Printed conductive mesh dipole antenna and method
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsFu-Chiarng Chen, Allen Tran
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Abstract
A printed conductive mesh dipole antenna, and a method of use of the antenna. The printed dipole antenna includes a dielectric substrate 12 and a conductive mesh 14 formed of a plurality of symmetric shapes 18 printed on the dielectric substrate. Each of the symmetric shapes is coupled to at least one other of the shapes, and placed periodically on the dielectric substrate proximate to at least one other of the shapes. The periodic placement of the shapes forms a symmetric pattern of a conductive mesh on the dielectric substrate. The antenna is preferably part of a cellular or cordless telephone handset.
Claims32
A dipole antenna, comprising:
- a dielectric substrate;
- and
- a conductive mesh formed of a plurality of symmetric shapes printed on said dielectric substrate, each of the symmetric shapes being separated from other symmetric shapes;
- wherein each of said plurality of symmetric shapes is coupled to at least one other of said plurality of symmetric shapes through at least one conductive strip.
A method of receiving signals using a dipole antenna, comprising:
- providing a dielectric substrate;
- printing on the dielectric substrate a plurality of symmetric shapes into a conductive mesh formed of a symmetric placement of the shapes into a periodic pattern, each of the symmetric shapes being separated from other symmetric shapes;
- coupling each of the shapes to at least one adjacent shape through at least one conductive strip;
- receiving at least one signal at the conductive mesh;
- passing the received signal through at least a portion of the conductive mesh;
- and
- feeding the received signal from the conductive mesh to a coupled transceiver.
A method of transmitting signals using a dipole antenna, comprising:
- providing a dielectric substrate;
- printing on the dielectric substrate a plurality of symmetric shapes into a conductive mesh formed of a symmetric placement of the shapes into a periodic pattern, each of the symmetric shapes being separated from other adjacent shapes;
- coupling each of the shapes to at least one adjacent shape through at least one conductive strip;
- feeding a transmitting signal to the conductive mesh from a coupled transceiver;
- passing the transmitted signal through at least a portion of the conductive mesh;
- and
- transmitting the transmitted signal at the conductive mesh.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.