Antenna bandwidth-optimized by hybrid structure comprising planar and linear emitters

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9385422-B2
Application number	US-201113581588-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 18, 2011
Priority date	May 19, 2010
Publication date	Jul 5, 2016
Grant date	Jul 5, 2016

Abstract

The invention relates to a hybrid antenna structure that comprises at least one electrically insulating substrate, at least one electrically conductive coating that covers at least one surface of the substrate at least section-wise and serves as a planar antenna for reception of electromagnetic waves, as well as at least one coupling electrode electrically coupled to the conductive coating for coupling out of antenna signals from the planar antenna. It is essential here that the coupling electrode be electrically coupled to an unshielded, linear antenna conductor that serves as a linear antenna for reception of electromagnetic waves, with the antenna conductor situated outside an area that can be projected by orthogonal parallel projection onto the planar antenna serving as a projection area, by which means an antenna foot point of the linear antenna becomes a common antenna foot point of the linear and planar antenna. The invention further relates to a method for producing such a hybrid antenna structure.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hybrid antenna structure, comprising:
an electrically insulating-substrate;
an electrically conductive coating, which covers a surface of the substrate and serves at least partially as a planar antenna for reception of electromagnetic waves; and
a coupling electrode, which is electrically coupled to the conductive coating for coupling out of antenna signals from the planar antenna,
wherein the coupling electrode is electrically coupled to an unshielded, linear antenna conductor, which serves as a linear antenna for reception of electromagnetic waves, wherein the linear antenna conductor is situated outside an area projected by orthogonal parallel projection onto the planar antenna serving as a projection area, such that an antenna foot point of the linear antenna becomes a common antenna foot point of the linear and planar antenna,
wherein the conductive coating comprises an edge region, the edge region comprising a plurality of planar segments of the conductive coating that are subdivided by linear electrically insulating regions.

2. The hybrid antenna structure according to claim 1 , characterized in that the coupling electrode is electrically coupled to the conductive coating such that the reception performance of the planar antenna is maximized.

3. The hybrid antenna structure of claim 1 , wherein the common antenna foot point is electrically conductively connected via a connector conductor to an electronic signal processing device for the processing of received antenna signals, wherein the common antenna foot point is disposed such that the length of the connector conductor is as short as possible.

4. The hybrid antenna structure of claim 1 , wherein the conductive coating covers the surface of the substrate except for a circumferential, electrically insulating edge strip, wherein the linear antenna conductor is applied on the substrate.

5. The hybrid antenna structure of claim 1 , wherein the conductive coating is situated on a surface of a first substrate of a laminated pane formed from two first substrates bonded to each other and/or wherein the conductive coating is situated on a surface of a second substrate disposed between the two first substrates and serving as a carrier.

6. The hybrid antenna structure of claim 1 , wherein the conductive coating is situated on one surface of the substrate and the linear antenna conductor is situated on a different surface therefrom of the same or of a different substrate therefrom.

7. The hybrid antenna structure of claim 1 , wherein the coupling electrode and the linear antenna conductor are electrically conductively connected to each other via a first connection conductor.

8. The hybrid antenna structure of claim 7 , wherein the linear antenna conductor is situated on one surface of the substrate and the common antenna foot point is situated on a different surface therefrom of the same or of a different substrate therefrom, wherein the linear antenna conductor and the common antenna foot point are electrically conductively connected to each other via a second connection conductor.

9. The hybrid antenna structure of claim 1 , wherein the linear antenna conductor is printed in the form of a conductor path comprising a metallic printing paste onto the substrate, or is laid in the form of a wire.

10. The hybrid antenna structure of claim 8 , wherein at least one conductor selected from the group consisting of the coupling electrode, the first connection conductor, and the second connection conductor, leads to an edge of the substrate and is implemented as a strip-shaped flat conductor with a tapering width in the region of the edge.

11. A method for producing a hybrid antenna structure of claim 1 , the method comprising:
covering a section of a surface of an electrically insulating substrate with an electrically conductive coating, which serves at least section-wise as a planar antenna for reception of electromagnetic waves;
forming an unshielded, linear antenna conductor, which serves as a linear antenna for reception of electromagnetic waves, wherein the linear antenna conductor is situated outside an area projected by orthogonal parallel projection onto the planar antenna serving as a projection area; and
producing a coupling electrode, which is electrically coupled to the conductive coating and to the linear antenna conductor.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the linear antenna conductor is printed in the form of a conductor path with a metallic printing paste onto the substrate, or is laid in the form of a wire.

13. A functional and/or decorative piece, comprising the hybrid antenna structure of claim 1 .

14. The hybrid antenna structure of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is transparent.

15. The hybrid antenna structure of claim 1 , wherein the electrically conductive coating is transparent.

16. The hybrid antenna structure of claim 1 , wherein the linear antenna conductor is applied on the substrate in the region of the edge strip.

17. A furniture device, building, or vehicle, comprising the hybrid antenna structure of claim 1 .

Assignees

• Vortmeier Gunther
• Degen Christoph
• Droste Stefan
• Saint Gobain

Inventors

• Vortmeier Gunther
• Degen Christoph
• Droste Stefan

Classifications

• H01Q1/32

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• Y10T29/49016

  Antenna or wave energy "plumbing" making · CPC title

• H01Q9/42

  with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength · CPC title

• H01Q9/40

  Element having extended radiating surface · CPC title

• H01Q21/30

  Combinations of separate antenna units operating in different wavebands and connected to a common feeder system · CPC title