Directive antenna for mobile telephones
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorsLeonidas Ivrissimtzis, Rupert James Waldron
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Abstract
The antenna comprises a single rectangular sheet of copper which has been bent firstly to produce a first patch antenna section 1 and secondly to produce a second patch antenna section 3, sections 1 and 3 being joined by and contiguous with section 2. Section 2 is an integral part of the copper sheet and maintains the two sections 1 and 3 in substantially parallel spaced relationship with each other. An air gap 4 exists between sections 1 and 3. Other low absorption insulators may be used in place of air gap 4 and may be selected from a range of such insulators well known in the art. The antenna is backed by a ground plane 6 and is fed by means of a coaxial connector 5 to the distal edge of the larger patch at 7 where excitation of the antenna is effected.
Claims12
For use with a foldable mobile telephone, a patch antenna fully enclosed within a foldable phone casing for transmission and reception of RF in two frequency bands, wherein said casing is comprised of a first portion and a second portion foldably connected by a hinge, said antenna comprising a single metal sheet formed to provide a larger patch and a smaller patch with part of the metal sheet intermediate and contiguous with the larger and the smaller patches, the larger and the smaller patches being maintained in parallel spaced relationship with each other above a reflecting ground plane, and wherein said larger patch is used to accommodate low frequencies and said smaller patch is used to accommodate high frequencies.
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