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US 10,530,058 B2Granted
Wireless device
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsYukako Tsutsumi, Koji Akita
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Abstract
A wireless device according to one aspect of the present invention includes an antenna, a focuser, and an absorber. The focuser includes a first and a second region. One of the regions transmits radio waves, and the other blocks them or changes their phase. In a plan view from the antenna, the shape of the first region is a circle and the shape of the second region is an annular ring with an inner diameter equal to the diameter of the first region. The antenna is on the center axis of the circle. A part of the absorber is present between a first plane where the antenna is present and a second plane on which the second region is present. The absorber is present at a position away from the antenna by the outer circumference of the annular ring or longer in a direction perpendicular to the axis.
Claims14
A wireless device comprising:
- an antenna emitting or receiving radio waves;
- a focuser including at least a circle region and an annular ring region, one of the circle region and the annular ring region providing a transparent transmission of the radio waves, and the other of the circle region and the annular ring region changing phases of the radio waves, wherein the circle region and the annular ring region form a Fresnel zone plate and are configured to focus the radio waves to improve a gain of the antenna, a shape of the circle region is a circle in a plan view from the antenna, a shape of the annular ring region is an annular ring with an inner diameter equal to a diameter of the circle region in the plan view from the antenna, the circle region and the annular ring region have a common center axis, and the antenna is on the center axis;
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- a radio wave absorber present in a region away from the center axis by at least a diameter of an outer circumference of the annular ring region and between a first plane which is perpendicular to the center axis and on which the antenna is present and a second plane which is perpendicular to the center axis and on which the annular ring region is present.
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A wireless device comprising:
- an antenna emitting or receiving radio waves;
- a focuser including at least a circle region, a first annular ring region, and a second annular ring region, wherein (1) the circle region and the second annular ring region both provide a transparent transmission of the radio waves, and the first annular ring region blocks the radio waves or changes phases of the radio waves, or (2) the circle region and the second annular ring region both block the radio waves or change phases of the radio waves, and the first annular ring region provides a transparent transmission of the radio waves, and wherein the circle region and the first annular ring region form a Fresnel zone plate and are configured to focus the radio waves to improve a gain of the antenna, a shape of the circle region is a circle in a plan view from the antenna, a shape of the first annular ring region is an annular ring with an inner diameter equal to a diameter of the circle region in the plan view from the antenna, a shape of the second annular ring region is an annular ring with an inner diameter equal to a diameter of an outer circumference of the first annular ring region in the plan view from the antenna, and the circle region, the first annular ring and the second annular ring region have a common center axis, and the antenna is on the center axis;
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- a radio wave absorber present in a region away from the center axis by at least a diameter of an outer circumference of the second annular ring region and between a first plane which is perpendicular to the center axis and on which the antenna is present and a second plane which is perpendicular to the center axis and on which the second region is present.
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A wireless device comprising:
- an antenna emitting or receiving radio waves;
- a focuser including at least a circle region and an annular ring region, one of the circle region and the annular ring region providing a transparent transmission of the radio waves, and the other of the circle region and the annular ring region blocking the radio waves or changing phases of the radio waves, wherein the circle region and the annular ring region form a Fresnel zone plate and are configured to focus the radio waves to improve a gain of the antenna, a shape of the circle region is a circle in a plan view from the antenna, a shape of the annular ring region is an annular ring with an inner diameter equal to a diameter of the circle region in the plan view from the antenna, the circle region and the annular ring region have a common center axis, the antenna is on the center axis, and
- the length of the annular ring region in a second direction parallel with the center axis is a length that allows radio waves passing through the annular ring region to be in phase with radio waves passing through the circle region;
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- a radio wave absorber present in a region away from the center axis by at least a diameter of an outer circumference of the annular ring region and between a first plane which is perpendicular to the center axis and on which the antenna is present and a second plane which is perpendicular to the center axis and on which the annular ring region is present.
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