Antenna system loaded in vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10910703-B2
Application number	US-201916423827-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 28, 2019
Priority date	Dec 10, 2018
Publication date	Feb 2, 2021
Grant date	Feb 2, 2021

Abstract

An antenna system loaded in a vehicle according to the present invention includes a first antenna system having a plurality of first antenna elements disposed within a structure mounted in the vehicle, to perform Multi Input Multi Output (MIMO), and a second antenna system having a plurality of second antenna elements attached to side surfaces of a polyhedron disposed within the structure, to perform beamforming, wherein the plurality of first antenna elements is provided on substrates, arranged on the structure by predetermined angles, at front and rear sides of the polyhedron, whereby an antenna arrangement structure with an optimized isolation characteristic among antenna elements can be provided in a flat vehicle antenna having an LTE antenna system and a 5G antenna system.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An antenna system configured to be provided in or on a vehicle, the antenna system comprising:
a first antenna system having a plurality of first antenna elements disposed within a structure configured to be mounted in or on the vehicle, the plurality of first antenna elements being configured to perform Multi Input Multi Output (MIMO) communication; and
a second antenna system having a plurality of second antenna elements attached to side surfaces of a polyhedron disposed inside the structure, the plurality of second antenna elements being configured to perform beamforming,
wherein the plurality of first antenna elements are disposed on first substrates arranged on the structure at a predetermined angle, and
wherein the first substrates having the plurality of first antenna elements are located at front and rear sides of the polyhedron.

2. The antenna system of claim 1 , wherein the structure is configured as a shark fin-shaped radome.

3. The antenna system of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of second antenna elements includes first, second, third and fourth array antennas attached to four side surfaces of the polyhedron, and
wherein the first, second, third and fourth array antennas are configured to transmit or receive a second signal according to a fifth generation (5G) communication system.

4. The antenna system of claim 3 , wherein the polyhedron has first and second side surfaces arranged to form a first angle in left and right directions with respect to one point of a symmetric line of a bottom surface of the structure,
wherein the polyhedron has third and fourth side surfaces arranged to form a second angle in the left and right directions with respect to another point of the symmetric line, and
wherein the first, second, third and fourth array antennas are disposed on the first, second, third and fourth side surfaces of the polyhedron.

5. The antenna system of claim 4 , wherein the first side surface and the second side surface have a first interface formed therebetween,
wherein the third side surface and the fourth side surface have a second interface formed therebetween,
wherein the first interface has a width wider than a width of at least one of the first substrates perpendicularly arranged on the structure at the front side of the polyhedron, and
wherein the second interface has a width wider than a width of another one of the first substrates perpendicularly arranged on the structure at the rear side of the polyhedron.

6. The antenna system of claim 4 , wherein the first angle is determined in consideration of interference with a first LTE antenna attached to one of the first substrates, and
wherein the second angle is determined in consideration of interference with a second LTE antenna attached to another one of the first substrates.

7. The antenna system of claim 2 , wherein the shark fin-shaped radome comprises:
a base radome coupled to the lower surface of the first structure; and
an upper radome formed integrally with the base radome and having a curved shape to accommodate the polyhedron therein,
wherein the base radome and the upper radome each include a flat portion formed in a flat shape at a central portion thereof to prevent scattering of radio waves in a vicinity of the central portion.

8. The antenna system of claim 6 , further comprising a satellite broadcasting (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting; DMB) antenna attached to a third substrate perpendicularly arranged on the structure between the first LTE antenna and the polyhedron.

9. The antenna system of claim 8 , further comprising a GPS antenna disposed in front of the satellite broadcasting (DMB) antenna, and
wherein the GPS antenna is a patch antenna printed on a substrate disposed on a lower portion of the structure.

10. The antenna system of claim 6 , further comprising an FM antenna attached to a fourth substrate perpendicularly arranged on the structure between the second LTE antenna and the polyhedron.

11. The antenna system of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of third antenna elements respectively disposed on a plurality of third substrates perpendicularly arranged on the structure,
wherein the plurality of third antenna elements are spaced apart from four side surfaces of the polyhedron by predetermined distances.

12. The antenna system of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of second antenna elements is first, second, third and fourth array antennas configured to operate in a millimeter wave (mmWave) band, and
wherein the plurality of third antenna elements is first, second, third and fourth sub-6 antennas configured to operate in a sub-6 band of 6 GHz or less.

13. The antenna system of claim 12 , wherein the first, second, third and fourth sub-6 antennas are configured to transmit or receive a first signal according to a first communication system as an LTE communication system in a first frequency band, and
wherein the first, second, third and fourth sub-6 antennas are further configured to transmit or receive a second signal according to a second communication system as a 5G communication system in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band.

14. The antenna system of claim 12 , wherein the plurality of third substrates have outermost portions disposed on a lower surface of the structure in a shark fin shape within the structure.

15. An antenna device configured to be provided on or in a vehicle, the antenna device comprising:
a first antenna system having a plurality of first antenna elements disposed within a first structure configured to be mounted on or in the vehicle, the first antenna system being configured to transmit or receive a first signal; and
a second antenna system having a plurality of second antenna elements disposed in a second structure attached the first structure, the second antenna system being configured to transmit or receive a second signal,
wherein the plurality of first antenna elements is provided on first substrates arranged on the first structure at predetermined angles, the first substrates being disposed at front and rear sides of a polyhedron.

16. The antenna device of claim 15 , wherein the first structure is configured as a shark fin-shaped radome, and the second structure is provided with a coupling portion attached to the shark fin-shaped radome.

17. The antenna device of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of second antenna elements are first, second, third and fourth array antennas disposed in a flat structure of the second structure, and
wherein the first, second, third and fourth array antennas are configured to transmit or receive a second signal through beamforming according to a fifth generation (5G) communication system.

18. The antenna device of claim 15 , wherein at least one of the first substrates is disposed perpendicularly on a lower surface within the first structure, and
wherein a thickness direction of the first substrate is arranged in a lengthwise direction of the first structure to minimize a length of the first structure.

19. The antenna device of claim 15 , further comprising:
a satellite broadcasting (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting; DMB) antenna attached to a third substrate perpendicularly arranged on the first structure at a front side of the first antenna element; and
an FM antenna attached to a fourth substrate perpendicularly arranged on the first structure at a rear side of the first antenna element.

20. The antenna device of claim 19 , wherein a GPS antenna is disposed at

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Yongkon
• Son Changwoo
• Jeon Cheolsoo
• Jeong Sunin

Classifications

• H01Q1/3208 Primary

  characterised by the application wherein the antenna is used · CPC title

• H01Q1/521

  reducing the coupling between adjacent antennas · CPC title

• H01Q21/061

  Two dimensional planar arrays · CPC title

• H01Q1/42

  Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome · CPC title

• H01Q1/38

  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 title