Flat-conductor connection element for an antenna structure

• US 9,171,658 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2012
• Issued: 10/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France (Compagnie De Saint-Gobain)
• Original Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France (Compagnie De Saint-Gobain)
• Inventors: Reul, Bernhard, Droste, Stefan, Degen, Christoph
• Primary Examiner(s): Thompson, Timothy
• Assistant Examiner(s): EGOAVIL, GUILLERMO J
• Application Number:
  US14/110,124
• Publication Number:
  US 20140060921A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,338 Days
• Field of Search: 343/700, 343/702, 343/704, 343/718, 343/797, 343/793, 343/795, 343/829, 343/830, 343/892, 343/906, 174/70, 174/88, 174/117, 307/10.1, 307/9.1, 439/77, 439/83, 439/492, 439/493
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10036 comprising two outer glass sheets
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10293 Edge features, e.g. inserts or holes
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 13/06 Insulating conductors or cables H01B13/32 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 7/0861 comprising one or more screens
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/1271 for mounting on windscreens
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/52 Means for reducing coupling between antennas; Means for reducing coupling between an antenna and another structure absorbing means H01Q17/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/526 Electromagnetic shields
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49018 with other electrical component

Abstract

A flat-conductor connection element for an antenna structure is described. The flat-conductor connection element is arranged in or on a pane and has: a flat conductor with a base layer, a conductor track, a first dielectric layer, a shield, and a second dielectric layer and a metal frame.

Claims

1. A flat-conductor connection element for an antenna structure, which is arranged in or on a pane, comprising:

a flat conductor comprising;

a base layer,

a conductor track, which is arranged above the base layer,

a first dielectric layer, which is arranged above the conductor track,

a shield, which is arranged, at least in sections, above the first dielectric layer, and

a second dielectric layer, which is arranged above the shield, and

a metal frame, wherein

the conductor track is electrically conductively connected to the antenna structure and the flat conductor runs outward over an edge of the pane, and

the flat conductor is arranged, at least in sections, adjacent the metal frame and the shield is capacitively coupled to a reference ground via the metal frame.

2. The flat-conductor connection element according to claim 1, wherein the shield is arranged between the conductor track and the metal frame.

3. The flat-conductor connection element according to claim 1, wherein the shield extends over at least 50% of a surface of the flat conductor outside the pane.

4. The flat-conductor connection element according to claim 1, wherein the metal frame comprises a vehicle body or a movable metal frame, in particular a metal window frame.

5. The flat-conductor connection element according to claim 1, wherein the shield is arranged with an area of 30 mm² to 200 mm² at a distance of 0.02 mm to 2 mm from the metal frame and the second dielectric layer has a relative permittivity value of 1 to 6.

6. The flat-conductor connection element according to claim 1, wherein a capacitance between the shield and the metal frame is from 5 nF to 10 pF.

7. The flat-conductor connection element according to claim 1, wherein the base layer, the first dielectric layer, and/or the second dielectric layer comprises:

A) a plastic,

B) a varnish layer, or

C) a gas.

8. The flat-conductor connection element according to claim 1, wherein the conductor track and/or the shield comprises a metal foil, a metallized polymer film, a metal wire, or a metal wire mesh.

9. The flat-conductor connection element according to claim 1, wherein the conductor track and/or the shield comprises i) copper, ii) aluminum, iii) tin, iv) gold, v) silver, or mixtures of i)-v).

10. The flat-conductor connection element according to claim 1, wherein the shield comprises a metal foil, wherein the metal foil has a width greater than a width of the conductor track.

11. The flat-conductor connection element according to claim 1, wherein the antenna structure comprises at least one linear emitter, one planar emitter, or a hybrid structure made of linear emitters and planar emitters.

12. A pane comprising the flat-conductor connection element according to claim 1.

13. A method for producing the flat-conductor connection element for an antenna structure according to claim 1, comprising the steps:

a) connecting the conductor track of the flat conductor to the antenna structure on a first pane,

b) leading the flat conductor out over an outer edge of the first pane, and

c) installing the first pane in the metal frame,

wherein the shield of the flat conductor is arranged over the second dielectric layer adjacent, at least in sections, to the metal frame and the shield is capacitively coupled to the reference ground via the metal frame.

14. The method for producing the flat-conductor connection element according to claim 13, wherein in step b), the flat conductor is led out over the outer edge of the first pane, and the first pane is connected surface-to-surface to a second pane via a thermoplastic adhesive layer.

15. A method comprising:

using the flat-conductor connection element according to claim 1 for an antenna structure, wherein

the flat-conductor connection element is arranged on a single pane, in a composite glass pane or on the composite glass pane;

A) in a vehicle body or a vehicle door of a means of transportation on land, on water, or in air,

B) in a metal frame of a building, preferably an exterior faç

ade or a building window, or

C) in a functional and/or decorative individual piece and as a built-in part in furniture and devices.

16. The flat-conductor connection element according to claim 3 wherein the shield extends over at least 75% of the surface of the flat conductor outside the pane.

17. The flat-conductor connection element according to claim 3, wherein the shield extends over at least 90% of the surface of the flat conductor outside the pane.

18. The flat-conductor connection element according to claim 7, wherein the plastic is:

i) polyimide,

ii) polyamide,

iii) polyethylene,

iv) polypropene,

v) polybutylene terephthalate,

vi) polycarbonate,

vii) polyethylene terephthalate,

viii) polyethylene naphthalate,

ix) polybutadiene,

x) polyvinyl chloride,

xi) polytetrafluoroethylene,

xii) mixtures of the plastics i)-xi), or

xiii) copolymers of the plastics i)-xi).

19. The flat-conductor connection element according to claim 7, wherein the varnish layer is alkyd resin, acrylic resin, epoxy resin, polyurethane, or an adhesive.

20. The flat-conductor connection element according to claim 19, wherein the adhesive is

i) acrylate adhesive,

ii) methyl methacrylate adhesive,

iii) polyurethanes,

iv) polyolefins,

v) cyanoacrylate adhesive,

vi) poly epoxies,

vii) silicone adhesive,

viii) silane cross-linking polymer adhesives,

ix) RTV silicone rubber,

x) HTV silicone rubber,

xi) peroxide vulcanizing silicone rubber,

xii) addition vulcanizing silicone rubber,

xiii) mixtures of the adhesives i)-xii), or

xiv) copolymers of the adhesives i)-xii).

21. The flat-conductor connection element according to claim 7, wherein the gas is air.