Antenna isolator
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1. A multiple input multiple output antenna, comprising:
- a transmission array configured to radiate in a first frequency range, the transmission array including four dipoles arranged substantially ninety degrees to each other in a substantially diamond configuration and having a plus and minus forty-five degree polarization; and
an isolator located in the middle of all four dipoles of the transmission array, the isolator galvanically isolated from the transmission array, the isolator comprising a plurality of conductive strips, each of the plurality of conductive strips being non-overlapping with every other of the plurality of conductive strips in at least one direction, each of the plurality of conductive strips having an electrical length of one quarter of a wavelength that each of the plurality of conductive strip is arrange to absorb, at least one of the plurality of conductive strips configured to absorb at least two separate frequency ranges.
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Abstract
An antenna, including, but not limited to, a multiple input multiple output antenna is provided. The antenna may include, but is not limited to, a transmission array configured to radiate in a first frequency range, the transmission array including a plurality of dipoles, and an isolator located between the plurality of dipoles of the transmission array, the isolator including at least one conductive strip.
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17 Claims
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1. A multiple input multiple output antenna, comprising:
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a transmission array configured to radiate in a first frequency range, the transmission array including four dipoles arranged substantially ninety degrees to each other in a substantially diamond configuration and having a plus and minus forty-five degree polarization; and an isolator located in the middle of all four dipoles of the transmission array, the isolator galvanically isolated from the transmission array, the isolator comprising a plurality of conductive strips, each of the plurality of conductive strips being non-overlapping with every other of the plurality of conductive strips in at least one direction, each of the plurality of conductive strips having an electrical length of one quarter of a wavelength that each of the plurality of conductive strip is arrange to absorb, at least one of the plurality of conductive strips configured to absorb at least two separate frequency ranges. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An antenna, comprising:
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a first transmission array configured to radiate in a first frequency range, the first transmission array including a first plurality of dipoles; a second transmission array configured to radiate in a second frequency range different than the first frequency range, the second transmission array including four dipoles arranged substantially ninety degrees to each other in a substantially diamond configuration and having a plus and minus forty-five degree polarization; and an isolator located in the middle of the four dipoles of the second transmission array, the isolator comprising a plurality of conductive strips, each of the plurality of conductive strips being non-overlapping with every other of the plurality of conductive strips in at least one direction, each of the plurality of conductive strips having an electrical length of one quarter of a wavelength that each of the plurality of conductive strip is arrange to absorb, at least one of the plurality of conductive strips configured to absorb at least two separate frequency ranges. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A multiple-input multiple output antenna, comprising:
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a printed circuit board; a first transmission array, the first transmission array configured to radiate in a first frequency range, the first transmission array including a first plurality of dipoles; a second transmission array defined on the printed circuit board, the second transmission array configured to radiate in a second frequency range different than the first frequency range, the second transmission array including four dipoles arranged substantially ninety degrees to each other in a substantially diamond configuration and having a plus and minus forty-five degree polarization; and an isolator defined on the printed circuit board, the isolator located in the middle of the four dipoles of the second transmission array, the isolator comprising; a plurality of conductive strips, the plurality of conductive strips being non-overlapping with every other of the plurality of conductive strips in at least one direction, each of the plurality of conductive strips having an electrical length of one quarter of a wavelength that each of the plurality of conductive strip is arrange to absorb, at least one of the plurality of conductive strips configured to absorb at least two separate frequency ranges; and a non-conductive plate galvanically isolating the plurality of conductive strip from the four dipoles of the second transmission array.
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