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US 2006/0187125 A1Published application
Antenna device, method and program for controlling directivity of the antenna device, and communications apparatus
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorShin Watanabe
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an antenna device and enables the directivity of an antenna element to be changed without affecting the resonance frequency of the antenna element. The antenna device comprises a first grounded conductor, an antenna element mounted on the first grounded conductor via an insulator, a second grounded conductor disposed separate from the first grounded conductor, and a changing unit for changing directivity of the antenna element by adding the second grounded conductor to the first grounded conductor or canceling the addition thereof.
Claims4
An antenna device comprising:
- a first grounded conductor;
- an antenna element mounted on the first grounded conductor via an insulator;
- a pair of second grounded conductors with the first grounded conductor interposed therebetween;
- an inclination detection unit which detects an inclination of the antenna element;
- an inverting circuit which inverts an output of the inclination detection unit;
- a first diode connected between one of the pair of second grounded conductors and the first grounded conductor;
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- a second diode connected between the other of the pair of second grounded conductors and the first grounded conductor,
- the output of the inclination detection unit being applied to one of the pair of second grounded conductors, with an output of the inverting circuit applied to the other of the pair of second grounded conductors, the operations of the first and second diodes being controlled depending on the output of the inclination detection unit, and directivity of the antenna element being changed by adding the second grounded conductor to the first grounded conductor or canceling the addition thereof.
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A communications apparatus comprising:
- a first grounded conductor;
- an antenna element mounted on the first grounded conductor via an insulator;
- a pair of second grounded conductors with the first grounded conductor interposed therebetween;
- an inclination detection unit which detects an inclination of the antenna element;
- an inverting circuit which inverts an output of the inclination detection unit;
- a first diode connected between one of the pair of second grounded conductors and the first grounded conductor;
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- a second diode connected between the other of the pair of second grounded conductors and the first grounded conductor,
- the output of the inclination detection unit being applied to one of the pair of second grounded conductors, with an output of the inverting circuit applied to the other of the pair of second grounded conductors, the operations of the first and second diodes being controlled depending on the output of the inclination detection unit, and directivity of the antenna element being changed by adding the second grounded conductor to the first grounded conductor or canceling the addition thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.