Window mounted mobile antenna system using annular ring aperture coupling
First Claim
1. In a mobile antenna assembly adapted for on-glass mounting, the assembly including a whip antenna, an outside coupling component, and an inside coupling component, the whip antenna being coupled to the outside coupling component, the outside coupling component being adapted for mounting adjacent an outer surface of said glass, the inside coupling component being adapted for mounting adjacent an inner surface of said glass opposite said outside coupling component, an improvement wherein the outside and inside coupling components cooperate to form an annular ring aperture coupler to thereby effect electromagnetic coupling through said glass.
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Abstract
A low cost window-mounted antenna system for mobile communication systems operating at frequencies in and above the 1.5 GHz band includes an annular ring aperture coupler fabricated on printed circuit boards on each side of the window, with a microstrip line etched on each of the printed circuit boards. A collinear array-type whip antenna with a 1/2-wavelength lower section is used with the coupler. A coplanar waveguide trace is printed on the outside coupling unit to form an impedance matching network for the active element. The RF signal is thus electro-magnetically coupled through the window.
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34 Claims
- 1. In a mobile antenna assembly adapted for on-glass mounting, the assembly including a whip antenna, an outside coupling component, and an inside coupling component, the whip antenna being coupled to the outside coupling component, the outside coupling component being adapted for mounting adjacent an outer surface of said glass, the inside coupling component being adapted for mounting adjacent an inner surface of said glass opposite said outside coupling component, an improvement wherein the outside and inside coupling components cooperate to form an annular ring aperture coupler to thereby effect electromagnetic coupling through said glass.
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7. An antenna system employing annular slot aperture coupling, including:
a substrate having first and second sides, the first side including first and second conductive regions, the second region being centrally disposed within the first region, said regions thereby defining an annular gap therebetween, the second side including third and fourth conductive regions, the third region being connected to the first region, the fourth region including a main arm extending away from the third region, the fourth region further including at least two side members extending from said main arm, symmetrically disposed thereabout. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15)
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13. An antenna assembly employing annular slot aperture coupling, including:
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a first substrate having first and second sides, the first side including first and second conductive regions, the second region being centrally disposed within the first region, said regions thereby defining a substantially annular gap therebetween, the second region including a stub extending towards the first region across the annular gap, said stub having notches devoid of conductive material adjacent sides thereof so the stub extends from a central region of the second region rather than from the periphery thereof; and a radiating element connected through said second side of the substrate to the stub on the first side of the substrate. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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- 16. In an on-glass mobile antenna including a whip, an outer member, and an inner member, the whip being mounted to the outer member, and outer and inner members being positioned on opposing sides of a vehicle glass, the inner and outer members including first and second patterned circuit boards which, alone, effect through glass coupling and antenna matching without any lumped circuit component, an improvement wherein a first of the circuit boards includes, on a first side thereof, first and second conductive regions defining an annular gap therebetween.
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21. A mobile antenna assembly employing a through-glass annular ring coupler, said coupler having components adapted to mount on inner and outer surfaces of a vehicle window, the assembly comprising:
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an antenna; a feedline having shield and center conductors; an inner circuit board and an outer circuit board for mounting adjacent said inner and outer surfaces of the vehicle window, respectively, each of said circuit boards having a glass side for positioning nearest the vehicle glass, and a non-glass side opposite said glass side; peripheral and central regions of the glass side of the inner circuit board including conductive foil and defining a generally annular-shaped non-conducting band therebetween; the non-glass side of the inner circuit board having a first conductive region along one side thereof, said first conductive region being connected to the shield conductor of the feedline; the non-glass side of the inner circuit board having a second conductive region extending generally perpendicularly away from the first conductive region, said second conductive region being connected to the center conductor of the feedline; the glass side of the outer circuit board including a first region of conductive foil therearound and including a second region of conductive foil centrally located therein, said first and second regions being insulated from each other, the second region of conductive foil being connected to the antenna at a point along an axis of symmetry of said region. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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- 26. In a glass-mounted vehicle antenna system including a whip antenna and a through-glass coupler, the coupler including an inner circuit board disposed on an inner side of said glass and an outer circuit board disposed on an outer side of said glass, each of said circuit boards having a glass-facing side and a non-glass-facing side, the whip antenna being coupled to a conductive material on the outer circuit board, an improvement wherein peripheral and central regions of the glass-facing side of the inner circuit board include conductive foil and define a generally annular-shaped non-conducting band therebetween, and the whip antenna is connected directly to said conductive material on the outer circuit board.
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31. In a glass-mounted vehicle antenna system including a whip antenna and a through-glass coupler, the coupler including an inner circuit board disposed on an inner side of said glass and an outer circuit board disposed on an outer side of said glass, each of said circuit boards having a glass-facing side and a non-glass-facing side, the whip antenna being coupled to a conductive material on the outer circuit board, an improvement wherein:
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peripheral and central regions of the glass-facing side of the inner circuit board include conductive foil and define a generally annular-shaped non-conducting band therebetween; and a conductive region on at least one of said circuit boards defines a region having a non-arcuate edge. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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Specification