Omnidirectional wideband antenna

• US 8,179,330 B2
• Filed: 05/07/2009
• Issued: 05/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Waltho, Alan E.
• Primary Examiner(s): PHAN, THO GIA
• Application Number:
  US12/437,490
• Publication Number:
  US 20100283689A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,104 Days
• Field of Search: 343/741, 343/742, 343/866, 343/867, 343/702
• US Class Current: 343/742
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/25 Ultra-wideband [UWB] systems, e.g. multiple resonance systems; Pulse systems
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/40 Element having extended radiating surface

Abstract

An antenna may comprise a first loop, a second loop, and a third loop, which are arranged to have a common intersection point on an axis that is common to the first, second, and the third loop. The first, second, and the third loop are mutually separated by an angle of separation to form a triple crossed loop antenna. The triple crossed loop antenna may provide omni-directional radiation pattern over wide band of frequency.

Claims

1. An antenna comprising:

a plurality of loops comprising a first loop, a second loop, and a third loop,

wherein the first loop is substantially bisected by a common axis, the second loop is substantially bisected by the common axis and touches the first loop at an intersection point along the common axis, and the third loop is substantially bisected by the common axis and touches the first loop and the second loop at the intersection point along the common axis,

wherein the first loop, the second loop, and the third loop are substantially equally spaced apart around the common axis,

wherein the first loop, the second loop, and the third loop cross each other at a common feed point with longer axes of the first loop, the second loop, and the third loop arranged along a common central axis passing through the common feed point,

wherein the second loop is positioned at a first angle to the first loop, the third loop is positioned at a second angle to the second loop, and the first loop is positioned at a third angle to the third loop, and

wherein the crossed loop antenna containing the first loop, the second loop, and the third loop is to generate an omni-directional over a wideband of frequency.

2. The antenna of claim 1, wherein the first loop, the second loop, and the third loop are made of conducting material.

3. The antenna of claim 2, wherein the thickness of the conducting material forming the first loop, the second loop, and the third loop is substantially thin compared to the length of a longer axis of the first loop, the second loop, and the third loop.

4. The antenna of claim 1, wherein intersection point on the common axis is a point proximate to a ground plane on which the first loop, the second loop, and the third loop are provisioned.

5. The antenna of claim 1, wherein intersection point on the common axis is a point distant to a ground plane on which the first loop, the second loop, and the third loop are provisioned.

6. The antenna of claim 1, wherein the dimension of the first loop, the second loop, and the third loop are selected based on a lowest desired operating frequency.

7. The antenna of claim 1, wherein the antenna is to provide an omni-directional radiation pattern within a frequency band limited by the lowest operating frequency and the highest operating frequency, wherein the lowest desired operating frequency is substantially less than a highest operating frequency.

8. The antenna of claim 7, wherein the shape of a first omni-directional pattern provided by the antenna at the lowest operating frequency is substantially same as the shape of a second omni-directional provided by the antenna at the highest operating frequency.

9. An apparatus comprising:

a first elliptical loop, a second elliptical loop, and a third elliptical loop,

wherein major axes of the first elliptical loop, the second elliptical loop, and the third elliptical loop lie along a common axis and the first elliptical loop, the second elliptical loop, and the third elliptical loop crossed at a common point located on the common axis, and

wherein the first elliptical loop, the second elliptical loop, and the third elliptical loop are arranged to be apart from each other by a common angle to generate a substantially omni-directional radiation pattern,

wherein the first elliptical loop, the second elliptical loop, and the third elliptical loop cross each other at a common feed point with longer axes of the first elliptical loop, the second elliptical loop, and the third elliptical loop arranged along a common central axis passing through the common feed point,

wherein the second elliptical loop is positioned at a first angle to the first elliptical loop, the third elliptical loop is positioned at a second angle to the second elliptical loop, and the first elliptical loop is positioned at a third angle to the third elliptical loop, and

wherein the apparatus is to generate an omni-directional over a wideband of frequency.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the first elliptical loop, the second elliptical loop, and the third elliptical loop are made of a conducting material.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the major axis and minor axis of the first elliptical loop, the second elliptical loop, and the third elliptical loop is selected based on a lowest desired operating frequency.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the lowest operating frequency is 2.1 gigahertz.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the major axes of the first elliptical loop, the second elliptical loop, and the third elliptical loop is at least 1.25 times longer than minor axes of the first elliptical loop, the second elliptical loop, and the third elliptical loop.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein highest desired operating frequency is at least twice the lowest desired operating frequency.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the common angle that separates the first elliptical loop, the second elliptical loop, and the third elliptical loop is 120 degrees.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the gain in decibels of the omni-directional radiation pattern is 0.2 decibels at an operating frequency of 5.4 gigahertz.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the gain in decibels of the omni-directional radiation pattern is −

0.8 decibels at an operating frequency of 2.1 gigahertz.

18. A radio system comprising:

a plurality of transmitters,

a plurality of receivers, and

a crossed loop antenna containing three elliptical loops coupled to the plurality of transmitters and the plurality of receivers,

wherein the three elliptical loops cross each other at a common feed point with longer axes of the three elliptical loops arranged along a common central axis passing through the common feed point,

wherein a second loop of the three elliptical loops is positioned at a first angle to the first loop, a third loop of the three elliptical loops is positioned at a second angle to the second loop, and a first loop of the three elliptical loops is positioned at a third angle to the third loop,

wherein the crossed loop antenna containing three elliptical loops is to generate an omni-directional over a wideband of frequency.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the wideband of frequency is bound by a higher frequency value and a lower frequency value, wherein the higher frequency value is at least 20 percent higher than the lower frequency value.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the longer axes of the three elliptical loops is less than 2 centimeters.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein the longer axes of the three elliptical loops is 0.2 Lamda, the wavelength measured at the lower frequency value.

22. The system of claim 19, wherein the higher frequency value is 6.2 gigahertz and the lower frequency value is 2.1 gigahertz.

23. The system of claim 18, wherein the higher frequency value is at least 200 percent higher than the lower frequency value.

24. The system of claim 18, wherein the higher frequency value is 300 percent higher than the lower frequency value.

25. The system of claim 18, wherein the crossed loop antenna containing three elliptical loops provides a radiation efficiency of at least 90 percent.