ULTRA BROAD BAND DUAL POLARIZED RADIATING ELEMENT FOR A BASE STATION ANTENNA

The invention refers to a radiating element for a base station antenna, the radiating element comprising: a support structure, at least a pair of dipole arms in a first layer of the support structure,and at least two parasitic arms in a second layer of the support structure, wherein the distance between the first and the second layer is between 0.0004 and 0.1, preferably between 0.002 and 0.02, of the minimum wavelength of the operating frequency band of the radiating element, wherein the area of the parasitic arms in a projection perpendicular from the second to the first layer cover at least 60% of the areas of the at least one pair of dipole arms.