Antenna directivity adjustment apparatus and antenna directivity adjustment method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10879620-B2
Application number	US-201816496209-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 8, 2018
Priority date	Mar 22, 2017
Publication date	Dec 29, 2020
Grant date	Dec 29, 2020

Abstract

The present disclosure aims to provide an antenna directivity adjustment apparatus and an antenna directivity adjustment method capable of preventing an antenna gain from being reduced and easily adjusting a direction of an antenna. An antenna directivity adjustment apparatus ( 1 ) includes: a second antenna ( 2 ) that is opposed to a radiation surface ( 100 a ) of a first antenna ( 100 ) and receives radio waves output from the first antenna ( 100 ); and an output unit ( 3 ) that is provided in the second antenna ( 2 ), converts a first beam width of the received radio waves into a second beam width wider than the first beam width, and outputs the radio waves having the second beam width.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An antenna directivity adjustment apparatus comprising:
a second antenna that is opposed to a radiation surface of a first antenna and receives radio waves output from the first antenna; and
an output unit that is provided in the second antenna, converts a first beam width of the received radio waves into a second beam width wider than the first beam width, and outputs the radio waves having the second beam width,
wherein the second antenna includes a receiving opening that is arranged in the vicinity of the radiation surface of the first antenna, and wherein the receiving opening of the second antenna has an area and a shape substantially the same as those of the radiation surface of the first antenna.

2. The antenna directivity adjustment apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the output unit is an output opening that is provided so as to cause the radio waves output from the first antenna to penetrate therethrough, the output unit outputting the radio waves having the second beam width.

3. The antenna directivity adjustment apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the output opening has an area smaller than that of the radiation surface of the first antenna.

4. The antenna directivity adjustment apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second antenna is a parabolic antenna or a planar antenna.

5. The antenna directivity adjustment apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the second antenna is a lens antenna, and
the output unit is an output surface that outputs the radio waves having the second beam width from the lens antenna.

6. The antenna directivity adjustment apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a third antenna connected to the second antenna, wherein
the output unit is an output opening that is provided so as to cause the radio waves output from the first antenna to penetrate therethrough, the output unit outputting radio waves from the third antenna, and
the output unit converts a first beam width of radio waves received by the second antenna into a third beam width that is wider than the first beam width but is narrower than the second beam width and outputs the radio waves having the third beam width.

7. The antenna directivity adjustment apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the third antenna is a pyramid horn antenna, a conical horn antenna, or a planar antenna.

8. The antenna directivity adjustment apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein
the third antenna is a conical horn antenna or a pyramid horn antenna,
the antenna directivity adjustment apparatus further includes a lens antenna connected to an output opening of the conical horn antenna or the pyramid horn antenna,
the output unit is an output surface that outputs radio waves from the lens antenna, and
the output unit converts a first beam width of radio waves received by the second antenna into a fourth beam width narrower than the second beam width and the third beam width and outputs the radio waves having the fourth beam width.

9. An antenna directivity adjustment method in an antenna directivity adjustment apparatus, the method comprising:
receiving radio waves output from a first antenna by a second antenna that is opposed to a radiation surface of the first antenna;
converting a first beam width of the radio waves received by the second antenna into a second beam width wider than the first beam width; and
outputting radio waves having the beam width after the conversion,
wherein the second antenna includes a receiving opening that is arranged in the vicinity of the radiation surface of the first antenna, and wherein the receiving opening of the second antenna has an area and a shape substantially the same as those of the radiation surface of the first antenna.

Assignees

• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Tanabe Kosuke
• Marumoto Tsunehisa

Classifications

• H01Q19/06

  using refracting or diffracting devices, e.g. lens {(radome H01Q1/42)} · CPC title

• H01Q1/1257

  using the received signal strength · CPC title

• H01Q15/02 Primary

  Refracting or diffracting devices, e.g. lens, prism · CPC title

• H01Q19/021 Primary

  Means for reducing undesirable effects · CPC title

• H01Q13/02

  Waveguide horns · CPC title