Sleeve antenna and wireless communication device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorShunsuke Koyama
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Abstract
To provide a sleeve antenna that can be attached to a chassis while maintaining favorable antenna gain even when using a small circuit board, and a wireless communication device. The sleeve antenna includes: a coaxial feed line 12; a radiating portion 14 that has a predetermined length and results from removing an outer conductor 30 at a tip portion of the coaxial feed line 12; and a sleeve 10 that has a predetermined length and covers the coaxial feed line 12 from a proximal end of the radiating portion 14 toward a direction opposite to the radiating portion 14. At least one of the radiating portion 14 and the sleeve 10 has a bent portion 36 in at least a portion thereof.
Claims5
A wireless communication device comprising:
- a circuit board including a circuit and a connection terminal electrically coupled to the circuit;
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- a sleeve antenna connected to the connection terminal, comprising:
- a coaxial feed line including a core conductor, and an outer conductor, wherein the coaxial feed lines extends between a connector end physically connected to the connection terminal and a first end opposite the connector end, and wherein the coaxial feed line further comprises a first straight section between the first end and the connector end;
- a radiating portion, physically connected to and extending from the first end of the coaxial feed line and electrically coupled to the core conductor, the radiating portion including a second straight section;
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- a sleeve electrically coupled to the outer conductor, wherein the sleeve has a length covering a portion of the coaxial feed line and extending from the first end of the coaxial feed line toward the connector end of the coaxial feed line, wherein the entire length of the sleeve defines a curved portion in an arc shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.