US5568156A
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High frequency wave glass antenna for an automobile
Assignee: AGC Inc
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Filing: 1995-05-01
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Granted: 1996-10-22
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Expires: 2015-05-01
Abstract
Abstract A high frequency wave glass antenna for an automobile in which a line shape or a strip shape antenna conductor is provided on a glass plate of a window of an automobile in an approximately circular, an approximately elliptic or an approximately polygonal form having an opening portion, a first end of two ends on both sides in the vicinity of the opening portion of the antenna conductor is connected to an electricity feeding portion and a second end thereof is connected to a grounding conductor, and which provides the electricity feeding portion and the grounding conductor that are proximate to each other, or the grounding conductor having a predetermined area. An insular conductor is provided in a range wherein the insular conductor is capacitively coupled with a portion or a total of a preamplifier circuit.
Inventors
- 👤 Fumitaka Terashima
- 👤 Toshihiko Saitou
- 👤 Kiyoshi Shibata
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 06:07
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01Q; H01Q1/00; H01Q1/12; H01Q1/1271; H01Q1/1285
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
146 words
A high frequency wave glass antenna for an automobile comprising: a line shaped antenna provided on a glass plate of a window of an automobile, said line shaped antenna having a shape selected from the group consisting of a circular, elliptic and a polygonal shape, said line shaped antenna having an opening portion enclosed by said line shaped antenna and having two ends forming a mouth of said opening, a first end of said two ends of the antenna conductor is connected to an electricity feeding portion and a second end of said two ends is connected to a grounding conductor; a preamplifier circuit provided on the glass plate of the window for amplifying a signal received by the antenna conductor; an insular conductor capacitively coupled to the preamplifier circuit; and wherein an area of the grounding conductor is not smaller than 2.5 cm 2 .
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
146 words
A high frequency wave glass antenna for an automobile comprising: a line shaped antenna provided on a glass plate of a window of an automobile, said line shaped antenna having a shape selected from the group consisting of a circular, elliptic and a polygonal shape, said line shaped antenna having an opening portion enclosed by said line shaped antenna and having two ends forming a mouth of said opening, a first end of said two ends of the antenna conductor is connected to an electricity feeding portion and a second end of said two ends is connected to a grounding conductor; a preamplifier circuit provided on the glass plate of the window for amplifying a signal received by the antenna conductor; an insular conductor capacitively coupled to the preamplifier circuit; and wherein an area of the grounding conductor is not smaller than 2.5 cm 2 .
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
154 words
A high frequency wave glass antenna for an automobile comprising: a line shaped antenna provided on a glass plate of a window of an automobile, said line shaped antenna having a shape selected from the group consisting of a circular, elliptic and a polygonal shape, said line shaped antenna having an opening portion enclosed by said line shaped antenna and having two ends forming a mouth of said opening, a first end of said two ends of the antenna conductors connected to an electricity feeding portion and a second end of said two ends is connected to a grounding conductor; a preamplifier circuit provided on a glass plate of the window for amplifying a signal received by the antenna conductor; an insular conductor capacitively coupled to the preamplifier circuit; and wherein the electricity feeding portion and the antenna conductor in the vicinity of the electricity feeding portion are capacitively coupled to the grounding conductor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
154 words
A high frequency wave glass antenna for an automobile comprising: a line shaped antenna provided on a glass plate of a window of an automobile, said line shaped antenna having a shape selected from the group consisting of a circular, elliptic and a polygonal shape, said line shaped antenna having an opening portion enclosed by said line shaped antenna and having two ends forming a mouth of said opening, a first end of said two ends of the antenna conductors connected to an electricity feeding portion and a second end of said two ends is connected to a grounding conductor; a preamplifier circuit provided on a glass plate of the window for amplifying a signal received by the antenna conductor; an insular conductor capacitively coupled to the preamplifier circuit; and wherein the electricity feeding portion and the antenna conductor in the vicinity of the electricity feeding portion are capacitively coupled to the grounding conductor.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
173 words
A high frequency wave glass antenna for an automobile comprising: a line shaped antenna provided on the glass plate of a window of an automobile, said line shaped antenna having a shape selected from a group consisting of a circular, elliptic and a polygonal shape, said line shaped antenna having an opening portion enclosed by said line shaped antenna, a first end of two ends, forming a mouth of said opening, of the antenna conductor is connected to an electricity feeding portion and a second end of said two ends is connected to a grounding conductor, wherein a transverse distance between a point where the grounding and conductor contacts the second end of the antenna conductor to a side of a grounding conductor closest to the electricity feeding portion is not smaller than 50% of an inner transverse width of the antenna conductor; a preamplifier circuit provided on the glass plate of the window for amplifying a signal received by the antenna conductor; and an insular conductor capacitively coupled to the preamplifier circuit.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
173 words
A high frequency wave glass antenna for an automobile comprising: a line shaped antenna provided on the glass plate of a window of an automobile, said line shaped antenna having a shape selected from a group consisting of a circular, elliptic and a polygonal shape, said line shaped antenna having an opening portion enclosed by said line shaped antenna, a first end of two ends, forming a mouth of said opening, of the antenna conductor is connected to an electricity feeding portion and a second end of said two ends is connected to a grounding conductor, wherein a transverse distance between a point where the grounding and conductor contacts the second end of the antenna conductor to a side of a grounding conductor closest to the electricity feeding portion is not smaller than 50% of an inner transverse width of the antenna conductor; a preamplifier circuit provided on the glass plate of the window for amplifying a signal received by the antenna conductor; and an insular conductor capacitively coupled to the preamplifier circuit.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
38 words
The high frequency wave glass antenna for an automobile according to claim 2, wherein: a total or a portion of the electricity feeding portion is provided in a cut-off portion formed in a region of the grounding conductor.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
52 words
The high frequency wave glass antenna for an automobile according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein: an area of the grounding conductor is not smaller than 2.5 cm 2 and the antenna conductor is provided such that at least a portion of the grounding conductor is surrounded by the antenna conductor.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
60 words
The high frequency wave glass antenna for an automobile according to claim 2, wherein: a total or a portion of the electricity feeding portion is provided in a cut-off portion formed in a region of the grounding conductor and the antenna conductor is provided such that at least a portion of the grounding conductor is surrounded by the antenna conductor.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
78 words
The high frequency wave glass antenna for an automobile according to claim 2 or claim 3, further comprising: a receiving signal caused between the antenna conductor and the grounding conductor is sent to a receiver after amplifying the receiving signal by a preamplifier circuit provided on the glass plate of a window; and wherein a total or a portion of the electricity feeding portion is provided in a cut-off portion formed in a region of the grounding conductor.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
49 words
The high frequency wave glass antenna for an automobile according to any one of claims 1-3 wherein a portion of the electricity feeding portion is provided in a cut-off portion formed in a region of the grounding conductor and said insular conductor is electrically connected to the preamplifier circuit.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
29 words
The high frequency wave glass antenna for an automobile according to any one of claim 1 through claim 3, wherein a branch line is provided in the antenna conductor.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
42 words
The high frequency wave glass antenna for an automobile according to any one of claim 1 through claim 3, wherein a loop shape conductor is provided in the antenna conductor thereby providing a loop portion at a portion of the antenna conductor.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
57 words
The high frequency wave glass antenna for an automobile according to any one of claim 1 through claim 3, wherein a plurality of separated conductors are provided on the glass plate of a window, the separated conductors being capacitively coupled with the electrical feeding portion and the antenna conductor in the vicinity of the electrical feeding portion.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
30 words
The high frequency wave glass antenna for an automobile according to any one of claim 1 through claim 3, further comprising: a capacitive coupling portion provided in the antenna conductor.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
35 words
The high frequency wave glass antenna according to any one of claim 1 through claim 3, wherein a branch line, a loop shape conductor and a capacitive coupling portion are provided in the antenna conductor.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
75 words
The high frequency wave glass antenna for an automobile according to any one of claim 1 through claim 3, wherein a branch line, a loop shape conductor, and a capacitive coupling portion are provided in the antenna conductor and a plurality of separated conductors provided on the glass plate of a window, the separated conductors being capacitively coupled with the electrical feeding portion and the antenna conductor in the vicinity of the electrical feeding portion.
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