A compact dual‐wideband dual‐polarized antenna array with a narrow beam and low side‐lobe level for indoor base‐station applications is presented. Four higher‐band dipole elements are inserted inside four lower‐band rhombic‐arranged dipole elements. Dipole elements for each band are excited by two 1‐to‐4 power dividers with equal magnitude and phase. By using this scheme, stable narrow radiation patterns with low side‐lobe levels both in the horizontal and vertical planes are obtained over the dual‐frequency bands. For verification, a dual‐wideband rhombic antenna array with bandwidths of 49.3% (0.64–1.06 GHz) and 52.3% (1.61–2.75 GHz) for VSWR < 1.5 is designed. It has a stable radiation pattern with 3‐dB beamwidths of around 33° and low side‐lobe levels of less than −22 dB both in the horizontal and vertical planes.

A broadband dual‐polarized antenna array with excellent impedance matching and stable radiation performance is proposed. The array comprises four folded‐dipole antenna elements. Two trapezoidal baluns are used to excite the folded‐dipole antenna to obtain good impedance matching and generate a ±45°‐polarized radiation pattern. To improve the impedance matching and achieve steady radiation performance, a square parasitic director is used and placed above the folded dipoles. The antenna element realizes a broad bandwidth of 76.9% (voltage standing wave ratio [VSWR] < 1.5 from 1.69 to 3.8 GHz) and high isolation of 28 dB. Then an antenna array comprised of four elements is designed. It is fed by two miniaturized 1‐to‐4 power divides. Several metal baffles are added between adjacent elements to reduce the mutual coupling. The array achieves a broad bandwidth of 78.4% (VSWR < 1.5 from 1.66 to 3.8 GHz), high isolation of 25 dB, stable half power beamwidth in the E‐plane within 65° ± 5°, and high gain within 12–15 dBi.