Card antenna

• US 5,828,346 A
• Filed: 08/02/1996
• Issued: 10/27/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Park, Tah Joon
• Primary Examiner(s): Wimer, Michael C.
• Application Number:
  US08/692,049
• Time in Patent Office: 816 Days
• Field of Search: 343/826, 343/702, 343/700 MS, 343/853, 343/876
• US Class Current: 343/826
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2275 associated to expansion card or bus, e.g. in PCMCIA, PC cards, Wireless USB
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/38 formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support patch antennas H01Q9/0407; microstrip dipole antennas H01Q9/065; microstrip slot antennas H01Q13/106; transmission line microstrip antennas H01Q13/206; manufacturing reflecting surfaces using insulating material for supporting the reflecting surface H01Q15/142
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 3/24 varying the orientation by switching energy from one active radiating element to another, e.g. for beam switching
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/36 with top loading

Abstract

A fading phenomenon is eliminated by integrally providing two monopole antennas on a printed circuit board, alternately feeding a high frequency signal to the two monopole antennas by a switching device, and differently forming distances and patterns of the two monopole antennas whereby making a diversity.

Claims

1. A card antenna for emitting signals and receiving signals emitted from another card, said card antenna comprising:

a printed circuit board having opposite corners and front and rear surfaces;

two antenna elements respectively at the opposite corners of the printed circuit board, the antenna elements being thin, conductive, diverse patterns on the front and rear surfaces and spaced from each other about 1/4 of a wavelength of signals to be emitted, wherein an operating frequency of each of the antenna elements is the same;

via holes through the printed circuit board for electrically connecting the thin, conductive, diverse patterns on the front and rear surfaces;

a switching circuit and at least one micro-strip line for switching connections of the antenna elements to a high frequency circuit for the signals; and

a control for controlling the switching circuit to alternately feed the signals to the antenna elements and to receive other signals from the antenna elements.

2. The antenna as defined in claim 1, wherein the thin, conductive, diverse patterns are one of F-shape and inverse F-shape, inverse -shape and -shape, and F-shape and -shape.

3. The card antenna as defined in claim 1, and further comprising a ground pattern on the printed circuit board for forming a predetermined gap between the two antenna elements for adjusting the operating frequency.

4. The card antenna as defined in claim 2, and further comprising a ground pattern on the printed circuit board for forming a predetermined gap between the two antenna elements for adjusting the operating frequency.