Loop antenna device

• US 6,664,936 B2
• Filed: 02/20/2001
• Issued: 12/16/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Ieda, Kiyokazu, Muramoto, Satoshi, Mushiake, Eiji, Murakami, Yuichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Don
• Assistant Examiner(s): DINH, TRINH VO
• Application Number:
  US09/785,471
• Publication Number:
  US 20010026244A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,029 Days
• Field of Search: H01/Q.700, 343/866, 343/867, 343/787, 343/788, 343/742, 343/713, 336/182, 336/184, 336/220, 336/221, 336/229, 336/117, 336/147, 336/170, 336/172, 336/180, 336/183
• US Class Current: 343/866
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 81/78 as part of a hands-free locking or unlocking operation
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 17/001 for modifying the directional characteristic of an aerial
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/24 Combinations of antenna units polarised in different directions for transmitting or receiving circularly and elliptically polarised waves or waves linearly polarised in any direction circularly polarised patch antennas H01Q9/0428; circularly polarised horns H01Q13/0241; cross-polarised horns H01Q13/0258; polarisation converters H01Q15/242; cross-polarised rear feeds H01Q19/136; crossed polarisation dual antenna H01Q25/001
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 7/08 Ferrite rod or like elongated core

Abstract

A loop antenna device has a first antenna generating a first magnetic field and a second antenna generating a second magnetic field such that the first magnetic field and the second magnetic field each have a different axis. A series resonant circuit and a parallel resonant circuit are provided for the first antenna and the second antenna, respectively. The series resonant circuit has at least a second coil, a link coil wound around a ferrite core, and a capacitor in series. The parallel resonant circuit has a first coil and a capacitor. When one of the first and second antennas are disposed in the vicinity of a conductor, an electromagnetic wave absorbing member is disposed between a conductor and one of the first and second antennas.

Claims

1. A loop antenna device located adjacent an outside surface of a vehicle, comprising:

a case disposed against the outside surface of the vehicle,

an antenna disposed in the case and generating a magnetic field component perpendicular to the outside surface of the vehicle; and

an electromagnetic absorbing member absorbing the magnetic field generated toward the outside surface of the vehicle and disposed between the antenna and the surface of the vehicle, wherein said electromagnetic absorbing member is selected from a group consisting of Fe—

Si—

Al alloy and polyethylene thermoplastic elastomer, Mn/Zn ferrite and Ethylene Propylene copolymer Ethylene propylene diene terpolymer, and Mn/Mg/Zn ferrite and soft poly-vinyl chloride.

2. The loop antenna device as set forth in claim 1,

wherein the antenna including a first antenna generating a first magnetic field as well as a second antenna generating a second magnetic field, and the first magnetic field crosses perpendicular to the second magnetic field.

3. The loop antenna device as set forth in claim 2, wherein

the first antenna including a first resonant circuit comprised by a first coil and a first condenser connected to the first coil;

the second antenna including a second resonant circuit comprised by a second coil wound in a direction perpendicular to a winding direction of the first coil on the outside of the first antenna, a link coil wound in the same winding direction as the first coil and connected to the second coil, and a second condenser connected to the link coil.

4. A loop antenna device comprising:

a first antenna including a first resonant circuit comprised by a first coil and a first condenser connected to the first coil;

a second antenna including a second resonant circuit comprised by a second coil wound in a direction perpendicular to a wound direction of the first coil on the outside of the first antenna, a link coil wound in the same wound direction of the first coil and connected to the second coil, and a second condenser connected to the link coil;

a case made of a conductor accommodating the first antenna and the second antenna, and

an electromagnetic wave absorbing member absorbing the magnetic field generated toward the outside surface of the vehicle and disposed between the case and at least one of the first coil and the second coil, wherein said electromagnetic absorbing member is selected from a group consisting of Fe—

Si—

Al alloy and polyethylene thermoplastic elastomer, Mn/Zn ferrite and Ethylene Propylene copolymer Ethylene propylene diene terpolymer, and Mn/Mg/Zn ferrite and soft poly-vinyl chloride.

5. The loop antenna device as set forth in claim 4, wherein the first resonant circuit is a parallel resonant circuit, the second resonant circuit is one of a series resonant circuit and a parallel resonant circuit.

6. The loop antenna device as set forth in claim 4, wherein the electromagnetic wave absorbing member is a sheet.

7. The loop antenna device as set forth in claim 4, wherein the first coil and the second coil are wound around a ferrite core.

8. The loop antenna device as set forth in claim 4, wherein the loop antenna device is used for a vehicle and the case is a vehicle part made of a metal member.

9. The loop antenna device as set forth in claim 4, wherein the first and second antennas are disposed in a door handle.

10. A loop antenna device comprising:

a first antenna including a first coil for generating a first magnetic field;

a second antenna including a second coil for generating a second magnetic field such that an axis of the first magnetic field and an axis of the second magnetic field cross in an orthogonal manner to each other;

a link coil extending from one end of the second coil;

a case made of a conductor accommodating the first antenna and the second antenna; and

an electromagnetic wave absorbing member absorbing the magnetic field generated toward the outside surface of the vehicle and disposed between the case and at least one of the first antenna and the second antenna, wherein said electromagnetic absorbing member is selected from a group consisting of Fe—

Si—

Al alloy and polyethylene thermoplastic elastomer, Mn/Zn ferrite and Ethylene Propylene copolymer Ethylene propylene diene terpolymer, and Mn/Mg/Zn ferrite and soft poly-vinyl chloride.

11. The loop antenna device as set forth in claim 10, wherein the electromagnetic wave absorbing member is a sheet.

12. The loop antenna device as set forth in claim 10, wherein the first coil and the second coil are wound around a ferrite core.