A new type of antenna element for wide-band wide-angle dual polarized phased array antennas

A new type of antenna element for wide-band (>1 octave) wide-angle dual polarized phased array antennas is presented. The new array element has been designed with the goal to overcome the manufacturing and maintenance disadvantages with dual polarized tapered slot arrays. The new element is especially suitable for arrays built by modules. Numerically calculated infinite array performance and results from a small experimental with the new element is presented.