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US 12,671,185 B2Granted
Vehicle antenna with shorted conductive structure around its radiator
AssigneeJaguar Land Rover Limited
InventorsShaozhen Zhu, Emma Kowalczuk
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Abstract
A vehicle antenna (20) comprising: a radiator (24) configured to extend from a ground plane (26); a feed point (28); a conductive structure (30) around a portion (240) of the radiator, the portion being distal from the ground plane; an electrical gap (34) between the conductive structure and the portion of the radiator; and a shorting arrangement (32) configured to electrically connect the conductive structure to ground.
Claims20
A vehicle antenna comprising:
- a plurality of radiators;
- each radiator configured to extend from a respective ground plane;
- each radiator comprising:
- a feed point;
- a conductive structure having a first radial thickness and being around a portion of the radiator, the portion being distal from the respective ground plane;
- an electrical gap between the conductive structure and the portion of the radiator, the electrical gap having a second radial thickness being the same or greater than the first radial thickness;
- and
- a shorting arrangement configured to electrically connect the conductive structure to the respective ground plane,
- wherein the radiator is an inverted cone radiator comprising a hollow conical shape having a surface of revolution and being open at a base of the inverted cone radiator.
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