US 12,170,404 B2
Antenna systems having radiating elements therein that are paired with high performance broadband planar lenses
Haifeng Li, Allen, TX (US); Peter J. Bisiules, LaGrange Park, IL (US); Rui An, Allen, TX (US); and Chengcheng Tang, Murphy, TX (US)
Assigned to Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC, Claremont, NC (US)
Filed by Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC, Claremont, NC (US)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/875,518.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/229,422, filed on Aug. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/283,699, filed on Nov. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0053102 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 19/06 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 15/02 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H01Q 21/26 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 19/062 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/246 (2013.01); H01Q 15/02 (2013.01); H01Q 21/062 (2013.01); H01Q 21/065 (2013.01); H01Q 21/26 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An antenna, comprising:
a radiating element on a forward-facing surface of an underlying reflector; and
a multi-element broadband lens in front of and within a radio frequency (RF) transmission path of the radiating element, said multi-element broadband lens comprising a plurality of lens elements of unequal size arranged into a two-dimensional array such that a centermost portion of the two-dimensional array consists of lens elements having the largest size relative to remaining ones of the lens elements within the multi-element broadband lens on the periphery of the centermost portion.