Near field antenna for object detecting device

• US 9,214,987 B2
• Filed: 05/18/2014
• Issued: 12/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Auden Techno Corp.
• Original Assignee: Auden Techno Corp.
• Inventors: Yang, Cheng-Min, Liu, Hsien-Wen
• Primary Examiner(s): WEST, LEWIS G
• Application Number:
  US14/280,660
• Publication Number:
  US 20150333804A1
• Time in Patent Office: 576 Days
• Field of Search: 324/117.R, 324/144, 455/41.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 1/07 Non contact-making probes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10336 the antenna being of the near field type, inductive coil
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 19/10 using reflecting surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/22 Capacitive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/26 using coils
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/73 for taking measurements, e.g. using sensing coils
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/77 for interrogation

Abstract

A near field antenna adapted to an object detecting device, for sensing a plurality of units under test of at least an object under test. The near field antenna comprises a periodic guided-wave structure, a metallic reflection portion and at least two near field magnetic coupling antennas. The periodic guided-wave structure disposed below the object under test has a plurality of conductive units periodically arranged on a first plane. The metallic reflection portion is disposed under the periodic guided-wave structure to form an enclosed space. The near field magnetic coupling antennas are disposed on a second plane parallel to the periodic guided-wave structure, and are located in the enclosed space. The feed point and the ground point of each near field magnetic coupling antenna are fed by a coaxial cable with a feeding direction parallel to the periodically arranged conductive units.

Claims

1. A near field antenna utilized for an object detecting device, for sensing a plurality of units under test of at least an object under test, the object under test having a plurality of surfaces, each surface of the object under test disposed with at least one unit under test, the near field antenna comprising:

a periodic guided-wave structure, disposed below the object under test, having a plurality of conductive units periodically arranged on a first plane;

a metallic reflection portion, disposed under the periodic guided-wave structure, the metallic reflection portion and the periodic guided-wave structure forming an enclosed space; and

two near field magnetic coupling antennas, disposed on a second plane parallel to the periodic guided-wave structure, located in the enclosed space formed by the metallic reflection portion and the periodic guided-wave structure, the two near field magnetic coupling antennas respectively located in two sides of a symmetrical center on the second plane, the distances from each of the near field magnetic coupling antennas to the symmetrical center being the same, each near field magnetic coupling antenna comprising;

a plurality of annularly arranged radiators, with a first gap formed between any two adjacent radiators; and

an annular conductive portion, having a plurality of annular conductive segments, each annular conductive segment partially overlapping two adjacent radiators, with a second gap formed between the two adjacent annular conductive segments and the annular conductive portion surrounding the radiators;

wherein the two adjacent radiators are associated with a feed point and a ground point, and the feed point and the ground point are defined in the neighborhood of the first gap between the two adjacent radiators;

wherein the feed point and the ground point of one of the two near field magnetic coupling antennas are fed by a first coaxial cable with a first feeding direction, the feed point and the ground point of another one of the two near field magnetic coupling antennas are fed by a second coaxial cable with a second feeding direction, the first feeding direction and the second feeding direction are parallel to the periodically arranged conductive units, and the first feeding direction and the second feeding direction are opposite directions;

wherein an angle formed by a line segment connecting the two near field magnetic coupling antennas and the periodically arranged conductive units is between 30 degrees and 50 degrees.

2. The near field antenna according to claim 1, wherein the number of the annular conductive segments is equal to the number of the radiators, the radiators are arranged in a predetermined manner so that a star-shape cavity where no radiators are present is defined, the radiators are formed by having a disk-shaped conductive plate evenly partitioned at a plurality of predetermined positions so as to define the star-shaped cavity, with the predetermined positions serving as vertices of the star-shaped cavity, and the annular conductive segments are evenly partitioned at a plurality of equally-partitioned points, with the number of the equally-partitioned points equal to the number of the vertices of the star-shape cavity.

3. The near field antenna according to claim 2, wherein the equally-partitioned point is located at a predetermined position in horizontal alignment with a center of the disk-shaped conductive plate and a vertex of the radiator.

4. The near field antenna according to claim 1, further comprising:

a nonconductive substrate, disposed on the periodic guided-wave structure, the nonconductive being for supporting the object under test, the thickness of the nonconductive substrate being less than 5 millimeters.

5. The near field antenna according to claim 1, wherein each surface of the object under test is disposed with a plurality of units under test, the units under test on the same surface of the object under test have the same orientation.

6. The near field antenna according to claim 1, wherein the feed point and the ground point are for feeding a UHF (Ultra High Frequency) signal.

7. The near field antenna according to claim 2, wherein the number of the vertices of the star-shaped cavity is more than three.

8. A near field antenna utilized for an object detecting device, for sensing a plurality of units under test of at least an object under test, the object under test having a plurality of surfaces, each surface of the object under test disposed with at least one unit under test, the near field antenna comprising:

a periodic guided-wave structure, disposed below the object under test, having a plurality of conductive units periodically arranged on a first plane;

a metallic reflection portion, disposed under the periodic guided-wave structure, the metallic reflection portion and the periodic guided-wave structure forming an enclosed space; and

a plurality of near field magnetic coupling antennas, disposed on a second plane parallel to the periodic guided-wave structure, located in the enclosed space formed by the metallic reflection portion and the periodic guided-wave structure, each near field magnetic coupling antenna comprising;

a plurality of annularly arranged radiators, with a first gap formed between any two adjacent radiators; and

an annular conductive portion, having a plurality of annular conductive segments, each annular conductive segment partially overlapping two adjacent radiators, with a second gap formed between the two adjacent annular conductive segments and the annular conductive portion surrounding the radiators;

wherein the two adjacent radiators are associated with a feed point and a ground point, and the feed point and the ground point are defined in the neighborhood of the first gap between the two adjacent radiators;

wherein the feed point and the ground point of each near field magnetic coupling antenna are fed by a coaxial cable with a feeding direction, the feeding direction is parallel to the periodically arranged conductive units.

9. The near field antenna according to claim 8, wherein the number of the annular conductive segments is equal to the number of the radiators, the radiators are arranged in a predetermined manner so that a star-shape cavity where no radiators are present is defined, the radiators are formed by having a disk-shaped conductive plate evenly partitioned at a plurality of predetermined positions so as to define the star-shaped cavity, with the predetermined positions serving as vertices of the star-shaped cavity, and the annular conductive segments are evenly partitioned at a plurality of equally-partitioned points, with the number of the equally-partitioned points equal to the number of the vertices of the star-shape cavity.

10. The near field antenna according to claim 9, wherein the equally-partitioned point is located at a predetermined position in horizontal alignment with a center of the disk-shaped conductive plate and a vertex of the radiator.

11. The near field antenna according to claim 8, further comprising:

a nonconductive substrate, disposed on the periodic guided-wave structure, the nonconductive being for supporting the object under test, the thickness of the nonconductive substrate being less than 5 millimeters.

12. The near field antenna according to claim 8, wherein each surface of the object under test is disposed with a plurality of units under test, the units under test on the same surface of the object under test have the same orientation.

13. The near field antenna according to claim 8, wherein the feed point and the ground point are for feeding a UHF (Ultra High Frequency) signal.

14. The near field antenna according to claim 9, wherein the number of the vertices of the star-shaped cavity is more than three.