An antenna includes a radiating element on a forward-facing surface of an underlying reflector, and a multi-element planar broadband lens in front of and within a radio frequency (RF) transmission path of the radiating element. The broadband lens includes first lens elements having first RF characteristics and second lens elements having second RF characteristics, which are different from the first RF characteristics. The first lens elements are arranged as a plurality of the first lens elements, which are encircled by an array of the second lens elements. Each of the first lens elements includes a first LC circuit, and each of the second LC circuits includes a second LC circuit with a smaller inductance relative to the first LC circuit.

An apparatus includes a substrate, a first antenna panel, a second antenna panel, and an antenna isolator. The first antenna panel is coupled on the substrate and includes an array of first antenna elements. The second antenna panel is coupled on the substrate and includes an array of second antenna elements. The antenna isolator is coupled on the substrate and including a plurality of walls extending outwardly from the substrate along a length of the substrate between the first antenna panel and the second antenna panel. The antenna isolator reduces reduce wave propagation between the array of first antenna elements and the array of second antenna elements.

A thermal management system and process for use in a wireless access point antenna housing. The access point typically includes two or more stacked antenna housings or bays. Each bay includes an upper end, a lower end spaced from the upper end, and at least one sidewall surface extending between the upper end the lower end to define an enclosed interior area of the bay. Each bay typically includes a plurality of antennas. In an arrangement, the upper end, lower end and a one or more partitions between the upper and lower ends in conjunction with one or more sidewall surfaces form the antenna bays. In an arrangement, divider panels form the partitions and/or the upper and lower ends. Each partition panel includes one or more airflow channels that provide an air inlet and/or outlet for at least one adjacent antenna bay.

A dual polarization antenna that includes a conductor and two dipoles. The conductor has four radiation arms, each radiation arm forms a branch of the conductor, and two adjacent radiation arms are connected by a connection bridge. The two dipoles are arranged in a cross manner to form four sectors, one radiation arm is arranged in each sector, and the connection bridge is disposed above or below the dipole between the two radiation arms connected by the connection bridge.

A heat dissipation apparatus and antenna assembly using the same is disclosed herein. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a heat dissipation apparatus configured to cool a circuit board including at least one heat generation element is provided, the heat dissipation apparatus including: a plate disposed to face the circuit board; a plurality of first heat dissipation fins disposed in a first direction on one surface of the plate spaced apart from the circuit board; and a blowing unit disposed to face the one surface of the plate, the blowing unit including at least one fan configured to discharge air toward the one surface of the plate, wherein a space between two adjacent first heat dissipation fins defines a side flow path configured to guide the air discharged from the at least one fan.

An antenna housing that is generally ovular such that a sidewall of the housing has two curved surfaces (e.g., rounded ends) on opposing ends of the housing. The ovular shape of the housing allows a center of curvature of each rounded end to be disposed within an interior of an antenna bay(s) within the housing. In such an arrangement, the placement of the centers of curvature within the antenna bays allows for pivotally mounting individual antennas at or near the center of curvature. This allows pivoting the antennas within the antenna bay while maintaining a normal vector (e.g., extending normal to an emitting surface of the antenna) nearly perpendicular with an inside surface of shroud surrounding the antenna housing thereby reducing RF reflection and/or scatter.

Access points can be mounted in a variety of locations or orientations and can support multiple communications protocols. In some embodiments, an access point includes a main housing and a front housing. The main and front housing are connected by a hinge. A Wi-Fi antenna is included in the front housing in some embodiments. The access point is configured for use in either an open or closed position. When mounted in a vertical position, the front housing can be lowered into a horizontal position, which facilitates a preferred orientation of an antenna with respect to the ground. A first set of cooling fins serves to maintain components of the access point offset from a wall to which the access point is mounted. This facilitates airflow. Additional fins act as a spacer between the main housing and the front housing when the access point is used in a closed position. This facilitates air flow around both sides of the main housing.

A base station antenna comprises a plurality of columns of first radiating elements configured for operating in a first operational frequency band, each column of first radiating elements comprising a plurality of first radiating elements arranged in a longitudinal direction and an isolation wall positioned between adjacent columns of first radiating elements and extending in the longitudinal direction. The isolation wall comprises a frequency selective surface configured such that electromagnetic waves within the first operational frequency band are substantially blocked by the isolation wall.

Materials and methods for mitigating passive intermodulation. A membrane for reducing passive intermodulation includes a first polymeric layer, a second polymeric layer, and a continuous metal layer encapsulated between the first and second polymeric layers. A self-adhesive radio frequency barrier tape includes a waterproof polymeric top layer, a metal-containing layer adhered by an adhesive layer to the polymeric top layer, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer adhered to the metal-containing layer, and a release liner on a bottom surface of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer. A method of mitigating passive intermodulation includes passing a probe over an area of interest, the probe being sensitive to an intermodulation frequency of interest, and identifying a suspected source of passive intermodulation when the amplitude of the probe output exceeds a threshold at the frequency of interest. The method further includes covering the suspected passive intermodulation source with a radio frequency barrier material.

An antenna device includes: a pair of first elements that are arranged on a first plane; and a pair of second elements that are arranged on a second plane parallel to the first plane such that a polarized wave direction of the pair of second elements is orthogonal to that of the pair of first elements. Each element of the pair of first elements and the pair of second elements includes a portion that acts as a self-similarity antenna or an antenna that acts based on similar operating principle to the self-similarity antenna. In one embodiment, each element of the pair of first elements and the pair of second elements includes two arms that extend in a direction away from each other from a proximal end portion to which a feed point is connectable.