Multiple band antenna

• US 6,842,143 B2
• Filed: 05/28/2003
• Issued: 01/11/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NGK Spark PLUG Company Limited
• Original Assignee: NGK Spark PLUG Company Limited
• Inventors: Sugimoto, Noriyasu, Takada, Toshikatsu, Otaka, Naoki
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Hoang V.
• Application Number:
  US10/446,163
• Publication Number:
  US 20040104850A1
• Time in Patent Office: 594 Days
• Field of Search: 343/700.MS, 343/702, 343/895
• US Class Current: 343/700.0MS
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/36 Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; Particular materials used therewithH01Q1/08, H01Q1/14 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/521 reducing the coupling between adjacent antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/371 Branching current paths
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/28 Conical, cylindrical, cage, strip, gauze, or like elements having an extended radiating surface; Elements comprising two conical surfaces having collinear axes and adjacent apices and fed by two-conductor transmission lines waveguide horns or mouths H01Q13/00; slot antennas H01Q13/00

Abstract

A multiple band antenna comprising: a dielectric substrate; and a plurality of conductor parts formed on a face of the dielectric substrate and connected to each other, wherein the plurality of conductor parts comprises: a first conductor part extending in a first direction with a repetitive pattern of peaks and valleys of a linear line and arriving at an open end; a second conductor part extending in a second direction substantially opposite to the first direction with a repetitive pattern of peaks and valleys of a linear line and arriving at an open end; and a third conductor part formed of a wide line having a wider width than that of each of the linear lines of the first and second conductor parts and connected to opposite ends of the first and second conductor parts and also connected to a feeder line.

Claims

1. A multiple band antenna comprising:

a dielectric substrate; and

a plurality of conductor parts formed on a face of the dielectric substrate and connected to each other, wherein

the plurality of conductor parts comprises;

a first conductor part forming a first antenna operating in a first operating frequency band and extending in a first direction with a repetitive pattern of peaks and valleys of a linear line and arriving at an open end;

a second conductor part forming a second antenna operating in a second, different operating frequency band and extending in a second direction substantially opposite to the first direction with a repetitive pattern of peaks and valleys of a linear line and arriving at an open end; and

a third conductor part which provides individual impedance matching for said first and second antennas, said third conductor being formed of a wide line having a wider width than that of each of the linear lines of the first and second conductor parts and being connected to opposite ends of the first and second conductor parts and also connected to a feeder line.

2. The multiple band antenna according to claim 1, which operates with two frequency bands of a 2.4-GHz band and a 5-GHz band.

3. A radio frequency module for transmitting and receiving a signal, comprising the multiple band antenna according to claim 1.

4. The multiple band antenna according to claim 1, wherein a line connecting a connection position of the first and third conductor parts and a connection position of the second and third conductor parts and a line passing through a center of the peaks and valleys and extending in the first direction in the first conductor part are not parallel.

5. A radio frequency module for transmitting and receiving a signal, comprising the multiple band antenna according to claim 4.

6. The multiple band antenna according to claim 1, wherein when a point nearest to a connection position to the third conductor part, of points at which a line passing through a center of the peaks and valleys and extending in the first direction and the linear line in the first conductor part cross each other is a first base point, and

when a point nearest to a connection position to the third conductor part, of points at which a line passing through a center of the peaks and valleys and extending in the second direction and the linear line in the second conductor part cross each other is a second base point,

a first angle between a line extending in a third direction from the second base point to the first base point and a line extending in the first direction is 90 degrees or less.

7. The multiple band antenna according to claim 1, wherein the dielectric substrate is a print circuit board for mounting parts.

8. The multiple band antenna according to claim 7, wherein the print circuit board mounts parts for a radio communication device.

9. A radio frequency module for transmitting and receiving a signal, comprising the multiple band antenna according to claim 1.

10. The radio frequency module according to claim 9, which further comprises a switch for switching a signal path in response to transmission or reception.