PATCH ANTENNA SYNCHRONOUSLY GENERATING LINEARLY POLARIZED WAVE AND CIRCULARLY POLARIZED WAVE AND GENERATING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120050126A1
• Filed: 11/24/2010
• Published: 03/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ace Technology Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Ace Technology Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Chung, Tae Inn, Yoo, Tae-Hwan, Park, Young-Hun, Kim, Byung-Nam
• Granted Patent: US 8,552,920 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/834
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/0414 in a stacked or folded configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/0428 radiating a circular polarised wave
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/0464 Annular ring patch

Abstract

A patch antenna synchronously generating a circularly polarized wave and a linearly polarized wave comprises a first radiator radiating a circularly polarized wave with respect to an antenna signal, a first substrate provided at a part or the whole of the rear surface of the first radiator, a second radiator provided at a part or the whole of the rear surface of the first substrate and radiating a linearly polarized wave with respect to the antenna signal, and a second substrate provided at a part or the whole of the rear surface of the second radiator.

Claims

1. A patch antenna synchronously generating a linearly polarized wave and a circularly polarized wave, comprising:

a first radiator radiating a circularly polarized wave with respect to an antenna signal;

a first substrate provided at a part or the whole of the rear surface of the first radiator;

a second radiator provided at a part or the whole of the rear surface of the first substrate and radiating a linearly polarized wave with respect to the antenna signal; and

a second substrate provided at a part or the whole of the rear surface of the second radiator.

2. The patch antenna of claim 1, further comprising a reflection plate reflecting a circularly polarized wave radiated from the first radiator and radiating a linearly polarized wave.

3. The patch antenna of claim 2, wherein the first substrate, the second radiator, and the second substrate, respectively, are provided with at least one engagement hole formed therein and the reflection plate is provided with at least one insertion portion formed on the front surface thereof such that the insertion portion or portions can be inserted to the engagement holes.

4. The patch antenna of claim 2, wherein the second radiator receives a circularly polarized wave radiated from the first radiator, converts the received circularly polarized wave into a linearly polarized wave, and radiates the converted linearly polarized wave.

5. The patch antenna of claim 1, wherein the first radiator and the second radiator are positioned so as not to overlap with each other when viewed on a plane

6. The patch antenna of claim 5, wherein the second radiator has a hole in the center thereof, and the first radiator is positioned so as to be within the center hole of the second radiator when viewed on a plane.

7. The patch antenna of claim 2, further comprising an auxiliary radiator which is provided on the front surface of the first substrate is spaced apart from the first radiator by a predetermined distance.

8. The patch antenna of claim 7, wherein the auxiliary radiator is provided at a position on the front surface of the first substrate such that the auxiliary radiator is overlapped with the second radiator when viewed on a plane.

9. The patch antenna of claim 8, wherein width of the auxiliary radiator is the same as or smaller than that of an outer end portion of the second radiator.

10. The patch antenna of claim 2, wherein further comprising a power supply line which is electrically connected to the first radiator without being electrically connected to the reflection plate, the second substrate, and the first substrate.

11. The patch antenna of claim 1, wherein the first radiator includes a circularly polarized wave radiating module, a signal receiving module provided at a side of the circularly polarized wave radiating module, and an X groove formed on a part of the front surface of the circularly polarized wave radiating module.

12. The patch antenna of claim 11, wherein further comprising a power supply line which is electrically connected to the signal receiving module of the first radiator.

13. A method for synchronously generating a linearly polarized wave and a circularly polarized wave by a patch antenna, comprising:

(a) radiating a circularly polarized wave with respect to an antenna signal by a first radiator provided at a part or the whole of the front surface of a first substrate; and

(b) radiating a linearly polarized wave with respect to the antenna signal by a second radiator provided at a part or the whole of the front surface of a second substrate.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

(c) reflecting a circularly polarized wave radiated from the first radiator by a reflection plate provided at a part or the whole of the rear surface of the second substrate; and

(d) radiating the linearly polarized wave by the reflection plate.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the second radiator receives the circularly polarized wave radiated from the first radiator, converts the received circularly polarized wave into a linearly polarized wave, and radiates the converted linearly polarized wave in step (d).

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising generating a linearly polarized wave by an auxiliary radiator provided at a part or the whole of the front surface of the first substrate.