Feeding apparatus for monopole antenna and related analog broadcast player system and integration system

• US 8,594,736 B2
• Filed: 06/04/2013
• Issued: 11/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation (Wistron Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation (Wistron Corporation)
• Inventors: Huang, Chang-Hsiu, Hsu, Chieh-Sheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Dao, Minh D
• Application Number:
  US13/909,115
• Publication Number:
  US 20130278479A1
• Time in Patent Office: 175 Days
• Field of Search: 455/562.1, 455/569.2, 455/575.9, 455/152.1, 455/344, 455/345, 455/3.06, 455/3.02, 439/581, 343/795, 343/749
• US Class Current: 455/562.1
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/24 with receiving set
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/30 with feed to end of elongated active element, e.g. unipole H01Q9/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/62 for transportation systems, e.g. in vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 40/90 specially adapted for satellite broadcast receiving

Abstract

An analog broadcast playing system includes a monopole antenna, a feeding apparatus and a multimedia player device. The monopole antenna has a radiating unit and a grounding unit. The feeding apparatus includes a first feeding unit and a second feeding unit. The first feeding unit is coupled to an inner conductor of a coaxial cable for feeding a multimedia signal transmitted by the coaxial cable to the radiating unit. The second feeding unit is coupled to a conducting mesh of the coaxial cable for connecting to the grounding unit. The multimedia player device is coupled to the radiating unit for demodulating and playing the multimedia signal.

Claims

1. An analog broadcast playing system, comprising:

a monopole antenna having a radiating unit and a grounding unit;

a feeding apparatus, comprising;

a first feeding unit coupled to an inner conductor of a coaxial cable for feeding a multimedia signal transmitted by the coaxial cable to the radiating unit; and

a second feeding unit coupled to a conducting mesh of the coaxial cable for connecting to the grounding unit; and

a multimedia player device coupled to the radiating unit for demodulating and playing the multimedia signal.

2. The analog broadcast player system of claim 1, wherein the monopole antenna is an FM antenna, and the multimedia player device is a vehicle FM player device.

3. The analog broadcast player system of claim 1, wherein the multimedia signal is an analog broadcast signal in an available FM frequency band and the analog broadcast signal is transformed from a digital satellite broadcast signal received by a digital satellite broadcast transformation device.

4. The analog broadcast player system of claim 1, wherein the first feeding unit makes metal contact with the radiating unit in order to feed the multimedia signal to the radiating unit.

5. The analog broadcast player system of claim 4, wherein the first feeding unit and the radiating unit are made of metal material.

6. The analog broadcast player system of claim 1, wherein the second feeding unit makes metal contact with the grounding unit.

7. The analog broadcast player system of claim 6, wherein the second feeding unit and the grounding unit are made of metal material.

8. The analog broadcast player system of claim 1, wherein the first feeding unit and the radiating unit are ¼

wavelength open circuit transmission lines respectively.

9. The analog broadcast player system of claim 1, wherein the second feeding unit and the grounding unit are ¼

wavelength open circuit transmission lines respectively.

10. The analog broadcast player system of claim 1, wherein the first feeding unit feeds the multimedia signal to the radiating unit by using electromagnetic coupling.

11. The analog broadcast player system of claim 1, wherein the second feeding unit is electromagnetically coupled to the grounding unit.

12. The analog broadcast player system of claim 1, wherein the multimedia player device obtains the multimedia signal fed by the feeding apparatus from the radiating unit.

13. A digital and analog broadcast integration system, comprising:

a digital broadcast transformation device for receiving a digital satellite broadcast signal, and transforming the digital satellite broadcast signal into an analog broadcast signal in order to transmit the analog broadcast signal to an analog broadcast player system via a coaxial cable;

an analog broadcast player system, comprising;

a monopole antenna having a radiating unit and a grounding unit; and

a feeding apparatus comprising;

a first feeding unit coupled to an inner conductor of the coaxial cable for feeding the analog broadcast signal to the radiating unit; and

a second feeding unit coupled to a conducting mesh of the coaxial cable for connecting to the grounding unit; and

a multimedia player device coupled to the radiating unit for demodulating and playing the analog broadcast signal.

14. The digital and analog broadcast integration system of claim 13, wherein the monopole antenna is an FM antenna, and the multimedia player device is a vehicle FM player device.

15. The digital and analog broadcast integration system of claim 13, wherein the analog broadcast signal is in an available FM frequency band and is transformed from a digital satellite broadcast signal received by a digital satellite broadcast transformation device.

16. The digital and analog broadcast integration system of claim 13, wherein the first feeding unit makes metal contact with the radiating unit in order to feed the analog broadcast signal to the radiating unit.

17. The digital and analog broadcast integration system of claim 16, wherein the first feeding unit and the radiating unit are made of metal material.

18. The digital and analog broadcast integration system of claim 13, wherein the second feeding unit makes metal contact with the grounding unit.

19. The digital and analog broadcast integration system of claim 18, wherein the second feeding unit and the grounding unit are made of metal material.

20. The digital and analog broadcast integration system of claim 13, wherein the first feeding unit and the radiating unit are ¼

wavelength open circuit transmission lines respectively.

21. The digital and analog broadcast integration system of claim 13, wherein the second feeding unit and the grounding unit are ¼

wavelength open circuit transmission lines respectively.

22. The digital and analog broadcast integration system of claim 13, wherein the first feeding unit feeds the analog broadcast signal to the radiating unit by using electromagnetic coupling.

23. The digital and analog broadcast integration system of claim 13, wherein the second feeding unit is electromagnetically coupled to the grounding unit.

24. The digital and analog broadcast integration system of claim 13, wherein the multimedia player device obtains the multimedia signal fed by the feeding apparatus from the radiating unit.