Low frequency planar antenna with large real input impedance

• US 5,623,271 A
• Filed: 04/18/1996
• Issued: 04/22/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Ponnapalli, Saila
• Primary Examiner(s): Hajec, Donald T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ho, Tan
• Application Number:
  US08/634,368
• Time in Patent Office: 369 Days
• Field of Search: 343/895, 343/846
• US Class Current: 343/895
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/22 by structural association with other equipment or articles
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/36 Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; Particular materials used therewithH01Q1/08, H01Q1/14 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/27 Spiral antennas

Abstract

There is disclosed a planar antenna for very low frequencies. The antenna has a high impedance and can be matched to 50 ohm or higher impedance stages. The antenna may be used for applications which require a short range such as a wireless peripheral. The antenna operates only in its near-field and does not require a complex lossy impedance matching network, since the input impedance is large.

Claims

1. A low power planar antenna for resonating at low radio frequencies and operating in near field applications, comprising:

a top layer of conductor consisting of two interwound spiral conductors, each conductor being approximately one quarter wavelength long at a center radio frequency of approximately 50 MHz;

a center layer of dielectric having dimensions of approximately 3 cm by 14 cm, a dielectric constant of approximately 4 and a thickness of approximately 125 mil, said thickness being much less than one quarter wavelength; and

a bottom layer of conductor which is a solid conducting plane, said antenna having a high, real impedance, wherein the real impedance of the antenna is approximately 80 ohms, while an imaginary part of the antenna impedance is substantially negligible, the thickness of said antenna forcing the antenna to operated only in the near field.

2. A low power, short range planar antenna adapted for embedding in a peripheral package, said antenna resonating at low radio frequencies and operating in near field applications, comprising:

a thin rectangular dielectric substrate having dimensions of approximately 3 cm by 14 cm, a dielectric constant of approximately 4 and a thickness of approximately 125 mil, said thickness being much less than one quarter wavelength;

a patterned conductor on a first planar surface of said substrate consisting of two interwound spiral conductors, each conductor being approximately one quarter wavelength long at a center radio frequency of approximately 50 MHz; and

a planar conductor froming a solid conducting plane on a second planar surface of said substrate said antenna having a high, real impedance, wherein the real impedance of the antenna is approximately 80 ohnms, while an imaginary part of the antenna impedance is substantially negligible, the thickness of said antenna forcing the antenna to operated only in the near field.