Antenna

• US 7,173,567 B2
• Filed: 01/14/2004
• Issued: 02/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Ogawa, Koichi, Maeda, Tomoyuki, Inatsugu, Susumu, Ishihara, Hirotaka
• Primary Examiner(s): Dinh; Trinh
• Assistant Examiner(s): MANCUSO, HUEDUNG XUAN CAO
• Application Number:
  US10/756,982
• Publication Number:
  US 20040263407A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,119 Days
• Field of Search: 343/700.MS, 343815-818, 343711-713, 343/702, 343/895, 343/866, 343/741, 343/742
• US Class Current: 343/702
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/3275 mounted on a horizontal surface of the vehicle, e.g. on roof, hood, trunk
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/38 formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support patch antennas H01Q9/0407; microstrip dipole antennas H01Q9/065; microstrip slot antennas H01Q13/106; transmission line microstrip antennas H01Q13/206; manufacturing reflecting surfaces using insulating material for supporting the reflecting surface H01Q15/142
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/42 with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength

Abstract

The antenna of the present invention comprises flat-plate conductive ground plane 1, first antenna element 13 with one end 13a connected to feeding point 2 and intermediate portion 13b folded by a plurality of times, which is extended upward from the ground plane 1, and second antenna element 23 with one end 23a connected to the other end 13c of the first antenna element 13, with intermediate portion 23b formed in symmetrical relation to the first antenna element 13, and also, with the other end 23c connected to the ground plane 1. Thus, it is possible to obtain a small size antenna with the antenna element lowered in height.

Claims

1. An antenna for receiving a current, comprising:

a flat-plate ground plane;

a first antenna element with its one end connected to a feeding point and its intermediate portion folded by a plurality of times, which is extended upward from said ground plane; and

a second antenna element with its one end connected to the other end of said first antenna element and with the other end thereof connected to said ground plane, which has an intermediate portion extended upward from said ground plane, and

wherein said first and second antenna elements each have an electrical length of over ¼

wavelength relative to a frequency band of said current,

a substrate extended upward from said ground plane,

wherein the intermediate portion of said second antenna element is disposed in a symmetrical relation with the intermediate portion of said first antenna element,

wherein the intermediate portion of said first antenna element and the intermediate portion of said second antenna element are arranged symmetrically opposed to each other,

wherein the intermediate portion of said first antenna element is arranged on one surface of said substrate, and

the intermediate portion of said second antenna element is arranged on the other surface opposed to the substrate surface where the intermediate portion of said first antenna element is disposed.

2. The antenna of claim 1, further comprising:

a conductive plate,

wherein said conductive plate is arranged on one surface of said substrate being parallel to said ground plane, and

the other end of said first antenna element and one end of said second antenna element are connected to each other via said conductive plate.

3. The antenna of claim 2,

wherein said first antenna element and said second antenna element are formed of metal plates which are integral with said conductive plate.

4. The antenna of claim 1,

wherein said first and second antenna elements each have an electrical length of 5/4 wavelength relative to said frequency band of said current.

5. The antenna of claim 2,

wherein said first and second antenna elements each have an electrical length of 5/4 wavelength relative to said frequency band of said current.

6. The antenna of claim 3,

wherein said first and second antenna elements each have an electrical length of 5/4 wavelength relative to said frequency band of said current.

7. An antenna, comprising:

a flat-plate ground plane;

a first antenna element with its one end connected to a feeding point and its intermediate portion folded by a plurality of times, which is extended upward from said ground plane; and

a second antenna element with its one end connected to the other end of said first antenna element and with the other end thereof connected to said ground plane, which has an intermediate portion extended upward from said ground plane, and

a substrate extended upward from said ground plane,

wherein the intermediate portion of said second antenna element is disposed in a symmetrical relation with the intermediate portion of said first antenna element,

wherein the intermediate portion of said first antenna element and the intermediate portion of said second antenna element are arranged symmetrically opposed to each other,

wherein the intermediate portion of said first antenna element is arranged on one surface of said substrate, and

the intermediate portion of said second antenna element is arranged on the other surface opposed to the substrate surface where the intermediate portion of said first antenna element is disposed,

a plurality of parasitic antenna elements having an intermediate portion same in shape as the intermediate portion of said first antenna element,

wherein each of said parasitic antenna elements are arranged in parallel relation to the surface where said first antenna element and said second antenna element are disposed, and

one end of said parasitic antenna element is connected to said ground plane with the other end opened.

8. The antenna of claim 7,

wherein said first and second antenna elements each have an electrical length of 5/4 wavelength relative to said frequency band of said current.