Antenna apparatus

• US 7,812,778 B2
• Filed: 12/26/2007
• Issued: 10/12/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hasegawa, Minoru
• Primary Examiner(s): Wimer; Michael C
• Assistant Examiner(s): MCCAIN, KYANA RASHAWN
• Application Number:
  US11/964,499
• Publication Number:
  US 20080150822A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,021 Days
• Field of Search: 343/790, 343/791, 343/834, 343/840, 343/837, 343/802, 343/792, 343/781.P, 343/781.CA, 343/752
• US Class Current: 343/790
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/246 specially adapted for base stations
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/42 Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 19/023 for reducing the scattering of mounting structures, e.g. of the struts
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 19/102 wherein the surfaces are of convex toroïdal shape biconical horns H01Q13/04
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/16 with feed intermediate between the extremities of the antenna, e.g. centre-fed dipole H01Q9/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/30 with feed to end of elongated active element, e.g. unipole H01Q9/44 takes precedence

Abstract

An antenna apparatus is provided, which removes dead directions, and at the same time, has a suppression means for easily suppressing the change of an antenna directivity pattern caused by the effect of a feed line or a radome and an improvement means for simply improving the VSWR deterioration caused by the effect of a reflector or the radome. The antenna apparatus includes a sleeve antenna connected to a coaxial cable and a reflector in the shape of a cone, the sleeve antenna including a central conductor and a sleeve, in which the sleeve antenna is arranged in a concave portion of the cone so that the central conductor is aligned with a central axis of the cone, and a top end of the central conductor is separate from a vertex portion of the cone.

Claims

1. An antenna apparatus comprising:

a sleeve antenna connected to a coaxial cable, the sleeve antenna including a central conductor and a sleeve;

a reflector having a cone shape;

an impedance matching disk arranged at the central conductor of the sleeve antenna and along the central axis of the reflector; and

an interference suppression disk arranged at the coaxial cable of the sleeve antenna and along the central axis of the reflector,

wherein the sleeve antenna is arranged in a concave portion of the reflector, the central conductor is aligned with a central axis of the reflector, and a top end of the central conductor is separate from a vertex portion of the reflector.

2. The antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a radome, the radome being made from a resinoid and having a cone shape,

wherein a lower end of the reflector and a lower end of the radome closely approach each other to form a housing space therebetween, and the sleeve antenna is housed within the housing space.

3. The antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a radome, the radome being made from a resinoid and having a cone shape,

wherein a lower end of the reflector and a lower end of the radome closely approach each other to form a housing space therebetween, and the sleeve antenna is housed within the housing space.

4. The antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a radome, the radome being made from a resinoid and having a cone shape,

wherein a lower end of the reflector and a lower end of the radome closely approach each other to form a housing space therebetween, and the sleeve antenna is housed within the housing space.

5. The antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a radome, the radome having a side surface in a cylinder shape and a top surface in a cone shape,

wherein the reflector is arranged on the top surface of the radome, and the sleeve antenna is housed within the cylinder.

6. The antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a radome, the radome having a side surface in a cylinder shape and a top surface in a cone shape,

wherein the reflector is arranged on the top surface of the radome, and the sleeve antenna is housed within the cylinder.

7. The antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a radome, the radome having a side surface in a cylinder shape and a top surface in a cone shape,

wherein the reflector is arranged on the top surface of the radome, and the sleeve antenna is housed within the cylinder.

8. The antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reflector is made from a material selected from the group consisting of metal plates, metal meshes and dielectric material coated with metals.

9. The antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reflector is made from a material selected from the group consisting of metal plates, metal meshes and dielectric material coated with metals.

10. The antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reflector is made from a material selected from the group consisting of metal plates, metal meshes and dielectric material coated with metals.