Antenna apparatus having high receiving efficiency

• US 7,026,996 B2
• Filed: 02/24/2004
• Issued: 04/11/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Harano, Nobuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Ho, Tan
• Application Number:
  US10/784,159
• Publication Number:
  US 20040227675A1
• Time in Patent Office: 777 Days
• Field of Search: 343/700.MS, 343/702, 343/846, 343/833, 343/815
• US Class Current: 343/700.0MS
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 19/005 Patch antenna using one or more coplanar parasitic elements
• 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 9/0421 with a shorting wall or a shorting pin at one end of the element H01Q9/0414 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/42 with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength

Abstract

An antenna apparatus comprise a main antenna line element (22) and a parasitic antenna line element (23) which are located above a conductive plate (21). A feeding terminal (24) is connected to a first end portion (221) of the main antenna line element (23). A second end portion (222) of the main antenna line element (23) comprises an open end. A grounding terminal (25) is connected to a third end portion of the parasitic antenna line element (23). A fourth end portion (232) comprises an open end. The first end portion (221) is close to the third end potion (233) and extend opposite directions. The second end portion (222) extend in the direction perpendicular to the first and the third end portions (221 and 231).

Claims

1. An antenna apparatus used for a radio communication device, comprising:

a conductive plate;

a main line antenna element located parallel to said conductive plate and having first and second end portions extending in different directions perpendicular to each other with said first and second end portions connected to each other, said first end portion providing a feeding point, said second end portion forming an open end; and

a parasitic line antenna element located parallel to said conductive plate and having third and fourth end portions for being electrostatically coupled with said main antenna element;

wherein

said main line antenna element and said parasitic line antenna element are located so that said first end portion is closer to said parasitic line antenna than said second end portion and parallel to said third and said fourth end portions, and

said third end portion and said fourth end portion are separated by a middle portion that is greater than either said third end portion or said fourth end portion, wherein said first end portion is arranged adjacent only one of said third end portion and said fourth end portion.

2. An antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said main line antenna element and said parasitic line antenna element are unified by the use of resin.

3. An antenna apparatus used for a radio communication device, comprising:

a conductive plate;

a main line antenna element located parallel to said conductive plate and having first and second end portions extending in different directions perpendicular to each other, said first end portion providing a feeding point, said second end portion forming an open end; and

a parasitic line antenna element located parallel to said conductive plate and having third and fourth end portions for being electrostatically coupled with said main antenna element;

wherein

said main line antenna element and said parasitic line antenna element are located so that said first end portion is closer to said parasitic line antenna than said second end portion and parallel to said third and said fourth end portions,

wherein said third end portion provides a grounding point connected to said conductive plate while said fourth end portion forms an open end;

said third end portion oriented in opposite direction of said first end portion and closer to said first end portion than said fourth end portion.

4. An antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein said main line antenna element has an L shape while said parasitic line antenna element has an I shape.

5. An antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein said main line antenna element and said parasitic line antenna element have horseshoe shaped portions including said first and said third end portions respectively;

said horseshoe shaped portions engaged with each other to leave space between said horseshoe shaped portions.

6. An antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein said first portion provides another grounding point closer to a longitudinal edge thereof than said feeding point.

7. An antenna apparatus used for a radio communication device, comprising:

a conductive plate;

a main line antenna element located parallel to said conductive plate and having first and second end portions extending in different directions perpendicular to each other, said first end portion providing a feeding point, said second end portion forming an open end; and

a parasitic line antenna element located parallel to said conductive plate and having third and fourth end portions for being electrostatically coupled with said main antenna element;

wherein

said main line antenna element and said parasitic line antenna element are located so that said first end portion is closer to said parasitic line antenna than said second end portion and parallel to said third and said fourth end portions,

wherein said feeding point is located at equal distances from said third and said fourth end portions which forming open ends.