Antenna capable of tilting beams in a desired direction by a single feeder circuit, connection device therefor, coupler, and substrate laminating method

• US 6,091,364 A
• Filed: 06/30/1997
• Issued: 07/18/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Tsujimura, Akihiro, Matsuoka, Hidehiro, Murakami, Yasushi, Shoki, Hiroki, Iwasaki, Hisao
• Primary Examiner(s): Font, Frank G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tu T.
• Application Number:
  US08/885,751
• Time in Patent Office: 1,114 Days
• Field of Search: 343/700 MS, 343/846
• US Class Current: 343/700.0MS
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/084 Pivotable antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/0407 Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna dipole H01Q9/285; monopole H01Q9/40
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/0471 Non-planar, stepped or wedge-shaped patch

Abstract

A patch having a circular shape for instance is formed on the main surface of a substrate in the shape of, for example, an equilateral triangle. The center of the main surface of the patch is at a position different from the center of the substrate. A grounding conductor is disposed on the backside of the substrate. Power is supplied to the patch through, for example, a microstrip line, triplate line, coplanar waveguide, slot line or the like. An antenna configured as described above has the center of the patch at a position different from the center of the triangle substrate, so that beams can be tilted in a desired direction by a single patch and a single feeder circuit.

Claims

1. An antenna comprising:

a triangle planar substrate;

a radiation element which is disposed on the triangle planar substrate so as to have a center on a bisector which bisects a vertex angle of the triangle planar substrate, and the center position different from a median point of the triangle planar substrate; and

a feeder portion configured to supply power to the radiation element.

2. An antenna comprising:

a symmetrical polygon planar substrate;

a radiation element which is disposed on the symmetrical polygon planar substrate so as to have a center on a bisector which bisects symmetrically one of vertices of the symmetrical polygon planar substrate, and the center position different from a center of gravity of the symmetrical polygon planar substrate; and

a feeder portion configured to supply power to the radiation element.

3. The antenna as set forth in claim 2, wherein the substrate is triangular.

4. The antenna as set forth in claim 2, wherein the center of the radiating element is on a straight line from the first end portion to the second end portion.

5. An antenna comprising:

a pyramid three-dimensional substrate having at least three triangle planar substrates with a common vertex angle;

a plurality of radiating elements which are disposed on each of the triangle planar substrates so as to have a center on a bisector which bisects a vertex angle of each of the triangle planar substrates, and the center position different from a median point of each of the triangle planar substrates; and

a plurality of feeder portions configured to supply power to each of the respective radiating elements.

6. The antenna as set forth in claim 5, wherein the three-dimensional substrate is formed of four substrates having the shape of an isosceles triangle.

7. The antenna as set forth in claim 5, wherein the feeder portion selectively supplies power to the respective radiating elements.

8. An antenna comprising:

a first grounding conductor having a first opening;

a second grounding conductor which is directly connected to the first grounding conductor with a solder, and has a second opening which has an area larger than the first opening and surrounds the first opening;

a first dielectric substrate which is attached to the second grounding conductor;

a second dielectric substrate which is attached to the first grounding conductor;

a feeder line formed on a first surface, which is an opposite surface of the first grounding conductor, of the second dielectric substrate; and

a radiation conductor formed on a second surface, which is an opposite surface of the second grounding conductor, of the first dielectric substrate.

9. The antenna as set forth in claim 8, wherein:

the first dielectric substrate is adjacent to the first grounding conductor;

the second dielectric substrate is adjacent to the second grounding conductor;

the feeder line is formed on the main surface of the first dielectric substrate; and

the radiation conductor is formed on the main surface of the second dielectric substrate.

10. An antenna comprising:

a first grounding conductor having an opening;

a second grounding conductor which is directly connected to the first grounding conductor with a solder at a plurality of locations located at areas outside an area defined by the opening of the first grounding conductor;

a first dielectric substrate which is attached to the second grounding conductor;

a second dielectric substrate which is attached to the first grounding conductor;

a feeder line formed on a first surface, which is an opposite surface of the first grounding conductor, of the second dielectric substrates, and

a radiation conductor formed on a second surface, which is an opposite surface of the second grounding conductor, of the first dielectric substrate.

11. The antenna as set forth in claim 10, wherein the feeder line is formed on the main surface of the first dielectric substrate;

and the radiation conductor is formed on the main surface of the second dielectric substrate.

12. The antenna as set forth in claim 11, wherein the opening is rectangular.