Surface mounting antenna having a dielectric base and a radiating conductor film

• US 5,945,959 A
• Filed: 09/12/1997
• Issued: 08/31/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
• Inventors: Aso, Takeshi, Tanidokoro, Hiroaki, Goto, Naohisa
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Don
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ho, Tan
• Application Number:
  US08/928,143
• Time in Patent Office: 718 Days
• Field of Search: 343/700 MS, 343/702, 343/725, 343/728, 343/741, 343/742, 343/866, 343/867, 343/873, 343/846, 343/848
• US Class Current: 343/728
• 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 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
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/0464 Annular ring patch

Abstract

An antenna device including a radiating conductor film having two ends adjacent to each other and connecting the two ends in a loop-like shape, formed on an upper face of a dielectric base body in a rectangular parallelepiped shape having the upper face and a lower face in a square shape in parallel with each other, a grounding conductor film extending in a planar shape formed on the lower face of the dielectric base body, and feeding conductor films and respectively connected to the two ends of the radiating conductor film 12. The feeding conductor films extend in the up and down direction in parallel with each other one of which is connected to the grounding conductor film, are formed on a side face of the dielectric base body 11. The antenna device has high directivity and efficiently transmits and receives electromagnetic waves used in communication.

Claims

1. An antenna device comprising:

a dielectric base body having an upper face and a lower face in parallel with each other;

a radiating conductor film formed on the upper face of the dielectric base body, having two ends adjacent to each other, to form a loop;

a grounding conductor film formed on the lower face of the dielectric base body and extending in a planar shape; and

feeding conductor films formed on a side face of the dielectric base body, respectively connected to the two ends of the radiating conductor film and extending in an up and down direction in parallel with each other, one of said feeding conductor films being connected to the grounding conductor film.

2. The antenna device according to claim 1, wherein the feeding conductor films also serve as electrodes for mounting the antenna device onto a surface of a circuit board.

3. An antenna device comprising:

a dielectric base body having an upper face and a lower face in which a through hole connecting the upper face and the lower face is formed;

a monopole conductor filled in the through hole forming a quarter length monopole antenna structure;

a loop conductor film formed on the upper face, having two ends adjacent to each other to form a loop, one of said two ends being connected to the monopole conductor; and

a grounding conductor film extending on the lower face.

4. The antenna device according to claim 3, further comprising:

a coaxial connector having a central conductor connected to the monopole conductor from a side of the lower face and an external conductor connected to the grounding conductor extending on the lower face.

5. The antenna device according to claim 3, further comprising:

a signal line one end of which is connected to the monopole conductor on the lower face and forming coplanar lines along with the grounding conductor on the lower face;

a feed terminal formed on a side face of the dielectric base body where the feed terminal is formed and connected to the grounding conductor.

6. An antenna device comprising:

a dielectric base body having a lower face and side faces;

a grounding conductor film formed on the lower face and extending in a planar shape;

a radiating conductor film formed on the side faces, having two ends adjacent to each other in a left and right direction and connecting the two ends by horizontally turning around the side faces; and

first and second feeding conductor films formed on the side faces, extending in an up and down direction in parallel with each other, said first feeding conductor film being connected to one of the two ends, said second feeding conductor film connected to another one of the two ends and being connected to the grounding conductor film.

7. The antenna device according to claim 6, wherein the two feeding conductor films also serve as electrodes for mounting the antenna device onto a surface of a circuit board.

8. An antenna device comprising:

a dielectric base body having a lower face;

a grounding conductor film formed on the lower face of the dielectric base body and extending in a planar shape;

a radiating conductor film formed at an inner portion of the dielectric base body, having two ends adjacent to each other to form a loop on a horizontal plane;

two inner feeding conductor films formed at an inner portion of the dielectric base body and respectively connected to the two ends of the radiating conductor film, each extending to a side face of the dielectric base body; and

two side face feeding conductor films formed on the side face of the dielectric base body, extending in an up and down direction in parallel with each other and respectively connected to the inner feeding conductor films being connected to the grounding conductor film.

9. The antenna device according to claim 8, wherein the side face feeding conductor films also serve as electrodes for mounting the antenna device onto a surface of a circuit board.

10. An antenna device comprising:

a dielectric base body having an upper face and a lower face extending horizontally;

a grounding conductor film formed on the lower face of a dielectric base body and extending in a planar shape;

a first loop radiating conductor film formed on the upper face of the dielectric base body and making a turn on the upper face such that two ends opposed to each other across a predetermined first gap are formed;

a second loop radiating conductor film formed at an inner portion of the dielectric base body and making a turn on a horizontal plane such that two ends opposed to each other across a second gap are formed, said second gap having a direction different from a direction of the first gap, each of said directions being determined by a line intersecting a midpoint of a respective gap and a midpoint of a respective loop of a respective radiating conductor film;

two first feeding conductor films respectively connected to the two ends of the first loop radiating conductor film, extending in parallel with each other, one of said two first feeding conductor films being connected to the grounding conductor film; and

two second feeding conductor films respectively connected to the two ends of the second loop radiating conductor film, extending in parallel with each other on a side face of the dielectric base body, one of said two second feeding conductor films being connected to the grounding conductor film.

11. The antenna device according to claim 10, wherein said direction of said first gap and said direction of said second gap are different from each other by 90°

in a horizontal plane.

12. The antenna device according to claim 10, wherein the feeding conductor films also serve as electrodes for mounting the antenna device onto a surface of a circuit board.

13. An antenna device comprising:

a dielectric base body having an upper face, a lower face and side faces;

a grounding conductor film formed on the lower face of the dielectric base body;

four radiating conductor films formed on the upper face or the side faces of the dielectric base body, extending in an horizontal direction, contiguous ends of said four radiating conductor films being opposed to each other via gaps, said four radiating conductor films making a turn by forming four of the gaps at equal intervals; and

eight feeding conductor films respectively connected to respective ends of the four radiating conductor films and extending in an up and down direction.

14. The antenna device according to claim 13, wherein the feeding conductor films also serve as electrodes for mounting the antenna device onto a surface of a circuit board.

15. An antenna device comprising:

a dielectric base body;

a first radiating conductor film in a closed loop shape formed on the dielectric base body and making a turn horizontally;

a grounding conductor film formed on the dielectric base body and extending horizontally; and

a pair of first feeding conductor films extending in an up and down direction in parallel with each other via a side face of the dielectric base body and connected to the first radiating conductor film.

16. The antenna device according to claim 15, wherein the first radiating conductor film is a radiating conductor film in a closed loop shape making a turn on an upper face of the dielectric base body.

17. The antenna device according to claim 15, wherein the first radiating conductor film is a radiating conductor film in a closed loop shape turning around horizontally side faces of the dielectric base body.

18. The antenna device according to claim 15, wherein the first radiating conductor film is a radiating conductor film in a closed loop shape making a turn on a horizontal plane at an inner portion of the dielectric base body.

19. The antenna device according to claim 15, further comprising:

a second radiating conductor film in a closed loop shape horizontally making a turn in addition to the first radiating conductor film at a position of the dielectric base body different from a position where the first radiating conductor film is formed; and

a pair of second feeding conductor films extending in the up and down direction in parallel with each other via positions of a side face of the dielectric base body different from positions where the pair of first feeding conductor films are formed and connected to the second radiating conductor film.

20. The antenna device according to claim 15, wherein a total of four pairs of feeding conductor films including the pair of first feeding conductor films are formed, two feeding conductor films of each pair of feeding conductor films being connected to the radiating conductor film at one of position equally dividing by four an interval turning around the first radiating conductor film and extending in the up and down direction in parallel with each other.

21. An antenna device comprising:

a dielectric base body having an upper face and a lower face and side faces partitioned by a side extending vertically;

a radiating conductor film in a loop formed on the upper face of the dielectric base body;

a grounding conductor film formed on the lower face of the dielectric base body and extending on the lower face; and

two feeding connector films respectively formed on both sides of the side on the side faces of the dielectric base body, respectively connected to the radiating conductor film, extending in an up and down direction in parallel with each other, one of said two feeding conductor films being connected to the grounding conductor film.

22. The antenna device according to claim 21, wherein the radiating conductor film is provided with an open loop shape where points of connecting the radiating conductor film to the two feeding conductor films are electrically opened each other.

23. The antenna device according to claim 22, wherein the radiating conductor film is provided with a closed loop shape where a conductor film in a strip shape turns around.