MINIATURIZED PLANAR ANTENNA FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION RECEPTION

• US 20040001030A1
• Filed: 06/28/2002
• Published: 01/01/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Forward Electronics Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Taiwan Telecommunication Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chen, Li, Huang, Chi-Fang
• Granted Patent: US 6,670,922 B1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/895
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/36 Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; Particular materials used therewithH01Q1/08, H01Q1/14 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/38 formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support patch antennas H01Q9/0407; microstrip dipole antennas H01Q9/065; microstrip slot antennas H01Q13/106; transmission line microstrip antennas H01Q13/206; manufacturing reflecting surfaces using insulating material for supporting the reflecting surface H01Q15/142
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 11/105 using a dielectric support
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/062 using dipole aerials; H01Q21/067, H01Q21/068 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/24 Combinations of antenna units polarised in different directions for transmitting or receiving circularly and elliptically polarised waves or waves linearly polarised in any direction circularly polarised patch antennas H01Q9/0428; circularly polarised horns H01Q13/0241; cross-polarised horns H01Q13/0258; polarisation converters H01Q15/242; cross-polarised rear feeds H01Q19/136; crossed polarisation dual antenna H01Q25/001
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/30 Combinations of separate antenna units operating in different wavebands and connected to a common feeder system

Abstract

A miniaturized planar antenna of digital television reception includes a substrate and a plurality of antennas. Strip lines are formed on upper and lower surfaces of the substrates. A connector passing through the upper and lower surfaces of the substrate via a feeding line is connected at the center of the strip line on the lower surface of the substrate. Antennas extend from two sides of the strip lines, and are mirroringly distributed as their counterparts in the symmetric quadrants of these substrates. Each quadrant has three pairs of antennas. A plurality of gaps are further disposed at positions on each set of antennas adjacent to the strip lines.

Claims

1. A miniaturized planar antenna of digital television reception, comprising:

a substrate having strip lines formed on upper and lower surfaces thereof; and

a plurality of antennas arranged in a rampart-line manner;

wherein said upper and lower surfaces are virtually separated into four quadrants, said antennas are parallel disposed on said upper and lower surfaces of said substrate, intersect at said stripe lines, and are mirroringly distributed based on their counterparts in symmetric quadrants, and each said quadrant comprises at least three pairs of said antennas.

2. The miniaturized planar antenna of digital television reception as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a connector connected at a center of said strip line on said lower surface of said substrate, and passing through said upper and lower surfaces of said substrate via a feeding strip line.

3. The miniaturized planar antenna of digital television reception as claimed in claim 1, wherein said three pairs of antennas in one of said four quadrants are a first set, a second set, and a third set of antennas, respectively.

4. The miniaturized planar antenna of digital television reception as claimed in claim 3, further comprising a plurality of gaps disposed at the positions of each said set of antennas adjacent to said strip lines.

5. The miniaturized planar antenna of digital television reception as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a housing for receiving said miniaturized planar antenna being distant from a bottom of said housing more than or equal to 2 centimeters.

6. A miniaturized planar antenna of digital television reception, comprising:

a plurality of substrates including a first substrate, a second substrate, and an insulating substrate, respectively, said first substrate and said second substrate sandwiching said insulating substrates therebetween, and said first substrate and said second substrate having formed a plurality of strip lines on upper and lower surfaces thereof; and

a plurality of antennas arranged in a rampart-line manner, said antennas being parallel disposed on said upper and lower surfaces of said first and second substrates, intersecting at said stripe lines, being mirroringly distributed as their counterparts in symmetric quadrants, and wherein each of said quadrants includes at least three pairs of antennas.

7. The miniaturized planar antenna of digital television reception as claimed in claim 6, further comprising a connector connected at a center of said strip line on said lower surface of said second substrate and passing through said upper and lower surfaces of said second substrate, said insulating substrate via a first feeding line and a second feeding line, said first feeding line electrically connecting said upper surface of said first substrate to said upper surface of said second substrate by means of electroplating, and said second feeding line connecting said lower surface of said first substrate to said lower surface of said second substrate by means of electroplating.

8. The miniaturized planar antenna of digital television reception as claimed in claim 6, wherein said three sets of antennas are divided a first set, a second set, and a third set of antennas, respectively, said first set, said second set, and said third set of antennas being distributed as their counterparts in symmetric said quadrants.

9. The miniaturized planar antenna of digital television reception as claimed in claim 8, further comprising a plurality of gaps disposed at positions of each said set of antennas adjacent to said strip lines.

10. The miniaturized planar antenna of digital television as claimed in claim 6 further comprising a housing for receiving said miniaturized planar antenna being distant from a bottom of said housing more than or equal to 2 centimeters.