Omnidirectional antenna formed one or two antenna elements symmetrically to a ground conductor

• US 5,898,405 A
• Filed: 03/18/1997
• Issued: 04/27/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Iwasaki, Hisao
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, HOANGANH T
• Application Number:
  US08/819,987
• Time in Patent Office: 770 Days
• Field of Search: 343/700 MS, 343/872, 343/846, 343/848, 343/873, 343/829
• US Class Current: 343/700.0MS
• 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 21/08 the units being spaced along or adjacent to a rectilinear path waveguide fed H01Q21/0037
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 25/005 providing two patterns of opposite direction; back to back antennas H01Q25/004 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/0457 electromagnetically coupled to the feed line

Abstract

On respective ground conductor plate surfaces, first and second dielectric substrates are formed. First and second antenna elements made of a conductor film of a rectangular cooper leaf or the like are formed on opposite surfaces of the first and second dielectric substrates to the ground conductor plate. The first and second antenna elements-are fed by, for example, a coplanar waveguide feed line, slot feed or the like. Thus, an omnidirectional antenna is realized having simple construction, reducing a size and production cost.

Claims

1. An antenna, comprising:

a ground conductor plate;

a first antenna element opposed to a first surface of said ground conductor plate;

a second antenna element opposed to a second surface of said ground conductor plate; and

a feed line time electromagnetically coupling and feeding both said first antenna element and said second antenna element.

2. The antenna as set forth in claim 1, said antenna further comprising:

a first dielectric substrate formed between said ground conductor plate and said first antenna element; and

a second dielectric substrate formed between said ground conductor plate and said second antenna element.

3. The antenna as set forth in claim 1, wherein said feed line is a coplanar waveguide feed line.

4. The antenna as set forth in claim 1, wherein said feed line feeds said first antenna element and said second antenna element via a slot feed.

5. The antenna as set forth in claim 4,

wherein said ground conductor plate has a first ground conductor plate and a second ground conductor plate facing each other;

and

said feed line is formed between said first ground conductor plate and said second ground conductor plate, and slot portions disposed on said first ground conductor plate and on said second ground conductor plate, respectively.

6. The antenna as set forth in claim 2,

wherein said first antenna element is a first patch antenna formed on a first dielectric substrate;

and said

second antenna element is a second patch antenna formed on a second dielectric substrate.

7. The antenna as set forth in claim 2,

wherein dimensions of said first dielectric substrate and said second dielectric substrate which intersect with longer sides said feed line at right angle are set to 0.1 to 0.35 times of wave length used.

8. The antenna as set forth in claim 1,

wherein a plurality of said first antenna elements and a plurality of said second antenna elements are formed at predetermined intervals along with longer sides of said feed line.

9. The antenna as set forth in claim 8,

wherein a plurality of said first antenna elements and a plurality of said second antenna elements are fed by an electromagnetic coupling feeding via one continuous coplanar waveguide feed line.

10. The antenna as set forth in claim 8,

wherein adjacent antenna elements of said plurality of first antenna elements and adjacent antenna elements of said plurality of second antenna elements are fed by an electromagnetic coupling feeding via independent coplanar waveguide feed lines.

11. The antenna as set forth in claim 8,

wherein said ground conductor plate has a first ground conductor plate and a second ground conductor faced each other;

and

a plurality of said first antenna elements and a plurality of said second antenna elements are fed by an electromagnetic coupling feeding via one continuous feed line disposed between said first ground conductor plate and said second ground conductor plate, and via slot portions disposed on said first ground conductor plate and said second ground conductor plate.

12. An antenna comprising:

a pillar-shaped ground conductor;

a cylindrical dielectric substrate formed surrounding said ground conductor;

a plurality of cylindrical antenna element formed on an inside surface of said dielectric substrate; and

a feed means for feeding said antenna element;

wherein a plurality of said antenna elements are fed by an electromagnetic coupling feeding via one continuous feed line of the feed means.

13. An antenna comprising:

a pillar-shaped ground conductor;

a cylindrical dielectric substrate formed surrounding said ground conductor;

a plurality of cylindrical antenna element formed on an inside surface of said dielectric substrate; and

a feed means for feeding said antenna elements;

wherein adjacent antenna elements of a plurality of said antenna elements are fed by an electromagnetic coupling feeding via independent coplanar feed lines of the feed means.

14. An antenna comprising:

a pillar-shaped ground conductor;

a cylindrical dielectric substrate formed surrounding said ground conductor;

a plurality of cylindrical antenna element formed on an inside surface of said dielectric substrate; and

a feed means for feeding said antenna elements;

659

wherein said ground conductor is tube-shaped; and

a plurality of said antenna elements are fed by an electromagnetic coupling feeding via one feed line of the feed means disposed within said ground conductor and via slot portions disposed on said ground conductor.

15. An antenna, comprising:

a ground conductor plate;

a plurality of first antenna elements opposed to a first surface of said ground conductor plate;

a plurality of second antenna elements opposed to a second surface of said ground conductor plate; and

a feed means for feeding said first antenna elements and said second antenna elements, wherein said first antenna elements and said second antenna elements are formed at predetermined intervals along longer sides of said feed means so that the antenna has radiation directivity beam-tilted to a predetermined vertical direction.