Structural body, laminated structure of structural body, and antenna structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10930989-B2
Application number	US-201716086094-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2017
Priority date	Mar 31, 2016
Publication date	Feb 23, 2021
Grant date	Feb 23, 2021

Abstract

It has been difficult to suppress electromagnetic wave that propagates within a suspended substrate. The structure according to the present invention is provided with: a first conductor plane and a second conductor plane that are disposed parallel to each other; a dielectric plane that is disposed between the first and second conductor planes via a hollow region so as to be parallel to the first and second conductor planes; a first transmission line disposed on a surface that is of the dielectric plane and that opposes the first conductor plane; and a second transmission line disposed on a surface that is of the dielectric plane and that opposes the second conductor plane, wherein the first transmission line and the second transmission line are electrically connected to each other.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A structure body comprising:
a first conductor plane and a second conductor plane disposed in parallel;
a dielectric plane that is disposed in parallel to the first conductor plane and the second conductor plane, and between the first conductor plane and the second conductor plane via a hollow region;
a first transmission line that is disposed on a surface facing the first conductor plane of the dielectric plane, at least one of whose ends is an open end; and
a second transmission line that is disposed on a surface facing the second conductor plane of the dielectric plane, at least one of whose ends is an open end;
wherein the first transmission line and the second transmission line are electrically connected to each other,
wherein the first transmission line and the second transmission line are disposed in such a way that open ends thereof overlap with each other when viewed from the direction perpendicular to the first conductor plane, and
wherein a thickness of the dielectric plane is greater than a thickness of the hollow region.

2. The structure body according to claim 1 , wherein the first transmission line and the second transmission line are disposed in such a way that open ends thereof do not overlap with each other when viewed from the direction perpendicular to the first conductor plane.

3. The structure body according to claim 1 , wherein lengths L from the connection of the first transmission line and the second transmission line to open ends of the first transmission line and the second transmission line respectively satisfy L=(2n+1)×λ/4, where λ is a wavelength at an operating frequency and n is an integer equal to or larger than 0.

4. The structure body according to claim 1 , wherein the first transmission line and the second transmission line are disposed in a folded manner.

5. The structure body according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first transmission line and the second transmission line comprises a plurality of branch wires whose lengths are different.

6. The structure body according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one spacer between the first conductor plane and the dielectric plane, and between the second conductor plane and the dielectric plane, respectively.

7. A structure body comprising:
a first conductor plane and a second conductor plane disposed in parallel;
a dielectric plane that is disposed in parallel to the first conductor plane and the second conductor plane, and between the first conductor plane and the second conductor plane via a hollow region;
a first transmission line that is disposed on a surface facing the first conductor plane of the dielectric plane, at least one of whose ends is an open end;
a second transmission line that is disposed on a surface facing the second conductor plane of the dielectric plane, at least one of whose ends is an open end; and
at least one suspended transmission line disposed on the dielectric plane,
wherein the first transmission line and the second transmission line are electrically connected to each other, and
wherein the first transmission line and the second transmission line are disposed around the suspended transmission line.

8. A layered structure comprising:
a first conductor plane and a second conductor plane disposed in parallel;
a third conductor plane that is disposed in parallel to the first conductor plane and the second conductor plane, and in parallel to the surface of the second conductor plane opposite to the surface facing the first conductor plane;
a first dielectric plane that is disposed in parallel to the first conductor plane and the second conductor plane between the first conductor plane and the second conductor plane via a hollow region;
a second dielectric plane that is disposed in parallel to the second conductor plane and the third conductor plane between the second conductor plane and the third conductor plane via another hollow region;
a first transmission line that is disposed on a surface of the first dielectric plane facing the first conductor plane, and on a surface of the second dielectric plane facing the surface of the second conductor plane, and at least one end of which is an open end;
a second transmission line that is disposed on a surface of the first dielectric plane facing the second conductor plane and on a surface of the second dielectric plane facing the third conductor plane, and at least one end of which is an open end;
a first suspended transmission line that is disposed on the first dielectric plane, and one end of which is an open end; and
a second suspended transmission line that is disposed on the second dielectric plane, and one of which is an open end;
wherein the second conductor plane includes an opening at a position opposing to an open end of the first suspended transmission line and an open end of the second suspended transmission line;
wherein the first transmission line and the second transmission line are electrically connected to each other; and
a plurality of unit structures are disposed to surround open ends of the first suspended transmission line and the second suspended transmission line, where the unit structure is configured by the first transmission line and the second transmission line.

9. An antenna structure comprising:
a first conductor plane and a second conductor plane disposed in parallel;
a dielectric plane that is disposed in parallel to the first conductor plane and the second conductor plane between the first conductor plane and the second conductor plane via a hollow region;
a first transmission line that is disposed on a surface facing the first conductor plane of the dielectric plane, at least one end of which is an open end; and
a second transmission line that is disposed on a surface of the dielectric plane facing the second conductor plane, at least one end of which is an open end; and
a suspended transmission line that is disposed on the dielectric plane, and one of which is an open end;
wherein the first conductor plane includes an opening at a position opposing to an open end of the suspended transmission line;
the first transmission line and the second transmission line are electrically connected to each other; and
a plurality of unit structures are disposed to surround an open end of the suspended transmission line, wherein the unit structure is configured by the first transmission line and the second transmission line.

Assignees

• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Yoshida Takahide
• Toyao Hiroshi
• Hankui Eiji

Classifications

• 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

• H01Q13/18

  the slot being backed by, or formed in boundary wall of, a resonant cavity (longitudinally slotted cylinder H01Q13/12 ){; Open cavity antennas} · CPC title

• H01P3/087 Primary

  Suspended triplate lines · CPC title

• H01Q13/106 Primary

  Microstrip slot antennas (patch antenna elements H01Q9/0407) · CPC title

• H01Q1/526

  Electromagnetic shields · CPC title