Antenna

• US 20060017621A1
• Filed: 07/15/2005
• Published: 01/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: FDK Corporation (Fujitsu Limited)
• Original Assignee: FDK Corporation (Fujitsu Limited)
• Inventors: Okabe, Hiroyuki, Okawara, Kazuhiko
• Application Number:
  US11/183,042
• Publication Number:
  US 20060017621A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/700.MS
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• 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 5/364 Creating multiple current paths
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/0421 with a shorting wall or a shorting pin at one end of the element H01Q9/0414 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/42 with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength

Abstract

The transmit/receive antenna has an active element with a two-dimensional conductor pattern formed on the surface of a dielectric substrate, surface-surface mounted to a PC board, and forming plural distribution paths of mutually different length. Antenna current is copied into a ground conductor such that the antenna element defines a linear main radiator, having a feeding end and an open end, forming a first distribution path, and a linear short-circuiting branching T-conductor, forming a second distribution path. A third distribution path is formed across the main radiation conductor leading to the ground conductor. This configuration produces two resonance frequency bands, exclusive of harmonics. The main radiation conductor and the feeding conductor are formed by conductor patterns on the dielectric substrate and the short-circuiting conductor is formed by a conductor pattern over the upper surface and side surface of the dielectric.

Claims

1. An antenna for transmission and/or receipt having a single feeder comprising:

an active antenna element in which an antenna current excited by feeding is distributed in a line to radiate electromagnetic waves, said active antenna element having a conductor pattern formed two-dimensionally on surfaces of a dielectric substrate made of a dielectric of a high dielectric constant and low loss and surface-mounted as a chip component on a print circuit board, said antenna element being configured such that a plurality of distribution paths for the antenna current are formed to be different in length to each other,

wherein said antenna element constitutes a grounded-type antenna in which said antenna current is copied in a around conductor, and comprises a linear main radiation conductor, of which one end is a feeding end and an other end on the opposite side is an open end, and a linear short-circuiting conductor branching off at a position along said main radiation conductor in the shape of T and leadina to said ground conductor;

wherein the distribution path for said antenna current is formed to be among at least two of a first path from the one end to the other end of said main radiation conductor, a second path from the one end of said main radiation conductor through said T-shaped branch to said ground conductor, and a third path leading to and turning back at the other end of said main radiation conductor and leading to said ground conductor, and thereby said antenna has at least two resonance frequency bands other than those of harmonics; and

wherein said antenna element is in the form of a surface-ounted chip component formed with said dielectric substrate, and said main radiation conductor and a feeding conductor at one end thereof together are formed by conductor patterns formed on said dielectric substrate, and said short-circuiting conductor is formed by a conductor pattern formed over an upper surface and side surface of said dielectric substrate.

2. The antenna according to claim 1, wherein a capacitor in the form of a gap between the conductor patterns is placed in series between the feeding conductor to which a feeding current is supplied and the feeding end of said radiation conductor.

3. The antenna according to claim 1, wherein the distribution path for said antenna current is formed to be among three paths that are said first to third paths, and thereby said antenna has three resonance frequency bands other than those of harmonics.

4. The antenna according to claim 1, wherein a wideband characteristic is achieved by making closer to each other two or more resonance frequencies achieved by any two or more of said first to third paths, or harmonic resonance frequencies thereof.

5. The antenna according to claim 1, wherein the whole or part of said active antenna element is reduced in size by an effect due to placing a capacitance component, an inductance component, or a dielectric.

6. A radio communication apparatus provided with the antenna according to claim 1.