Automobile windshield antenna incorporating windshield heater
First Claim
1. An automobile windshield antenna for receiving a first reception frequency band and a second reception frequency band, said antenna comprising:
- a defogging heater wire which resonates in said first reception frequency band but not in said second reception frequency band, a terminal of said heater wire being grounded in terms of high-frequency by a capacitor or insulated in terms of high-frequency from a power supply circuit by a choke coil for said first reception frequency band, anda conductor which is installed in said window glass and has an output terminal, said conductor being resonant in said first reception frequency band but not in said second reception frequency band,wherein said heater wire and conductor are installed in such a positional relationship that said heater wire and conductor are inductively and capacitively coupled together in said first reception frequency band, thus forming a state of double resonance, said heater wire and conductor are respectively capable of reception in said first reception frequency band, and said heater wire and conductor are electrically not coupled in said second reception frequency band so that reception of said second reception frequency band is accomplished only by said conductor.
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Abstract
An automobile antenna including a defogging heater wire and a conductor combined into a simple structure to accomplish a good FM reception. A capacitor which effects high-frequency grounding of the terminals of a defogging heater wire is installed between the terminals and a vehicle body; alternately, FM choke coils can be installed which prevents the heater wire from receiving high-frequency signals from a power source of the heater wire. The heater wire which resonates in the FM frequency band but not in the AM frequency band is inductively and capacitively coupled to the conductor which is installed on the surface of the window glass and resonates in the FM frequency band but not in the AM frequency band. The heater wire and conductor are installed in such a positional relationship that a double resonance is created.
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7 Claims
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1. An automobile windshield antenna for receiving a first reception frequency band and a second reception frequency band, said antenna comprising:
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a defogging heater wire which resonates in said first reception frequency band but not in said second reception frequency band, a terminal of said heater wire being grounded in terms of high-frequency by a capacitor or insulated in terms of high-frequency from a power supply circuit by a choke coil for said first reception frequency band, and a conductor which is installed in said window glass and has an output terminal, said conductor being resonant in said first reception frequency band but not in said second reception frequency band, wherein said heater wire and conductor are installed in such a positional relationship that said heater wire and conductor are inductively and capacitively coupled together in said first reception frequency band, thus forming a state of double resonance, said heater wire and conductor are respectively capable of reception in said first reception frequency band, and said heater wire and conductor are electrically not coupled in said second reception frequency band so that reception of said second reception frequency band is accomplished only by said conductor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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