Planar radiation antenna elements and omni directional antenna using such antenna elements

• US 6,094,177 A
• Filed: 11/24/1998
• Issued: 07/25/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kiyoshi Yamamoto
• Original Assignee: Kiyoshi Yamamoto
• Inventors: Yamamoto, Kiyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Don
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, HOANG V
• Application Number:
  US09/199,997
• Time in Patent Office: 609 Days
• Field of Search: 343/802, 343/803, 343/804, 343/806, 343/810, 343/812, 343/866, 343/867, 343/741, 343/742, 343/890
• US Class Current: 343/806
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/12 Parallel arrangements of substantially straight elongated conductive units travelling-wave antennas comprising transmission line loaded with transverse elements H01Q11/02; Yagi antennas H01Q19/30
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/26 with folded element or elements, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of operating wavelength resonant loop antennas H01Q7/00

Abstract

An antenna of the long frame-type wherein the ratio between the long side and the short side is between 1:4 and 1:8 and the length of the long side is equivalent to one wavelength of the central frequency. One pair of short bars are deployed so that they are located at a distance corresponding to 1/4th to 1/40th of the distance from both end parts of the entire long side length of each long side element. The two end portions of the long side of the antenna is symmetrically bent with respect to a central portion such that the two end portions form an angle of 45 to 90 degrees with respect to the central portion and are parallel to each other.

Claims

1. A flat surface or planar antenna element for an antenna comprising:

a first frame-type antenna element with a pair of short side portions, a pair of long side portions, and a feed point mounted to the long side, said element having a short side ratio to the long side ratio of between about 1;

4 and 1;

8 and wherein the length of a long side portion is approximately equal to the wavelength of a first selected frequency and the short side portion is between about 1/3 to about 1/2 the length of the long side portion, said feed point being located at approximately the central point of the long side, such that each of said two short side portions and long side portions may be excited at the same time;

a short bar mounted at a selected distance from both end points of said pair of long sides;

the short sides mounted on the end points of said pair of long sides so as to form a frame-type antenna element having a perimeter forming an endless conductor; and

said pair of long sides being formed symmetrically around a central portion of said long sides such that a first portion at one end of a long side is bent at an angle of between 45 degrees and 90 degrees with respect to said central portion and a second portion at the other end is bent so as to be parallel to said first portion, and said first and second portions extend from said central portion in opposite directions from each other.

2. The antenna element of claim 1 and further comprising:

an upright support column and said antenna element being mounted thereto;

a second frame-type antenna element spaced from said first frame-type antenna element at a distance of between 1/2-wavelength and 1-wavelength of the central frequency and positioned so as to be at an angle of 90 degrees with said first frame-type antenna element; and

said first and second frame-type antenna elements being selectively oriented to operate in one of the horizontal and the vertical wave polarization modes so as to produce a first omnidirectional antenna with a construction enabling simultaneous excitation of the same phase or a phase difference of 90 degrees.

3. A dual frequency omnidirectional antenna constructed from the antenna element of claim 2 and further comprising:

an upright insulation support column with said first omnidirectional antenna produced by said first and second frame-type antenna elements being mounted thereto;

a second omnidirectional antenna produced by third and fourth frame-type antenna elements, the long side length of said third and fourth elements are approximately equal to the wavelength of a second selected frequency different from said first selected frequency; and

said second omnidirectional antenna mounted to said support column at a selected distance from said first omnidirectional antenna so as to receive/transmit at two different wavelengths.

4. The antenna of claim 3 and further comprising a third omnidirectional antenna produced by fifth and sixth frame-type antenna elements, said elements having a long side approximately equal to the wavelength of a third selected frequency different from said first and second selected frequencies and mounted to said support column at a second selected distance from said second antenna element so as to receive/transmit at three different wavelengths.

5. An antenna element comprising:

a frame-type element with a pair of short side portions, a pair of long side portions, and a feed point mounted to the long side, said element having a short side ratio to the long side ratio of between about 1;

4 and 1;

8 and wherein the long side length is approximately equal to the wavelength of a first selected frequency, said feed point being located at approximately the central point of the long side;

said long side being formed in the shape of a regular polygon having an odd number of angles and an odd number of sides such that the end points of the long side are located adjacent to each other in a non-contacting manner to form one of the angles and are bent to form said short sides, the centermost side of said regular polygon being bent at a central point to create the center of the regular polygon;

an insulation member connected between the two end points of said long sides so as to maintain a constant gap therebetween;

a feed point formed at the central portion of said centermost side of said polygon; and

a pair of short bars mounted one each at a selected distance from both end points.