Antenna and dielectric substrate for antenna

• US 20060071861A1
• Filed: 11/22/2005
• Published: 04/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Company Limited (Taiyo Yuden Co)
• Original Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Company Limited (Taiyo Yuden Co)
• Inventors: Okado, Hironori
• Granted Patent: US 7,190,320 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/700.MS
• 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 9/40 Element having extended radiating surface

Abstract

An antenna comprises a ground pattern, and a planar element that is fed and equipped with a cut-out portion provided from the farthest edge portion formed from the feed position toward the ground pattern side, and the ground pattern and the planar element are juxtaposed with each other. The cut-out portion enables to further miniaturize the antenna and secure current paths to obtain radiation in a low-frequency range. Since the ground pattern and the planar element are juxtaposed with each other, the mount volume of the antenna can be reduced, and the antenna characteristic, particularly the impedance characteristic, can be easily controlled, and the bandwidth can be widened.

Claims

1. An antenna, comprising:

a ground pattern; and

a planar element that is conductive and includes (i) an edge portion positioned away from the ground pattern, (ii) a feed point, (iii) a cut-out portion formed at the edge, (iv) arm portions that are informed at both sides of said cut-out portion and whose top end portion is wider than a root thereof and (v) a trimmed edge portion causing to continuously change a distance between said planar element and said ground pattern, and

wherein said ground pattern and said planar element are formed on or in a board while extending along opposite directions respectively.

2. The antenna as set forth in claim 1, wherein said ground pattern is formed without fully surrounding said edge portion of said planar element.

3. The antenna as set forth in claim 1, wherein said cut-out portion has a rectangular shape.

4. The antenna as set forth in claim 1, wherein said cut-out portion is formed symmetrically with respect to a line passing through said feed point.

5. The antenna as set forth in claim 1, wherein at least a part of said trimmed portion is curved.

6. The antenna as set forth in claim 1, wherein said planar element is formed on a dielectric substrate.