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Two-frequency slotted planar antenna

Assignee: Denso Corp
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Filing: 1986-05-16
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Granted: 1988-10-04
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Expires: 2006-05-16
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Abstract

Abstract A two-frequency planar antenna incorporates a resonant antenna and a slot antenna which are arranged in a superposed manner on the same dielectric substrate so as to be operable independently without interfering with each other. The two-frequency planar antenna includes a front conductor plate arranged on one surface of a dielectric substrate to serve as a radiation conductor plate of a resonant antenna and a slotted conductor of a slot antenna, a back conductor plate arranged on the other surface of the dielectric substrate to serve as a grounding conductor of the resonant antenna and a reflector of the slot antenna, and a slot antenna feed line embedded in the dielectric substrate. The slot antenna feed line is arranged along an axis where an electric field in an excitation mode of the resonant antenna is reduced to zero and at least one slot is formed in the front conductor plate along the feed line.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yoshihisa Shibata
  • 👤 Hiroshi Mizuno

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 16:48
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01Q; H01Q21/00; H01Q21/06; H01Q21/061; H01Q21/064; H01Q13/00; H01Q13/10; H01Q13/106; H01Q5/00; H01Q5/30; H01Q5/307; H01Q5/342; H01Q5/35; H01Q9/00; H01Q9/04; H01Q9/0407

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim 208 words
A two frequency planar antenna comprising: dielectric substrate means having first and second surfaces; front conductor plate means disposed on said first surface and having at least one slot with a slot longitudinal direction parallel to a first direction, for (a) providing a radiation conductor for a resonant antenna at one of said two frequencies, and for (b) providing a slotted conductor for a slotted antenna for the other one of said two frequencies; first feed line means disposed on said first surface substantially parallel to said first direction, for supplying first frequency power to said front conductor plate means between said front conductor plate means and a ground conductor; back conductor plate means disposed on said second surface for (a) providing said ground conductor for said resonant antenna, and for (b) providing a reflector for said slotted antenna; and second feed line means disposed inside said dielectric substrate means between said first and second surfaces, for providing second frequency power to said slotted antenna between said slotted antenna and said seconds feed line means, said second feed line means being arranged parallel to a second direction where an electric field of said resonant antenna is reduced to substantially zero in an excitation mode of said resonant antenna.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 208 words
A two frequency planar antenna comprising: dielectric substrate means having first and second surfaces; front conductor plate means disposed on said first surface and having at least one slot with a slot longitudinal direction parallel to a first direction, for (a) providing a radiation conductor for a resonant antenna at one of said two frequencies, and for (b) providing a slotted conductor for a slotted antenna for the other one of said two frequencies; first feed line means disposed on said first surface substantially parallel to said first direction, for supplying first frequency power to said front conductor plate means between said front conductor plate means and a ground conductor; back conductor plate means disposed on said second surface for (a) providing said ground conductor for said resonant antenna, and for (b) providing a reflector for said slotted antenna; and second feed line means disposed inside said dielectric substrate means between said first and second surfaces, for providing second frequency power to said slotted antenna between said slotted antenna and said seconds feed line means, said second feed line means being arranged parallel to a second direction where an electric field of said resonant antenna is reduced to substantially zero in an excitation mode of said resonant antenna.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 16 words
An antenna according to claim 1, wherein said slot is arranged along said second feed line.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 16 words
An antenna according to claim 1, wherein said front conductor plate means has a circular shape.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 16 words
An antenna according to claim 1, wherein said front conductor plate means has a rectangular shape.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 16 words
An antenna according to claim 1, wherein said front conductor plate means has an annular shape.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 29 words
An antenna according to claim 1, wherein said front conductor plate means has a size determined in accordance with an operating frequency and excitation mode of said resonant antenna.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 16 words
An antenna according to claim 1, wherein an opening of said slot has a rectangular shape.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 23 words
An antenna according to claim 1, wherein the opening of said slot is small in area as compared with said front conductor plate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 28 words
An antenna according to claim 1, wherein a longitudinal length of said slot is selected to be half a wavelength at an operating frequency of said slotted antenna.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 28 words
An antenna according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of said slots are arranged at predetermined spaced intervals according to a direction of radiation of said slot antenna.

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