Active reception antenna with coplanar feeder

• US 5,714,965 A
• Filed: 09/21/1995
• Issued: 02/03/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nippon Mektron Limited (NOK Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nippon Mektron Limited (NOK Corporation)
• Inventors: Taguchi, Mitsuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Hajec, Donald T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ho, Tan
• Application Number:
  US08/531,443
• Time in Patent Office: 866 Days
• Field of Search: 343/701, 343/741, 343/742, 343/743, 343/744, 343/700 MS, 343/795, 343/855, 343/858, 343/713, 333/113, 333/204
• US Class Current: 343/866
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 7/00 Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop

Abstract

An active reception antenna with a coplanar waveguide having a high actual gain in the frequency band as broad as 100% or larger of the central frequency. The reception active antenna with a coplanar waveguide has: a pair of coplanar waveguide functioning as a feeder, the coplanar waveguide including a center conductor and two ground conductors printed on one surface of a dielectric film; and an antenna element conductor connected to the coplanar waveguide, the antenna element conductor being printed on the surface of the dielectric film, wherein the feed points of the antenna element conductor are disposed near the ends of the feeder, an active circuit including a field effect transistor is mounted between the feed points and the ends of the feeder, the impedance of the antenna element conductor and the feeder is matched together, and a signal received by the antenna element conductor is amplified and supplied to the feeder.

Claims

1. An active reception antenna comprising:

a pair of coplanar waveguides functioning as a feeder, said coplanar waveguides including a center conductor and two ground conductors printed on one surface of a dielectric film; and

an antenna element conductor connected to said coplanar waveguides, said antenna element conductor being printed on the surface of said dielectric film and having a positive reactance and a lower gain at a lower frequency range than at a higher frequency range,

wherein feed points of said antenna element conductor are disposed near the ends of said feeder, an active circuit including a field effect transistor is mounted between the feed points and the ends of said feeder, and said field effect transistor has a negative input reactance to ensure conjugate impedance matching with said antenna element conductor at the lower frequency range so that the impedance of said antenna element conductor and said feeder is matched together at the lower frequency range and a signal received by said antenna element conductor is amplified and supplied to said feeder for the lower frequency range and a higher frequency range.

2. An active reception antenna comprising:

a pair of coplanar waveguides functioning as a feeder, the coplanar waveguides including a center conductor and two ground conductors printed on one surface of a dielectric film;

an antenna element conductor connected to the coplanar waveguides and printed on the surface of the dielectric film, the antenna element conductor having a positive input reactance substantially over a VHF channel frequency range, wherein feed points of the antenna element conductor are disposed near the ends of the feeder; and

an active circuit, including a field effect transistor, mounted between the feed points and the ends of the feeder, the field effect transistor having a negative input reactance substantially over at least the VHF channel frequency range to ensure conjugate impedance matching with the antenna element conductor over the VHF channel frequency range, wherein the active circuit amplifies a signal received by the antenna element conductor and supplied to the feeder for the VHF channel frequency range and a UHF channel frequency range.

3. An active reception antenna according to claim 2, wherein the field effect transistor has a gate connected to one of the feed points, a source connected to the two ground conductors through a resistor and a capacitor, and a drain connected to the center conductor.

4. An active reception antenna according to claim 2, wherein the antenna element conductor has a positive input reactance over the VHF channel frequency range of about 100 MHz to 300 MHz.