Antenna apparatus

• US 7,423,594 B2
• Filed: 04/13/2006
• Issued: 09/09/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Inventors: Kurashima, Shigemi, Yanagi, Masahiro, Iwata, Hideki, Arita, Takashi, Yuba, Takashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Hoang V
• Application Number:
  US11/402,867
• Publication Number:
  US 20060267844A1
• Time in Patent Office: 880 Days
• Field of Search: 343/700.MS, 343/702, 343/846, 343/850, 343/853, 343/795
• US Class Current: 343/700.0MS
• CPC Class Codes: H01P 1/203 Strip line filters
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2258 used with computer equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/0075 Stripline fed arrays H01Q21/065 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/205 providing an omnidirectional coverage turnstile aerials H01Q21/26
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/28 Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting antenna units or systems multiple beam H01Q25/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/285 Planar dipole H01Q9/065 takes precedence; patch antenna H01Q9/0407
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/40 Element having extended radiating surface

Abstract

An antenna apparatus is disclosed. The antenna apparatus includes a dielectric substrate; an antenna element pattern formed on the dielectric substrate; a grounding pattern connected to the element pattern; a feed line formed on the dielectric substrate, and connected to the element pattern; and a filter connected to the feed line.

Claims

1. The antenna apparatus comprising:

a dielectric substrate;

an antenna element pattern formed on the dielectric substrate;

a feed line connected to the antenna element pattern; and

a filter inserted into the feed line wherein

the filter is constituted by a distributed constant circuit formed by an electrically conductive pattern of a ring filter having a stub arranged at a middle part of the feed line.

2. The antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the feed line is structured by one of a strip line and a microstrip line.

3. The antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dielectric substrate is made of a material that is flexible.

4. The antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

one of a narrow-band antenna apparatus and a wideband antenna apparatus.

5. An antenna apparatus, comprising:

a dielectric substrate;

an antenna element pattern formed on the dielectric substrate;

a feed line formed on the dielectric substrate, and connected to the antenna element pattern;

a filter inserted into the feed line; and

a signal level adjustment unit for adjusting a signal level on the feed line, the signal level adjustment unit being inserted into the feed line,

wherein the filter is placed on a surface, of the dielectric substrate, opposed to another surface on which a grounding pattern is placed, and the filter includes a ring filter having a stub arranged at a middle part of the feed line.

6. The antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the signal level adjustment unit is one of an attenuator and an amplifying circuit.

7. The antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the feed line is constituted by one of a strip line and a microstrip line.

8. The antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the dielectric substrate is made of a material that is flexible.

9. The antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 5, further comprising:

one of a narrow-band antenna apparatus and a wideband antenna apparatus.

10. An antenna apparatus, comprising:

a dielectric substrate;

an antenna element pattern formed on the dielectric substrate;

a grounding pattern;

a feed line connected to the antenna element pattern; and

a connector including a signal line connection unit to connect an end of a signal line to the feed line, and a grounding conductor connected to the grounding pattern, wherein another end of the signal line is connected to a transceiver unit and the connector is a surface mount connector, and wherein

the surface mount connector is connected to the grounding pattern via a through via formed in the dielectric substrate.

11. An antenna apparatus, comprising:

a dielectric substrate;

an antenna element pattern formed on the dielectric substrate;

a grounding pattern;

a feed line connected to the antenna element pattern; and

a connector including a signal line connection unit to connect an end of a signal line to the feed line, and a grounding conductor connected to the grounding pattern, wherein another end of the signal line is connected to a transceiver unit and the connector is a surface mount connector, and wherein

the dielectric substrate consists of a material that is flexible, and

the surface mount connector is connected to the grounding pattern by turning up a part of the dielectric substrate.

12. An antenna apparatus, comprising:

a dielectric substrate;

an antenna element pattern formed on the dielectric substrate;

a grounding pattern;

a feed line connected to the antenna element pattern;

a connector including a signal line connection unit to connect an end of a signal line to the feed line, and a grounding conductor connected to the grounding pattern, wherein another end of the signal line is connected to a transceiver unit; and

one of a narrow-band antenna apparatus and a wideband antenna apparatus.

13. An antenna apparatus comprising:

a dielectric substrate;

an antenna element pattern formed on the dielectric substrate;

a grounding pattern formed on the dielectric substrate;

a feed line connected to the antenna element pattern; and

a coaxial cable including a signal line connected to the feed line and a grounding conductor connected to the grounding pattern, wherein the grounding conductor of the coaxial cable is connected to the grounding pattern via a through via formed in the dielectric substrate.

14. The antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 13, further comprising:

one of a narrow-band antenna apparatus and a wideband antenna apparatus.

15. An antenna apparatus comprising:

a dielectric substrate;

an antenna element pattern formed on the dielectric substrate;

a grounding pattern formed on the dielectric substrate;

a feed line connected to the antenna element pattern; and

a coaxial cable including a signal line connected to the feed line and a grounding conductor connected to the grounding pattern, wherein;

the dielectric substrate consists of a material that is flexible, and

the grounding conductor of the coaxial cable is connected to a part of the grounding pattern which part becomes on the same surface as the feed line by partially folding the dielectric substrate.

16. The antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 15, further comprising:

one of a narrow-band antenna apparatus and a wideband antenna apparatus.

17. An antenna apparatus, comprising:

a dielectric substrate;

a balanced feed type antenna element pattern formed on the dielectric substrate;

a balanced feed line formed on the dielectric substrate for supplying electric power to the balanced feed type antenna element pattern; and

a filter connected to the balanced feed line, wherein the filter is constituted by a stub that extends from a point of the balanced feed line to outside in a first direction, and is bent in a second direction at a point of the stub.

18. The antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 17, wherein the dielectric substrate consists of a material that is flexible.

19. The antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 17, further comprising:

one of a narrow-band antenna apparatus and a wideband antenna apparatus.

20. An antenna apparatus, comprising:

a dielectric substrate;

a plurality of antenna element patterns formed on the dielectric substrate;

a feed line connected to the antenna element pattern; and

a distributor connecting the antenna element patterns and the feed line wherein the antenna element patterns are arranged in mutually different directions.

21. The antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 20, wherein the distributor includes a power distributor.

22. The antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 20, wherein the distributor includes a rat race type hybrid circuit.

23. The antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 20, wherein the distributor includes a branch line type hybrid circuit.

24. The antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 20, wherein the antenna element patterns are formed in a shape that enables UWB communications.

25. An antenna apparatus, antenna apparatus, comprising:

a dielectric substrate;

a plurality of antenna element patterns formed on the dielectric substrate;

a feed line connected to the antenna element pattern; and

a distributor connecting the antenna element patterns and the feed line wherein a filter circuit is provided between the antenna element patterns and the distributor.

26. The antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 25, wherein the distributor includes a power distributor.

27. The antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 25, wherein the distributor includes a rat race type hybrid circuit.

28. The antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 25, wherein the distributor includes a branch line type hybrid circuit.

29. The antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 25, wherein the antenna element patterns are formed in a shape that enables UWB communications.

30. An antenna apparatus, comprising:

a dielectric section;

a plurality of antenna element patterns formed on surfaces of the dielectric section;

a feed line connected to the antenna element pattern;

a distributor connecting the antenna element patterns and the feed line, wherein the dielectric section is formed in the shape of a prism and each of the antenna element patterns is formed on a different side of the dielectric section.

31. The antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 30, wherein the distributor is formed at a bottom of the dielectric section.