarization along the second direction, where the second pair of antennas are spatially offset from each other along the first direction. During operation, the electronic device may configure switching elements to: select the first pair of antennas and electrically couple the second pair of antennas to ground; or select the second pair of antennas and electrically couple the first pair of antennas to ground. Then, the electronic device may communicate a packet or a frame with a second electronic device via the selected first pair of antennas or the second pair of antennas.

An all-metal antenna element with integrated common mode rejection realized with an all-metal fabrication and a balanced feed. Further, the present disclosure may provide an all-metal antenna element which may extend the bandwidth of the aperture, allow for simple linear frequency and platform scalability, and may improve the compatibility of arrays to modern digital phased array chains.

A support piece comprises: a first support section configured in the shape of a plate, and a plurality of second support sections; every second support section in the plurality of second support sections is set on the outside of the first support section and is bent relative to the first support section; every second support section comprises at least one support structure. At least a portion of the support structure of the at least one support structure is configured to support a first dipole arm, and at least a portion of the support structure of the at least one support structure is configured to support a second dipole arm; a second arm section on the outside of the first dipole arm is bent relative to the first arm section on the inside toward a first side of the first support section to support the dipole arm; a second arm section on the outside of the second dipole arm is bent relative to the first arm section on the inside toward a second side of the first support section opposite to the first side.

Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.

An antenna module includes an integrated circuit (IC), a substrate having a first region having one or more antenna disposed on a surface thereof and a second region flexibly bent and electrically connected to the IC to provide an electrical connection path to the one or more antenna and the IC, a set substrate electrically connected to the IC, and a set module disposed on the set substrate between the set substrate and the first region.

A twin beam base station antenna includes a first array that has a plurality of columns of first frequency band radiating elements, the first array configured to form a first antenna beam that provides coverage throughout a first sub-sector of a three-sector base station. The radiating elements in a first of the columns in the first array have a first azimuth boresight pointing direction and the radiating elements in a second of the columns in the first array have a second azimuth boresight pointing direction that is offset from the first azimuth boresight pointing direction by at least 10°. The radiating elements in the second of the columns in the first array are electrically steered.

A radiating element includes a feed stalk and first through fourth dipole arms. An outer segment of the first dipole arm and an outer segment of the second dipole arm are configured to together form a first radiating structure that radiates at a first polarization, an outer segment of the third dipole arm and an outer segment of the fourth dipole arm are configured to together form a second radiating structure that radiates at the first polarization, and first and second inner portions of each of the first through fourth dipole arms are configured to together form a third radiating structure that radiates at the first polarization when a first RF signal is fed to the radiating element.

A kind of plastic is provided. With a total of 100 parts by weight, the plastic includes the following components in parts by weight: 25 to 90 parts of matrix resin; 1 to 60 parts of laser reflecting agent; and 0 to 70 parts of inorganic filler, where the inorganic filler is capable of being chemically corroded. When the matrix resin includes a resin component capable of being chemically corroded, parts by weight of the inorganic filler are greater than or equal to 0 parts; or when the matrix resin is fully a resin component incapable of being chemically corroded, parts by weight of the inorganic filler are greater than 0 parts. For the plastic, a low roughness surface can be obtained through chemical roughening, to form a desirable coating binding surface, and help implement metallization.

An antenna system includes: a first antenna element configured to transduce between second wireless energy and second transmission-line-conducted energy, wherein the first and second wireless energy are of first and second polarizations of the first antenna element and in first and second directions that are different and define a first plane; and a second antenna element configured to transduce between third wireless energy and third transmission-line-conducted energy and between fourth wireless energy and fourth transmission-line-conducted energy, wherein the third and fourth wireless energy are of first and second polarizations of the second antenna element and in third and fourth directions that are different and define a second plane that is substantially orthogonal to the first plane.

A connection device comprises a first interface assembly that is removably connected to a first pre-determined number of first ports of a first radiating element array in an antenna assembly of the base station antenna, a second interface assembly that is connected to a second pre-determined number of second ports of a remote radio head of the base station antenna, and a connection circuit, the connection circuit being connected between the first interface assembly and the second interface assembly so that the first radiating element array and the remote radio head are electrically connected.