Flat-plate antenna for use in mobile communications

• US 5,061,939 A
• Filed: 05/22/1990
• Issued: 10/29/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/1989
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Harada Kogyo KK
• Original Assignee: Harada Kogyo KK
• Inventors: Nakase, Kazuhiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Wimer, Michael C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): LE, HOANGANH T
• Application Number:
  US07/527,126
• Time in Patent Office: 525 Days
• Field of Search: 343/700 MS, 343/725, 343/749, 343/846, 343/848, 343/829, 343/830, 343/711, 343/712, 343/713
• US Class Current: 343/700.0MS
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/3275 mounted on a horizontal surface of the vehicle, e.g. on roof, hood, trunk
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/0414 in a stacked or folded configuration

Abstract

A flat-plate antenna for use in mobile communications including a ground plate, a table-shape frame made up with a conductive top plate and connecting members which electrically connect the top plate to the ground plate, a capacitor electrode installed between the top plate and ground plate so as to resonate the table shape frame, and a strip line resonator installed under the table shape frame and is provided with a capacitor electrode for resonating the strip line resonator, the capacitor electrode being positioned beneath the central area of the top plate.

Claims

1. A flat-plate antenna for use in mobile communications comprising:

a table type antenna comprising a conductive flate-plate and a plurality of connecting members electrically connecting said flat-plate to a ground plate,

a capacitor electrode installed between one of said connecting members and another connecting member and between said flat-plate and ground plate,

a strip line resonator installed under said table type antenna and between said top plate and said ground plate; and

a capacitor electrode used for strip line resonance installed on said strip line resonator so as to face a central portion of said table type antenna.

2. A flat-plate antenna according to claim 1, wherein both ends of said strip line resonator are grounded, said capacitor electrode used for strip line resonance is installed at approximately a center of said strip line resonator, said strip line resonator as a whole is positioned in a central area inside said table type antenna, and said strip line resonator is caused to resonate at λ

/2 with respect to a frequency used.

3. A flat-plate antenna according to claim 1, wherein one end of said strip line resonator is grounded with the other end left open, said capacitor electrode used for strip line resonance is connected to said open end of said strip line resonator, said strip line resonator as a whole is installed so that said capacitor electrode used for strip line resonance is positioned at a central area inside said table type antenna, and said strip line resonator is caused to resonate at λ

/4 with respect to the frequency used.

4. A flat-plate antenna according to claim 1, wherein a feeding point is provided between a grounded end of said strip line resonator and said capacitor electrode used for strip line resonance.

5. A flat-plate antenna according to claim 1, wherein an impedance of said flat-plate antenna for use in mobile communications and the impedance of a feeder line are matched by varying a position of said feeding point between a grounded end of said strip line resonator and capacitor electrode used for strip line resonance.

6. A flat-plate antenna according to claim 1, wherein said flat-plate of said table type antenna is one of circular and polygon in shape.

7. A flat-plate antenna, according to claim 1, wherein said connecting members are one of rod-form and plate-form conductors.

8. A flat-plate antenna according to claim 1, wherein a resonance frequency of said table type antenna is adjusted by adjusting one of the length, width and diameter of said connecting members.

9. A flat-plate antenna according to claim 1, wherein an impedance value of said antenna during resonance is set at a value required for broad-band characteristics by adjusting a distance between a edge of said flat-plate and said connecting members.

10. A flat-plate antenna according to claim 1, wherein a resonance frequency of said antenna is adjusted by adjusting an electrostatic capacitance of said capacitor electrodes used for table type antenna resonance.

11. A flat-plate antenna according to claim 1, wherein said capacitor used for strip line resonance is set so that an electrostatic capacitive coupling between said table type antenna and strip line resonator is approximately in a state of critical coupling.

12. A flat-plate antenna according to claim 1, wherein said capacitor electrode installed between one of said connecting members and another connecting member is plural in number.

13. A flat-plate antenna for use in mobile communications comprising:

a ground plate;

a table-shape antenna comprising a conductive top plate and a plurality of connecting members which electrically connect said top plate to said ground plate;

a capacitor electrode for resonating said table shape antenna, said electrode being installed between said connecting members and between said top plate and ground plate;

a strip line resonator provided under said table shape antenna and between said top plate and said ground plate; and

a capacitor electrode for resonating said strip line resonator, said electrode being provided on said strip line resonator so as to position under a central area of said top plate.

14. A flat-plate antenna according to claim 13, wherein both ends of said strip line resonator are connected to said ground plate and said capacitor electrode on said strip line resonator is located beneath a center of said top plate, said strip line resonator positioned in a central area inside said table shape being caused to resonate at λ

/2 with respect to a frequency used.

15. A flat-plate antenna according to claim 13, wherein one end of said strip line resonator is connected to said ground with other end unconnected, said capacitor electrode used for strip line resonance is connected to an unconnected end of said strip line resonator which is installed so that said capacitor electrode used for strip line resonance is positioned at a central area under said top plate so that said strip line resonator resonates at λ

/4 with respect to a frequency used.

16. A flat-plate antenna according to claim 13, wherein a feeding line is connected to said strip line resonator so that a feeding point is between a grounded end of said strip line resonator and said capacitor electrode used for strip line resonance.

17. A flat-plate antenna according to claim 16, wherein matching of an impedance of said flat-plate antenna and an impedance of said feeder line is obtained by varying a position of said feeding point.

18. A flat-plate antenna according to claim 13, wherein said top plate is provided with cut-outs extending from an outer edge toward a center of said top plate.