Antenna device and communication device
First Claim
1. An antenna device comprising:
- a substrate;
a radiating electrode formed on said substrate;
a ground electrode formed on said substrate and disposed opposite said radiating electrode;
a feed line as a distributed constant transmission line connected via a feed point positioned at one end of said feed line to said radiating electrode;
an impedance matching element for impedance-matching said radiating electrode at a prescribed signal frequency by being connected in parallel with said radiating electrode to said feed line at a position a prescribed distance away from said feed point; and
a switch, interposed between said impedance matching element and said feed line, for connecting or disconnecting said impedance matching element to or from said feed line in accordance with a prescribed control signal, whereinone end of said impedance matching element is connected to said switch and the other end of said impedance matching element is connected to said ground electrode, and whereinthe other end of said feed line is connected to a communication circuit, and whereinsaid prescribed distance is determined so that when said impedance matching element is connected to said feed line, combined conductance of said radiating electrode and said feed line becomes equal to the conductance of the communication circuit, and whereinsaid prescribed distance is determined by equation
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Abstract
An antenna device includes: a substrate; a radiating electrode formed on the substrate, a ground electrode formed on the substrate and disposed opposite the radiating electrode, a feed line as a distributed constant transmission line connected via a feed point to the radiating electrode, at least one impedance matching element for impedance-matching the radiating electrode at a prescribed signal frequency by being connected in parallel with the radiating electrode to the feed line at a position a prescribed distance away from the feed point, and a switch, interposed between the at least one impedance matching element and the feed line, for connecting or disconnecting the at least one impedance matching element to or from the feed line in accordance with a prescribed control signal.
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9 Claims
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1. An antenna device comprising:
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a substrate; a radiating electrode formed on said substrate; a ground electrode formed on said substrate and disposed opposite said radiating electrode; a feed line as a distributed constant transmission line connected via a feed point positioned at one end of said feed line to said radiating electrode; an impedance matching element for impedance-matching said radiating electrode at a prescribed signal frequency by being connected in parallel with said radiating electrode to said feed line at a position a prescribed distance away from said feed point; and a switch, interposed between said impedance matching element and said feed line, for connecting or disconnecting said impedance matching element to or from said feed line in accordance with a prescribed control signal, wherein one end of said impedance matching element is connected to said switch and the other end of said impedance matching element is connected to said ground electrode, and wherein the other end of said feed line is connected to a communication circuit, and wherein said prescribed distance is determined so that when said impedance matching element is connected to said feed line, combined conductance of said radiating electrode and said feed line becomes equal to the conductance of the communication circuit, and wherein said prescribed distance is determined by equation - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An antenna device comprising:
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a substrate; a radiating electrode formed on said substrate; a ground electrode formed on said substrate and disposed opposite said radiating electrode; a feed line connected via a feed point to said radiating electrode and having a plurality of sub-feed lines as distributed constant transmission lines connected in parallel at one end to said feed point, wherein said plurality of sub-feed lines have different lengths from each other that impedance-match said radiating electrode at different signal frequencies; an impedance matching element connected in parallel to each of said plurality of sub-feed lines at the other end thereof; a first switch, interposed between said feed point and one end of each of said plurality of sub-feed lines, for connecting one of said plurality of sub-feed lines to said radiating electrode in accordance with a prescribed control signal; and a second switch, interposed between said impedance matching element and the other end of each of said plurality of sub-feed lines, for connecting to said impedance matching element one of said plurality of sub-feed lines that is connected to said radiating electrode by said first switch in accordance with said prescribed control signal, and wherein wherein said prescribed distance is determined so that when said impedance matching element is connected to said feed line, combined conductance of said radiating electrode and said feed line becomes equal to the conductance of the communication circuit, and wherein said prescribed distance is determined by equation
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9. A communication device comprising:
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an antenna which comprises a substrate, a radiating electrode formed on said substrate, a ground electrode formed on said substrate and disposed opposite said radiating electrode, a feed line as a distributed constant transmission line connected via a feed point positioned at one end of said feed line to said radiating electrode, an impedance matching element for impedance-matching said radiating electrode at prescribed signal frequency by being connected in parallel with said radiating electrode to said feed line at a position a prescribed distance away from said feed point, and a switch, interposed between said impedance matching element and said feed line, for connecting or disconnecting said impedance matching element to or from said feed line; a control unit which generates a control signal for determining whether or not to operate said switch to connect said impedance matching element to said feed line in accordance with a frequency band used by a communication application, and which sends said control signal to said antenna; and a radio processing unit which receives via said antenna a signal having a frequency falling within the frequency band used by said communication application, and which demodulates said received signal, wherein one end of said impedance matching element is connected to said switch and the other end of said impedance matching element is connected to said ground electrode, and wherein the other end of said feed line is connected to said radio processing unit, and wherein wherein said prescribed distance is determined so that when said impedance matching element is connected to said feed line, combined conductance of said radiating electrode and said feed line becomes equal to the conductance of the communication circuit, and wherein said prescribed distance is determined by equation
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