Antenna element, adaptive antenna apparatus, and radio communication apparatus

• US 6,633,257 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2001
• Issued: 10/14/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ito, Hiroki
• Primary Examiner(s): Tarcza, Thomas H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): MULL, FRED H
• Application Number:
  US09/877,310
• Publication Number:
  US 20010052874A1
• Time in Patent Office: 858 Days
• Field of Search: 342/368-377, 343/700.MS
• US Class Current: 342/368
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/065 Patch antenna array
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 3/2605 Array of radiating elements provided with a feedback control over the element weights, e.g. adaptive arrays
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/0407 Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna dipole H01Q9/285; monopole H01Q9/40

Abstract

An antenna element includes a substrate formed of a dielectric material having a specific inductive capacity exhibiting frequency distributing properties, a grounding conductor formed on one surface of the substrate, a plurality of radiating conductors formed on the other surface of the substrate, and a plurality of feeder lines provided for passing through the substrate for connecting the grounding conductor to the radiating conductors. This antenna element is able to achieve equivalent gain for plural frequencies.

Claims

1. An antenna element comprising:

a substrate formed of a dielectric material having a relative dielectric permittivity exhibiting frequency dependent properties of negative slope;

a grounding conductor formed on a surface of said substrate;

a plurality of radiating conductors formed on an other surface of said substrate; and

a plurality of feeder lines passing through said substrate, each said feeder line including a shell conductor connected to said grounding conductor and a core line connected to one of said radiating conductors.

2. The antenna element according to claim 1 wherein each of said radiating conductors is of a square shape with each side thereof L being such that L=λ

/2, where L is the length of each side of the square and λ

is the wavelength of a reception or a transmission signal.

3. The antenna element according to claim 2 wherein said radiating conductors are arranged in an array.

4. An adaptive antenna apparatus comprising:

a substrate formed of a dielectric material having a relative dielectric permittivity exhibiting frequency dependent properties of negative slope;

a grounding conductor formed on a surface of said substrate;

a plurality of radiating conductors formed on an other surface of said substrate;

a plurality of feeder lines passing through said substrate, each said feeder line including a shell conductor connected to said grounding conductor and a core line connected to one of said radiating conductors;

a frequency band distributing circuit fed with a reception signal of a plurality of frequency bands from said radiating conductors over said feeder line for outputting signals of said frequency bands in said reception signal in separate frequency bands;

a plurality of demodulation circuits for demodulating the signals of the respective frequency bands from said frequency band distributing circuit; and

a signal synthesis circuit for synthesizing demodulated signals from said demodulating circuits according to said separate frequency bands.

5. The adaptive antenna apparatus according to claim 4 wherein each of said radiating conductors is of a square shape with each side thereof L being such that L=λ

/2, where L is the length of each side of the square and λ

is the wavelength of a reception or a transmission signal.

6. The adaptive antenna device according to claim 5 wherein said radiating conductors are arranged in an array.

7. A radio communication apparatus capable of communication in a plurality of communication systems, comprising:

a substrate formed of a dielectric material having a relative dielectric permittivity exhibiting frequency dependent properties of negative slope;

a grounding conductor formed on a surface of said substrate;

a plurality of radiating conductors formed on an other surface of said substrate;

a plurality of feeder lines passing through said substrate, each said feeder line including a shell conductor connected to said grounding conductor and a core line connected to one of said radiating conductors;

a frequency band distributing circuit fed with a reception signal or a plurality of frequency bands from said radiating conductors over said feeder line for outputting signals of said frequency bands in said reception signal in separate frequency bands;

a plurality of demodulation circuits for demodulating the signals of the respective frequency bands from said frequency band distributing circuit;

a signal synthesis circuit for synthesizing demodulated signals from said demodulating circuits according to said separate frequency bands; and

a signal processing circuit fed with signals from said signal synthesis circuit synthesized for said respective frequencies, said signal processing circuit accommodating said plural communication systems.

8. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 7 wherein each of said radiating conductors is of a square shape with each side thereof L being such that L=λ

/2, where L is the length of each side of the square and λ

is the wavelength of a reception or a transmission signal.

9. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 8 wherein said radiating conductors are arranged in an array.