ANTENNA DEVICE

• US 20100289619A1
• Filed: 05/05/2010
• Published: 11/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai RIKA Denki Seisakusho
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai RIKA Denki Seisakusho
• Inventors: KOBAYASHI, Fumikazu, KOSUGI, Masanori
• Application Number:
  US12/774,496
• Publication Number:
  US 20100289619A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.61
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00793 by Hertzian waves
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00182 operated with unidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/3241 particular used in keyless entry systems
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/48 Earthing means; Earth screens; Counterpoises
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/52 Means for reducing coupling between antennas; Means for reducing coupling between an antenna and another structure absorbing means H01Q17/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 23/00 Antennas with active circuits or circuit elements integrated within them or attached to them
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/26 with folded element or elements, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of operating wavelength resonant loop antennas H01Q7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/42 with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength

Abstract

An antenna device includes an antenna element, a wireless circuit, and electronic circuit, a substrate, a conductor, and a stub. The antenna element transmits or receives a communication signal. The wireless circuit is connected to the antenna element. The electronic circuit differs from the wireless circuit. The wireless circuit and electronic circuit are arranged in positional isolation on the substrate. The conductor is connected to the substrate to connect the antenna device to another device. The stub is arranged in a substrate part in which the wireless circuit is located. The stub has a pattern length that causes resonance at one fourth of a wavelength of the communication signal.

Claims

1. An antenna device comprising:

an antenna element that transmits or receives a communication signal;

a wireless circuit connected to the antenna element;

an electronic circuit that differs from the wireless circuit;

a substrate on which the wireless circuit and electronic circuit are arranged in positional isolation;

a conductor connected to the substrate to connect the antenna device to another device; and

a stub arranged in a substrate part in which the wireless circuit is located, the stub having a pattern length that causes resonance at one fourth of a wavelength of the communication signal.

2. The antenna device according to claim 1, wherein the substrate part in which the wireless circuit is located is formed to be sufficiently small in size relative to the entire substrate.

3. The antenna device according to claim 1, wherein the substrate includes:

a first wiring portion connected to the wireless circuit; and

a second wiring portion connected to the electronic circuit and separated from the first wiring portion,

wherein the stub is formed on the first wiring portion which extends along an edge of the substrate.

4. The antenna device according to claim 1, wherein the pattern length that causes resonance at the one fourth of the wavelength is expressed by the expression of:

λ

/4+(n×

λ

/2), where λ

represents the wavelength and n represents a natural number.

5. The antenna device according to claim 1, wherein the stub is one of a plurality of stubs arranged in the substrate part in which the wireless circuit is located, and each of the stubs has a pattern length that causes resonance at the one fourth of the wavelength of the communication signal.

6. The antenna device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a balanced to unbalanced converter arranged between the antenna element and the wireless circuit and between the stub and the wireless circuit.

7. The antenna device according to claim 6, wherein the balanced to unbalanced converter includes a transformer, the transformer being connected to the antenna element, the stub, and the wireless circuit.

8. The antenna device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a resonator connected to the stub to resonate in correspondence with resonance of the antenna element.

9. The antenna device according to claim 8, wherein the resonator includes a lumped constant circuit formed by at least one of an inductor and a capacitor.

10. The antenna device according to claim 8, wherein the resonator is arranged at one end or a middle part of the stub.

11. The antenna device according to claim 8, wherein the stub has a pattern length that is set to be shorter than the one fourth of the wavelength.