Antenna arrangement
AssigneeGlass Antennas Technology Limited
InventorsBrian Easter, Keith Jeremy Twort, John Davies
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Abstract
A matching circuit for a screen antenna receives on its signal input an MF or LF signal output of a screen antenna and feeds a signal though its signal output via a capacitive feeder to a radio receiver. The matching circuit includes components which operate in conjunction with capacitances in components connected to the signal input and the signal output to form an internally-terminated band-pass filter network having a pass-band which covers a range of frequencies to be received by the receiver.
Claims14
A matching circuit having a signal input and a signal output, the matching circuit being operative to receive on its signal input an MF or LF signal output of a screen antenna (70) and for feeding a signal though its signal output via a capacitive feeder (14) to a radio receiver (10), the matching circuit comprising components which operate in conjunction with capacitance in components connected to the signal input and the signal output characterised in that the matching circuit and capacitances in components connected to the signal input and the signal output form an internally-loaded band-pass filter network having a pass-band which covers a range of frequencies to be received by the receiver (10), and present a predominantly capacitive output to the receiver over the pass band.
A matching circuit according to any preceding claim in which the network is an even-order filter.
A matching circuit according to any preceding claim in which the network has a voltage output derived across a capacitance (C10), the capacitance being the last element in the filter, and the capacitance being completely or partially constituted by the capacitance of a feeder (14) to which the signal output of the matching circuit is intended for connection.
MF and/or LF radio reception apparatus comprising an antenna having a signal output and being formed from a pattern of conductive elements (74) applied to a glass pane, an amplifier (12) having an input connected to the signal output of the antenna (74) and having a signal output, a matching circuit according to any preceding claim having its signal input connected to the signal output of the amplifier, a radio receiver (10) having a signal input, and a coaxial feeder connected between the signal output of the matching circuit and the signal input of the radio receiver.
A method of optimising a matching circuit for use between an output of a screen antenna and a coaxial feeder (14) connected to a radio receiver (10) for reception of signals over a defined band in the LF and MR range the method characterised by the steps of:
- (a) devising a first circuit (FIG. 3) having optimal voltage transfer from a voltage source in series with an impedance to an open circuit over the defined band;
- (b) deriving the dual (FIG. 4) of the base circuit being a bandpass filter circuit arranged such that optimal current flows in a short circuit, its signal output being derived across an output capacitor of value substantially equal to or greater than the capacitance of the feeder, the capacitor being the last element in the bandpass filter circuit;
- (c) constructing a circuit (72) omitting the output capacitor, the feeder (14) being connected in substitution for the output capacitor whereby an output of the circuit is derived across the capacitance of the feeder (14).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.