Laterally isolated microstrip antenna
First Claim
1. An improved microstrip antenna for being mounted generally in a plane in which another antenna is mounted, the first mentioned microstrip antenna comprising a ground member, a dielectric element on the ground member and a generally planar radiating element on the dielectric element for radiating a signal at a radiating frequency, grounding ring means of conductive material spaced from and extending at least partially around the radiating element, and means electrically connecting the ring means to the ground member for limiting lateral radiation from the radiating element in the plane of the radiating element, the improvement comprising the provision of:
- the space between the radiating element and the grounding ring means being less in a first direction toward the other antenna than the space between the radiating element and the grounding ring means in a direction at a right angle the first direction.
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Abstract
A microstrip antenna which includes a ground member, a dielectric element mounted on the ground member and a radiating element on the dielectric element, has been improved by means of a distinct grounding ring of conductive material which is spaced apart from and extends around the radiating element. The grounding ring is connected to a ground member, thereby laterally isolating the antenna and permitting a closer spacing with adjacent antennas. The gap between the radiating element and the grounding ring is different in different directions.
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21 Claims
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1. An improved microstrip antenna for being mounted generally in a plane in which another antenna is mounted, the first mentioned microstrip antenna comprising a ground member, a dielectric element on the ground member and a generally planar radiating element on the dielectric element for radiating a signal at a radiating frequency, grounding ring means of conductive material spaced from and extending at least partially around the radiating element, and means electrically connecting the ring means to the ground member for limiting lateral radiation from the radiating element in the plane of the radiating element, the improvement comprising the provision of:
the space between the radiating element and the grounding ring means being less in a first direction toward the other antenna than the space between the radiating element and the grounding ring means in a direction at a right angle the first direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A microstrip antenna assembly comprising:
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a pair of microstrip antennas, each antenna comprising a ground member, a dielectric element on the ground member and a generally planar readiating element on the dielectric element for radiating a signal at a radiating frequency, the antennas being mutually spaced from each other and generally in the same plane, the improvement comprising; separate planar grounding rings, each laterally spaced from and extending at least partially around each of the antennas, each grounding ring being a plane parallel to the plane of the radiating element of the antenna, and means connecting each of the grounding rings to their respective ground members to isolate laterally the antennas from each other. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. An improved microstrip antenna for being mounted in a plane in which another antenna is mounted, the first mentioned microstrip antenna comprising a ground member, a dielectric element on the ground member and a generally planar radiating element on the dielectric element for radiating a signal at a radiating frequency, the improvement comprising:
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grounding ring means of conductive material spaced from and extending at least partially around the radiating element for limiting lateral radiation from the radiating element in the plane of the radiating element, and means electrically connecting the grounding ring means to the ground member the distance between the radiating element and the ground ring means in a first direction perpendicular to a line connecting the first mentioned antenna with the other antenna is at least eleven percent of the wavelength of the electromagentic radiation radiating from the radiating element at the operating frequency. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21)
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20. A microstrip antenna comprising a ground member, a dielectric element on the ground member and a radiating element on the dielectric element for radiating a signal at a radiating frequency, a strip of conductive material forming a closed loop around the radiating element and generally coplanar with the conductive material, and means grounding the conductive strip, the conductive strip providing isolation for lateral radiation from the antenna, wherein the improvement comprises the provisions of the distance between the strip of conductive material on two sides of the radiating element being greater than the distance between the strip of conductive material on the other two sides of the radiating element.
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