An ultra-wideband electromagnetic source includes a voltage source and a pulser assembly electrically coupled to the voltage source. The pulser assembly includes a bipolar vector inversion generator (VIG) assembly, a peaking gap assembly coupled to the VIG assembly, and an oil lens assembly coupled to the peaking gap assembly. The ultra-wideband electromagnetic source also includes a balanced antenna assembly including one or more sets of antenna arms coupled to the oil lens assembly and an antenna reflector coupled to the one or more sets of antenna arms.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a polarization shifter including a lower substrate having disposed thereon first and second transmission lines for coupling to a feed network, an upper substrate having disposed thereon third and fourth transmission lines for respective communicative coupling to orthogonally-polarized elements of a radiating element, and a dielectric layer residing between the lower substrate and the upper substrate, the upper substrate being configured to mechanically couple to the radiating element, the dielectric layer coupling the first transmission line with the third transmission line and coupling the second transmission line with the fourth transmission line, the upper substrate being rotatable relative to the lower substrate to effect polarization adjusting for the radiating element to facilitate avoidance of interference or passive intermodulation (PIM). Other embodiments are disclosed.

A method and system are presented for managing operation of a conformal phased-array antenna. The method comprises: providing structural data about the antenna to be operated, said structural data comprising data indicative of a geometry of a curved radiating surface defined by an arrangement of N antenna elements of the phased array and data indicative of said arrangement of N antenna elements; utilizing input data indicative of a selected direction of antenna operation and processing said structural data about the antenna, said processing comprising determining operational data for each of the antenna elements defining a desired radiation pattern of the antenna for said selected direction, said operational data comprising amplitude, phase and polarization of radiation for each antenna element.

A method and system are presented for managing operation of a conformal phased-array antenna. The method comprises: providing structural data about the antenna to be operated, said structural data comprising data indicative of a geometry of a curved radiating surface defined by an arrangement of N antenna elements of the phased array and data indicative of said arrangement of N antenna elements; utilizing input data indicative of a selected direction of antenna operation and processing said structural data about the antenna, said processing comprising determining operational data for each of the antenna elements defining a desired radiation pattern of the antenna for said selected direction, said operational data comprising amplitude, phase and polarization of radiation for each antenna element.

A base station antenna includes a first plurality of first frequency band radiating elements that are arranged as a first linear array of first frequency band radiating elements and as a second linear array of first frequency band radiating elements. The second linear array of first frequency band radiating elements is adjacent the first linear array of first frequency band radiating elements. A first subset of the first plurality of first frequency band radiating elements are slant +/−45° cross-dipole radiating elements that each include at least one −45° dipole arm and at least one +45° dipole arm, and a second subset of the first plurality of first frequency band radiating elements are H/V cross-dipole radiating elements that each include at least one horizontal dipole arm and at least one vertical dipole arm.

A base station antenna includes a first plurality of first frequency band radiating elements that are arranged as a first linear array of first frequency band radiating elements and as a second linear array of first frequency band radiating elements. The second linear array of first frequency band radiating elements is adjacent the first linear array of first frequency band radiating elements. A first subset of the first plurality of first frequency band radiating elements are slant +/−45° cross-dipole radiating elements that each include at least one −45° dipole arm and at least one +45° dipole arm, and a second subset of the first plurality of first frequency band radiating elements are H/V cross-dipole radiating elements that each include at least one horizontal dipole arm and at least one vertical dipole arm.

The present disclosure provides a 5th generation (5G) broadband dual-polarized base station antenna of a multimode resonance structure, including: a first resonance structure, a main radiating unit, a feed balun set, and a metal reflecting plate, where the feed balun set is disposed on the metal reflecting plate, the main radiating unit is disposed on a first feed balun and a second feed balun, and the first resonance structure is disposed on the main radiating unit; the main radiating unit includes a second resonance structure and a third resonance structure, the first resonance structure is configured to control a resonance point at a high frequency, and the third resonance structure is configured to control a resonance point at a low frequency; and the feed balun set is configured to provide a balance current for the main radiating unit and the first resonance structure.

The present disclosure provides a 5th generation (5G) broadband dual-polarized base station antenna of a multimode resonance structure, including: a first resonance structure, a main radiating unit, a feed balun set, and a metal reflecting plate, where the feed balun set is disposed on the metal reflecting plate, the main radiating unit is disposed on a first feed balun and a second feed balun, and the first resonance structure is disposed on the main radiating unit; the main radiating unit includes a second resonance structure and a third resonance structure, the first resonance structure is configured to control a resonance point at a high frequency, and the third resonance structure is configured to control a resonance point at a low frequency; and the feed balun set is configured to provide a balance current for the main radiating unit and the first resonance structure.

A telecommunications antenna comprising a plurality of unit cells each including at least one radiator which transmits RF energy within a bandwidth range which is a multiple of another radiator. The radiators are proximal to each other such that a resonant condition may be induced into the at least one radiator upon activation of the other radiator. At least one of the radiators is segmented into capacitively-connected radiator elements to suppress a resonance response therein upon activation of the other of the radiator.

A base station antenna comprises a reflector, a plurality of first radiating elements arranged in a first column that extends in a vertical direction, a plurality of second radiating element arranged in a second column that extends in the vertical direction, and a plurality of parasitic elements, where the parasitic elements are arranged around the first radiating elements and/or second radiating elements. Each parasitic element is configured as a rod-shaped metal part, where a longitudinal axis of the rod-shaped metal part extends at an angle of between 70° to 110° with respect to a plane defined by the reflector, and the parasitic elements are positioned in front of the reflector in and are electrically floating with respect to the reflector.