US 6,645,008 B2Granted

Connector device for garment patch antenna

AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.

InventorsPeter J. Massey, Jonathan Farringdon

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Abstract

A connector device is provided in the form of a main body component having a lower surface covered with a conductive layer to provide a ground plane and an upper surface carrying a conductive strip portion to form a microstrip line. The combination of the first conductive surface region (ground plane) and second conductive surface region (microstrip line) separated by the main body component dielectric forms a microstrip section. The conductive layer and strip portion are each connected to a conductor of co-axial feed cable. The device is inserted between conductive layers of an antenna of laminar construction, such a as planar inverted F antenna to establish electrical connection between conductors of the feed cable and conduction layers of the antenna. The connector is secured to the antenna by sewing or adhesive. The antenna is normally positioned in a garment.

Claims12

Dependent claims

An electrical connector device for providing electrical connection between electrical conductors of a cable and portions of first and second electrically conductive spaced layers of a patch antenna having a layer of electrically insulating material between the said first and second layers, said connector device comprising:

a main body component of a dielectric material having at least first and second electrically conductive surface regions on opposing sides thereof, each region being in electrical connection with a cable conductor connection means suitable for establishing electrical connection with an electrical conductor of a cable, wherein
said main body component is configured for being interposed at least in part between the first and second electrically conductive spaced layers of a patch antenna with said first and second electrically conductive surface regions of the main body component providing electrical coupling with a portion of said first and second electrically conductive spaced layers, respectively.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/042,446Filed 8 Jan 2002
Priority: GB 010077411 Jan 2001
Published: US 2002/0089399 A111 Jul 2002
Granted: 11 Nov 2003
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

H01R 9/0515
For coaxial cables: connection to a rigid planar substrate, e.g. printed circuit board
H01P 5/085
For linking dissimilar lines or devices: coaxial-line/strip-line transitions
H01R 13/6474
Impedance matching: by variation of conductive properties, e.g. by dimension variations
H01R 2201/02
Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications: for antennas