# US 12,218,405 B2 · Antenna set > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,218,405 B2 - Document ID: US12218405B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/154,072 - Filed: 2023-01-13 - Published: 2023-06-01 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2020-08-20 - Assignees: AGC Inc. - Applicants: AGC Inc. - Inventors: Yoshiyuki Ikuma; Ryuta Sonoda; Yasushi Higashida; Tetsuya Hiramatsu; Kentaro Oka - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12218405B2 ## CPC - H01Q 1/1271: {for mounting on windscreens} - H01Q 21/065: {Patch antenna array} - H01Q 21/24: Combinations of antenna units polarised in different directions for transmitting or receiving circularly and elliptically polarised waves or waves linearly polarised in any direction {(circularly polarised patch antennas H01Q9/0428; circularly polarised horns H01Q13/0241; cross-polarised horns H01Q13/0258; polarisation converters H01Q15/242; cross-polarised rear feeds H01Q19/136; crossed polarisation dual antenna H01Q25/001)} - H01Q 21/28: Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting antenna units or systems {(multiple beam H01Q25/00)} - H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72) ## Abstract To provide an antenna set capable of forming a communication area which achieves a relatively high throughput. An antenna set comprising a group of antenna units transmitting streams by distributed MIMO, wherein the group of antenna units has a first antenna unit facing a window glass attached to a building, and a second antenna unit disposed at a distance from the first antenna unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An antenna set, comprising: a plurality of antenna units comprising a first antenna unit positioned to face a window glass attached to a building, and a second antenna unit positioned at a distance from the first antenna unit such that the plurality of antenna units is configured to transmit streams by distributed MIMO, wherein the first antenna unit has a first antenna aperture and comprises a plurality of radiating elements comprising a plurality of antenna conductors and formed in the first antenna aperture, the second antenna unit has a second antenna aperture and comprises a plurality of radiating elements comprising a plurality of antenna conductors and formed in the second antenna aperture, and the first and second antenna units are formed and positioned such that a distance from a first center line of the first antenna aperture to a second center line of the second antenna aperture is more than 1.0 times an aperture width of one of the first antenna aperture and the second antenna aperture where a first direction is parallel with a horizontal plane, a second direction is perpendicular to the first direction, the aperture width is a width in the first direction, the first center line of the first antenna aperture is extending in the second direction, and the second center line of the second antenna aperture is extending in the second direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The antenna set according to claim 1, wherein the second antenna unit is positioned at the distance from the first antenna unit in a horizontal direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The antenna set according to claim 2, wherein the distance from the first center line of the first antenna aperture to second center line of the second antenna aperture is 50 m or less. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The antenna set according to claim 3, wherein the distance from the first center line of the first antenna aperture to the second center line of the second antenna aperture is more than 1.0 times an antenna aperture width of a wider one of the first antenna aperture and the second antenna aperture. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The antenna set according to claim 3, wherein the distance from the first center line of the first antenna aperture to the second center line of the second antenna aperture is in a range of 4 m to 25 m. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The antenna set according to claim 3, wherein the distance from the first center line of the first antenna aperture to the second center line of the second antenna aperture is in a range of 7 m to 15 m. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The antenna set according to claim 1, wherein the second antenna unit is positioned at the same height as the first antenna unit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The antenna set according to claim 1, wherein the second antenna unit is positioned at a height different from the first antenna unit. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The antenna set according to claim 8, wherein the distance from the first center line of the first antenna aperture to second center line of the second antenna aperture is 50 m or less. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The antenna set according to claim 1, wherein the first antenna unit has a first antenna aperture, the second antenna unit has a second antenna aperture, and a lower edge of one of the first antenna aperture and the second antenna aperture is positioned above an upper edge of the other one of the first antenna aperture and the second antenna aperture. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The antenna set according to claim 1, wherein the second antenna unit is installed in a building different from the building in which the first antenna unit is installed. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The antenna set according to claim 11, wherein the second antenna unit is installed in a building facing the building in which the first antenna unit is installed. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The antenna set according to claim 1, wherein the second antenna unit is installed in the building in which the first antenna unit is installed. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The antenna set according to claim 13, wherein the second antenna unit is positioned to face the window glass which the first antenna unit faces. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The antenna set according to claim 1, wherein the second antenna unit is positioned to face a window glass attached to a building. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The antenna set according to claim 1, wherein the second antenna unit is positioned to face a window glass different from the window glass which the first antenna unit faces. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The antenna set according to claim 1, wherein the second antenna unit is positioned in parallel with the first antenna unit. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The antenna set according to claim 17, wherein the second antenna unit is positioned along the same plane as the first antenna unit. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The antenna set according to claim 1, wherein the distance from the first antenna unit to the window glass is in a range of 3 mm to 10 mm. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The antenna set according to claim 1, wherein the first antenna unit has an array antenna positioned between a wireless circuit and the window glass. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) The antenna set according to claim 1, wherein the first antenna unit has an array antenna positioned in a region not overlapping with a wireless circuit as viewed from the front. ### Claim 22 (depends on 1) The antenna set according to claim 1, wherein the first and second antenna units are positioned such that a communication area formed by the second antenna unit has an area overlapping with a communication area formed by the first antenna unit. ### Claim 23 (depends on 1) The antenna set according to claim 1, wherein the first antenna unit comprises an array antenna comprising the plurality of radiating elements in the first antenna unit, a conductor, and a substrate positioned between the conductor and the plurality of radiating elements in the first antenna unit, and the second antenna unit comprises an array antenna comprising the plurality of radiating elements in the second antenna unit, a conductor, and a substrate positioned between the conductor and the plurality of radiating elements in the second antenna unit. ### Claim 24 An antenna set, comprising: a plurality of antenna units comprising a first antenna unit positioned to face a window glass attached to a building, and a second antenna unit positioned at a distance from the first antenna unit such that the plurality of antenna units is configured to transmit streams by distributed MIMO, wherein the first antenna unit has a first antenna aperture and comprises a plurality of radiating elements comprising a plurality of antenna conductors and formed in the first antenna aperture, the second antenna unit has a second antenna aperture and comprises a plurality of radiating elements comprising a plurality of antenna conductors and formed in the second antenna aperture, and the first and second antenna units are formed and positioned such that a distance from a first center line of the first antenna aperture to a second center line of the second antenna aperture is more than 1.0 times an aperture width of one of the first antenna aperture and the second antenna aperture where a first direction is parallel with a horizontal plane, a second direction is perpendicular to the first direction, the aperture width is a width in the first direction, the first center line of the first antenna aperture is extending in the first direction, and the second center line of the second antenna aperture is extending in the first direction. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The antenna set according to claim 24, wherein the second antenna unit is positioned at a height different from the first antenna unit. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The antenna set according to claim 25, wherein the distance from the first center line of the first antenna aperture to second center line of the second antenna aperture is 50 m or less. ### Claim 27 (depends on 24) The antenna set according to claim 24, wherein the first antenna unit has a first antenna aperture, the second antenna unit has a second antenna aperture, and a lower edge of one of the first antenna aperture and the second antenna aperture is positioned above an upper edge of the other one of the first antenna aperture and the second antenna aperture. ### Claim 28 (depends on 24) The antenna set according to claim 24, wherein the first antenna unit comprises an array antenna comprising the plurality of radiating elements in the first antenna unit, a conductor, and a substrate positioned between the conductor and the plurality of radiating elements in the first antenna unit, and the second antenna unit comprises an array antenna comprising the plurality of radiating elements in the second antenna unit, a conductor, and a substrate positioned between the conductor and the plurality of radiating elements in the second antenna unit. ### Claim 29 (depends on 24) The antenna set according to claim 24, wherein the distance from the first center line of the first antenna aperture to the second center line of the second antenna aperture is in a range of 4 m to 25 m. ### Claim 30 (depends on 24) The antenna set according to claim 24, wherein the distance from the first center line of the first antenna aperture to the second center line of the second antenna aperture is in a range of 7 m to 15 m.