Film antenna apparatus

• US 4,987,424 A
• Filed: 11/13/1989
• Issued: 01/22/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/1986
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Yagi Antenna Co., Ltd. (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Yagi Antenna Co., Ltd. (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Sato, Atsushi, Suzuki, Yoshiyuki, Tamura, Kazuhiko, Aizawa, Yutaka
• Primary Examiner(s): Hille, Rolf
• Assistant Examiner(s): LE, HOANGANH T
• Application Number:
  US07/434,573
• Time in Patent Office: 435 Days
• Field of Search: 343/795, 343/793, 343/803, 343/805, 343/806, 343/720
• US Class Current: 343/795
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/085 Flexible aerials; Whip aerials with a resilient base
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/44 using equipment having another main function to serve additionally as an antenna , e.g. means for giving an antenna an aesthetic aspectH01Q1/27 - H01Q1/34 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/065 Microstrip dipole antennas patch antenna H01Q9/0407

Abstract

An antenna apparatus in which flexible antennas made of a conductive material are formed on a flexible insulating sheet. An insulating film made of a synthetic resin material is used as the insulating sheet, and the antennas are formed by adhering a metal foil on the insulating sheet or by depositing a metal film on the insulating sheet.

Claims

1. A flat antenna apparatus comprising:

a flexible insulating sheet which can be freely folded; and

a flexible antenna made or a conductive foil and formed on said insulating sheet;

said flexible antenna being a dipole antenna having two linear antenna elements extending in spaced, parallel relation to one another on one face of said sheet;

a feeder portion for each of said linear antenna elements, said feeder portions extending in closely spaced, parallel relation to one another midway between said linear antenna elements;

for each of said linear antenna elements, an extension coil electrically connecting said linear antenna element to the respective one of said feeder portions, each extension coil having a wave-like configuration of adjacent crests and troughs; and

a linear short-circuit portion for each of said extension coils extending from the corresponding one of said feeder portions and crossing at least one section of said extension coil between adjacent crests and troughs to directly electrically connect each of said cross sections to said corresponding feeder portion, thereby achieving impedance matching of said antenna apparatus with respect to a receiving apparatus.

2. The flat antenna apparatus of claim 1 further including a feeder terminal for each of said feeder portions and a terminal box detachably secured to said insulating sheet at one edge thereof, said terminal box having terminals which are in electrical contact with said feeder terminals.