US Patent 10340603 Antenna system having shielded structural configurations for assembly

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an antenna array having a plurality of dielectric antennas and a plurality of dielectric cores. At least one surface, excluding an aperture, of each dielectric antenna can be configured to reduce a transfer of signals between the plurality of dielectric antennas. Each dielectric antenna of the plurality of dielectric antennas can further have a structural configuration that enables flat surfaces of the plurality of dielectric antennas to be adjacent to each other. Each dielectric core of the plurality of dielectric cores can be coupled to a select one of the plurality of dielectric antennas to facilitate guiding a select one of a plurality of electromagnetic waves to the select one of the plurality of dielectric antennas. Other embodiments are disclosed.