Antenna device

• US 20070188395A1
• Filed: 02/14/2006
• Published: 08/16/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Accton Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Accton Technology Corporation
• Inventors: Liu, I-Ru
• Granted Patent: US 7,365,702 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/779
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 19/17 the primary radiating source comprising two or more radiating elements H01Q19/15, H01Q25/00 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 19/18 having two or more spaced reflecting surfaces H01Q19/20 takes precedence

Abstract

An antenna device includes a first elliptic reflective surface, a first antenna and a second antenna. The first elliptic reflective surface has a first focus and a second focus. The first antenna is disposed on the first focus, and the second antenna is disposed on the second focus. The first antenna transmits a first signal and a second signal, and the second antenna receives the first signal and the second signal. The first signal is transmitted directly to the second antenna from the first antenna. The second signal is reflected by the first elliptic reflective surface and transmitted to the second antenna.

Claims

1. An antenna device, comprising:

a first elliptic reflective surface having a first focus and a second focus;

a first antenna disposed on the first focus for transmitting a first signal and a second signal; and

a second antenna disposed on the second focus for receiving the first signal and the second signal, wherein the first signal is directly transmitted from the first antenna to the second antenna, and the second signal is reflected by the first elliptic reflective surface and transmitted to the second antenna.

2. The antenna device of claim 1, wherein the phase difference between the first signal and the second signal received by the second antenna is π

.

3. The antenna device of claim 1, wherein a latus rectum of the first elliptic reflective surface is greater than half the wavelength of the first signal and the second signal transmitted by the first antenna.

4. The antenna device of claim 1, wherein the first elliptic reflective surface is disposed with at least one reflective pad.

5. The antenna device of claim 1, wherein the first elliptic reflective surface is a part of an ellipsoid or an elliptic cylinder.

6. The antenna device of claim 1, wherein the first antenna and/or the second antenna is a dipole antenna or a vertically polarized antenna.

7. The antenna device of claim 1, further comprising:

a second elliptic reflective surface having a third focus and another focus coinciding with the first focus; and

a third antenna disposed on the third focus for receiving the first signal and the second signal, wherein the first signal is directly transmitted from the first antenna to the third antenna, and the second signal is reflected by the second elliptic reflective surface and transmitted to the third antenna.

8. The antenna device of claim 7, wherein the phase difference between the first signal and the second signal received by the third antenna is π

.

9. The antenna device of claim 7, wherein a latus rectum of the second elliptic reflective surface is greater than half the wavelength of the first signal and the second signal transmitted by the first antenna.

10. The antenna device of claim 7, wherein the second elliptic reflective surface is disposed with at least one reflective pad.

11. The antenna device of claim 7, wherein the third antenna is a dipole antenna or a vertically polarized antenna.

12. The antenna device of claim 1, further comprising:

a second elliptic reflective surface having a third focus and another focus coinciding with the second focus; and

a third antenna disposed on the third focus for transmitting a third signal and a fourth signal, wherein the third signal is directly transmitted from the third antenna to the second antenna, and the fourth signal is reflected by the second elliptic reflective surface and transmitted to the second antenna.

13. The antenna device of claim 12, wherein the phase difference between the third signal and the fourth signal received by the second antenna is π

.

14. The antenna device of claim 12, wherein a latus rectum of the second elliptic reflective surface is greater than half the wavelength of the third signal and the fourth signal transmitted by the third antenna.

15. The antenna device of claim 12, wherein the second elliptic reflective surface is disposed with at least one reflective pad.

16. The antenna device of claim 12, wherein the third antenna is a dipole antenna or a vertically polarized antenna.

17. An antenna device, comprising:

a plurality of elliptic reflective surfaces, wherein each of the elliptic reflective surfaces has two foci and one of the foci coincides with one focus of one adjacent elliptic reflective surface;

a plurality of transmitting antennas disposed on one part of the foci for respectively transmitting a first signal and a second signal; and

a plurality of receiving antennas disposed on the other part of the foci for respectively receiving at least one of the first signals and at least one of the second signals, wherein the first signal is directly transmitted from the transmitting antenna to the receiving antenna, and the second signal is reflected by the elliptic reflective surface to the receiving antenna.

18. The antenna device of claim 17, wherein the phase difference between the first signal and the second signal received by the receiving antenna is π

.

19. The antenna device of claim 17, wherein a latus rectum of each of the elliptic reflective surfaces is greater than half the wavelength of the first signal and the second signal transmitted by the transmitting antenna.

20. The antenna device of claim 17, wherein at least one of the elliptic reflective surfaces is disposed with at least one reflective pad.

21. The antenna device of claim 17, wherein each of the transmitting antennas and/or the receiving antennas is a dipole antenna or a vertically polarized antenna.