EP0965152A1

EP0965152A1 - Resonant antenna

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Publication number: EP0965152A1
Application number: EP98912379A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Lutz Rothe
Original assignee: Pates Technology Pantentverwertungsgesellschaft fur Satelliten- und Moderne Informationstechnologien Mbh
Current assignee: Pates Technology Pantentverwertungsgesellschaft fur Satelliten- und Moderne Informationstechnologien Mbh
Priority date: 1997-02-25
Filing date: 1998-02-24
Publication date: 1999-12-22
Anticipated expiration: 2018-02-24
Also published as: DE19880222D2; AU6724398A; WO1998038694A1; KR20000075673A; EP0965152B1; DE59805415D1; JP2001513283A; ATE223621T1; DE19707535A1; US6304219B1; CA2282611C; IL131558A0; CA2282611A1

Abstract

An antenna for receiving and transmitting electromagnetic microwaves having lambda wavelengths consists of a substrate layer (10) made of a low dielectric material which bears on one side a conductive ground plane (1) and whose opposite side is conductively structured as micro-strip circuits. The conductive structure (S) has an elongate conductor section (3, 3a, 3b, R, Ra, Rb) which acts as a resonator and whose length (LR) is shorter than lambda epsilon /4. One end of said conductor section is conductively connected to the ground plane (8, 1) and its other end is conductively connected to at least another conductor section (2, 2a, 2b, 4, 42a, 42b, 46a, 46b, K) used as an end capacitor to adjust resonance conditions. The conductor section (3, 3a, 3b, R, Ra, Rb) which acts as a resonator is connected to the inner conductor of a coaxial optical fibre and the outer conductor of the coaxial optical fibre is connected to the ground plane (1).

Description

RESONANCE ANTENNA

The invention relates to an antenna for receiving and transmitting electromagnetic microwaves of wavelength λ, consisting of a substrate layer made of low-dielectric material, which has a conductive ground plane on one side and the opposite side of which is structured in the form of microstrip lines.

The area of application of the invention extends primarily to the sector of mobile radio and handheld technology. Inside of the spectral ranges between 890 MHz and 960 MHz or 1710 MHz and 1890 MHz, by integrating the component m according to the invention into the corresponding terminal and handheld technology .

Known antenna solutions for the field of mobile radio applications are based on linear antenna designs in the form of monopole arrangements in a shortened or unabridged design. These linear antennas are known both as externally mountable on-board antennas and as components that are directly coupled to the terminal device, and they have different directional factors and efficiency, these components in the azimuthal plane being exclusively r-stranienα. Known flat antenna solutions are based on Dipole-like configurations arranged flat-like, the directional diagram of which shows irregular and m connection with the respective antenna carrier or antenna body the characteristics of a significant radiation field deformation. The radiation properties related to the area of application are clearly inferior to those of the classic linear antennas. Likewise, targeted masking properties of the radiation diagram cannot be demonstrated. Furthermore, no solutions are known whose electromagnetic or radiation properties are achieved on the basis of asymmetrical and open waveguide technology, in particular microstrip technology, using film conductors or film-like guide surfaces.

The azimuthal omnidirectional antenna configuration shown in the patent specification DE 41 13 277 is based exclusively on a film as a mechanical structure support, the named antenna component being afflicted with a head capacity arranged outside the terminal equipment container. In the same way, the az-mutually omnidirectional antenna configuration shown in patent DE 41 21 333 is based on an electrically non-conductive film as a mechanical structure support, the main radiation direction with respect to the elevation values being an inclination of approx. (Minus) -30 ° (angular degree), that means has a negative elevation angle.

A disadvantage of the known antenna configurations is that they are either omnidirectional in the azimuthal plane or only radiate within the negative elevation range.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a system-integrated antenna component with the smallest possible flat extension with azimuthal directivity that is as unilateral as possible, that is to say the preferred illumination of one To provide space nemisphere and a limited angular displacement of the elevation-related directivity within the positive elevation range.

According to the invention, this object is achieved by the features of the characterizing part of claim 1 and the subclaims which are jerk-related to the claims 1.

The antenna according to the invention, which can also be referred to as a foil radiator, is a modified λ / 4 radiator which is short-circuited to ground on one side. In order to obtain the most compact possible design, the elongated conductor section, which serves as a resonator, is made shorter than λ _ε / 4. As a result, however, the resonator becomes inductive and the vibration insulation is not complied with. To ensure that the resonance condition of the radiator element is met, an end capacitance is generated at the end of the resonator opposite the short-circuited side. This end capacitance is generated by at least one additional additional conductor section which connects at one end to the end of the resonator opposite the short-circuited side and the other end forms an open circuit. The length of the additional further conductor sections determine the vibration condition and thus the resulting resonance frequency of the entire structure. Various embodiments of the conductor sections at the end of the resonator are conceivable for realizing a defined end capacity for receiving the vibration condition. The final capacity can be realized by one or more lines of appropriate length, which do not necessarily have to run parallel to one another or to the resonator. All lines can also be made in any curved shape and not just in a straight shape. Durcn the cover of the antenna or the foil radiator by an additional dielectric layer, which is taken into account in the design process, can be largely insensitive to other dielectrics located near the stranger. This is important so that the installation of the film radiator m fun devices (dielectric influence) as well as the influence that results from holding the radio in hand, the functionality remains and the radiator is not detuned.

Since one side is short-circuited with this type of radiator, there is only one radiating or receiving end. This leads to an asymmetry of the directional characteristic m of the oscillation plane of the electric field vector (E plane) and thus to an angular offset of the main radiation direction m of this plane by approx. 30 ° m viewing direction of the short-circuited radiation side - radiating end.

The electrical properties of this antenna, e.g. Good impedance bandwidth, efficiency and gain depend on the size of the mechanical shortening (reduction) achieved, the width of the resonator, the distance between the resonator and the end capacitance sections, the effective permittivity constant, the substrate thickness and the dielectric loss angle.

By means of the presented invention, it is possible to accommodate two or more antennas for different wavelengths in a relatively small space. An essential feature of the invention is that the resonators implemented in microstrip technology for receiving the microwaves are shorter than λ _ε / 4, which means that a particularly compact and small design can be achieved. The fact that the resonator length is chosen to be shorter than λ _ε / 4 means that, as already explained, the vibration condition is no longer greater Fulfills. The required end capacities are realized by further line sections. An increase in the frequency bandwidth can be achieved by additional radiator elements by electromagnetic coupling. This is done by means of further additional microstrip lines which are arranged at certain distances from the resonator and its end capacitors. It is possible to receive two or more resonators on a substrate with two or more resonators, the resonators being able to be spatially nested and matched to the required frequency bands. The individual antennas do not have to be arranged on one level, but can also be arranged in layers one above the other. It is also possible that several antenna arrangements are provided per layer, so that more than two different frequency bands can be operated. This makes it possible for a mobile radio telephone to be able to communicate with different mobile radio networks.

Some embodiments of the invention are explained in more detail below with reference to drawings.

Show it:

Figure 1: Invention antenna with one with the

Resonator connected to the ground plane and two conductor sections which represent the end capacitors and which adjoin the resonator on both sides;

Figure 2: Cross-sectional view of the antenna acc.

Figure 1;

Figure 3: Antenna acc. 1 with only one conductor section forming the final capacitance; Figure 4: Antenna acc. FIG. 1, in which the conductor cuts are arranged on one side of the resonator;

5 and 6: antenna with 4 and 3 conductor sections forming the end capacitances;

FIG. ^N : antenna, the end capacitance conductor sections of which are not straight, but rather rectangular in shape;

FIGS. 8 to 10: Antenna according to the invention in accordance with FIG. 2, in which a plurality of resonators nested in one another are provided in order to enlarge the frequency bandwidth;

Figure 11: Two antennas nested according to the invention, for the reception of two frequency bands;

FIG. 12: Two antennas according to the invention arranged on a substrate for receiving two frequency bands, each with additional coupling for increasing the respective frequency bandwidth;

Figure 13: Top view of a layer antenna for

Reception of two frequency bands;

Figure 14: Cross-sectional view of an antenna acc.

Figure 13.

1 shows an antenna according to the invention with a film-like, low-dielectric carrier 10, which is coated on one side with a conductive structure S, consisting of conductor sections 2, 3 and 4 of different lengths that run parallel to one another and rectilinearly, the conductor section 3 being conductive and one-sided is connected to a ground plane 8, which in turn, as shown in FIG. 2, is connected to the ground plane 1 via a conductive coating of the cross-sectional area of the carrier substrate 10. Instead of the conductive coating 12, in an exemplary embodiment not shown, the ground plane 8 can be connected to the ground plane 1 m by means of one or more contact pins which pass through the dielectric substrate layer 10. The conductive coating of the cross-sectional area of the supporting substrate 10 shown in FIG. 2 does not have to run over the entire width of the antenna, but a partial coating of the film cross-sectional area can be carried out. The conductor sections 2, 3 and 4 are each arranged separately from one another by a gap 5, 6 of a defined gap width, the conductor sections 2, 3 and 4 being conductively connected to one another by a strip-shaped conductor section 7 of a defined section length and width running in the transverse direction, the conductor section running in the transverse direction being arranged on the conductor section end of the antenna opposite the ground contact 8. The conductor section 3, which is connected to the ground plane 8 at one end of the conductor section and to the transverse strip-shaped conductor section 7 at the opposite end of the conductor section, is coupled to a signal waveguide at the location 9 by the inner conductor 13 of a coaxial waveguide being connected by an aperture 15 which is shown in FIG the rear ground plane 1 is arranged, guided centrally and coupled to the conductor section 3 at location 9 on the longitudinal symmetry line of the conductor section, and the outer conductor of the coaxial waveguide is conductively connected to the rear ground plane 1 at the aperture boundary 15.

The vibration condition of the open and asymmetrical waveguide structure in the form of microstrip technology is determined by the geometric length and width of the conductor sections 2, 3 and 4. The input impedance of the microstrip anoronation is determined via the location of the coupling 9 along the symmetry of the conductor section 3, which in turn depends on the resulting length of the conductor sections 2 and 4, the signal embedding or decoupling at the location 9 via a circular coaxial aperture or a slit or rectangular aperture.

The detuning of the emitter due to dielectric environmental influences is compensated for over the length of the conductor sections 2 and / or 4, the degree of detuning of the emitter due to dielectric environmental influences being additionally influenced or minimized by the application of a dielectric layer 11 of a defined dielectric number and a defined geometry.

The dielectric carrier layer 10 is in particular a polystyrene film with a layer thickness of 1 mm, which is provided on one side and over the entire area with a copper or aluminum foil with a layer thickness between 0.01 mm and 0.5 mm, which forms the ground plane. According to FIG. 2, the same polystyrene support with a film-like structure S made of copper or aluminum and having a layer thickness between 0.01 mm and 0.5 mm, consisting of the straight conductor sections 2 running parallel to one another and each separated by an elongated gap, 3, 4 provided. The dielectric layer 11 also has a layer thickness of approximately 1 mm.

In a particular embodiment, the antenna has a length L of 119 mm _^ and a width B _A of 40 mm. The length L _{8 of} the ground plane 8 is 20 mm. The distance L _B from the ground surface 8 to the feed point of the antenna 9 is also ^¬ if 20 mm. The diameter of the aperture 15 is 4.1 mm. The length of the conductor capacity forming the final capacity K: and K measure 82.6 mm and 56.7 mm. The length L _R of the conductor section 3 or R forming the resonator is 85.7 mm. The width of the conductor section 2 is 11.5 mm and the width of the conductor section 4 is 9.5 mm. The width of the resonator conductor section is 12 mm.

FIG. 3 shows a radiator according to the invention, in which only a conductor section K arranged parallel to the resonator conductor section 3 or R forms the end capacitance.

FIG. 4 shows a radiator according to the invention, in which the end capacitance is formed by two conductor sections Ki and K ₂ arranged in parallel, which are arranged on one side of the resonator conductor section R. Likewise, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, an antenna can be configured in which the resulting end capacitance is realized by three or four conductor sections Ki to K.

FIG. 7 shows a further embodiment of the antenna according to the invention, in which the conductor sections 16 and 17 forming the end capacitance are not rectilinear but have a rectangular shape.

FIGS. 8 to 10 show antennas in which the frequency bandwidth of the antenna is set or increased by electromagnetic coupling with additional conductor elements which are arranged on the same dielectric carrier substrate. The basic structure of the antenna according to FIG. 8 corresponds to the antenna according to FIG. 3, with additionally a U-shaped conductor section 19, 20, 21 with its one leg 21 reaching into the gap between the resonator conductor section 3 and the conductor section 2 forming the final capacitance. The other leg 19 is connected to an additional ground surface 18, which in turn is connected to the ground plane I in accordance with the ground surface 9. The figure 9 corresponds in its basic ^¬ construction of Figure 1, now two additional U- Formaσe Leiteraoschnitte 23 to 28 are provided, each with one leg 27, 28 m engage the gap formed by the conductor sections 2, R, 4.

FIGS. 9 and 10 show further possible configurations of the antenna according to the invention, the arrangement of the additional conductor sections 30 to 38 influencing the coupling for increasing the frequency bandwidths being in principle arbitrary. It is also conceivable that the conductor sections interlock in a spiral manner, so that a long parallel guidance of conductor sections is produced in a relatively small space.

FIGS. 11 to 14 show antennas in which two antenna signals can be coupled in or out, as a result of which two frequency bands can be received or operated simultaneously using only one film antenna. Due to the different design of the resonator conductor sections R ₃ and R _b , the resonance conditions connection with the conductor sections 41a, b and 42a, b and the locations 43a, 43b of the coupling-out of the electromagnetic waves are determined. Due to the nesting of the two radiator arrangements, they can be arranged in a very small space.

FIG. 12 shows a further embodiment of an antenna with two connections 51a, 51b for dielectric waveguides, with only the radiator arrangement shown in FIG. 8, each having different dimensions, being arranged next to one another on a substrate carrier.

FIGS. 13 and 14 show a multi-layer antenna in which the antennas according to the invention are arranged in a sandwich-like manner above a plurality of layers, one antenna in each case corresponding to the oscillation conditions for the frequencies of a specific mobile radio network. Due to the different resonance frequencies, the excessive radiation structures arranged only insignificantly. In contrast to the arrangement according to FIG. 2, less space is required when the radiator structures are layered on top of one another, as a result of which the antenna according to FIG. 13 can be made more compact and thus the housing of a mobile radio telephone surrounding it can be made relatively small.

FIG. 14 shows the antenna according to FIG. 13 in cross section. The conductive coating 12a, b of the cross-sectional area of the Tragersubstrate 10a and 10b is connected to the patterned layers S _A and S _B m-conductive connection. Such a conductive cross-sectional coating can also be provided on the opposite side after execution of the antenna.

It goes without saying that, depending on the desired resonance frequency, coupling and detuning, the respective geometries of the individual conductor sections must be selected accordingly, the geometries of the conductor structures having to be determined empirically in part in order to achieve predetermined frequency values.

Reference symbol list:

1 ground level

2, 2 _{a / b} , 4, 4 _{a / b} , conductor section as final capacity

3, R, Ri resonator conductor section

5.6 Distance gaps between the end capacitance conductor sections and the resonator conductor sections

7.7 _{a / b} , resonator conductor section with end capacitance

41 _{a / b,} 45 _{a / b} cross conductor section connecting the actual conductor sections

8 ground plane; with the ground plane 1 connection

9 Feed point of the antenna

10 dielectric carrier layer;

11 dielectric layer

12 Conductive coating of the cross-sectional area of the carrier substrate

13, 13a, 13b inner conductor of a coaxial waveguide

14, 14a, 14b solder point

15, 15a, 15b aperture

16, l ¹ conductor section as end capacity square

Waveform 18, 22, 29, 40b, 7 additional ground area; with the ground plane

1 in connection

19-21; 23-28; Additional essentially U-shaped 30-35; 31 \ 33 ^λ conductor section 35 \ 48a / b-50a / b

36, 37, 38, 36 conductor section for adjusting the tuning 37 38 ^Λ , 40b tuning of the antenna

B _A width of the antenna

L ₉ length of the ground plane 8

L _A length of the antenna

L _B distance of the coupling point from the

Ground area 8

L _R length of the resonator conductor section

L _K i length of the end capacitance sections

L _{SP /} L _Spι width of the _gap

S, S _a, S _b Conductive in microstrip lines constructive ^¬ tured layer

Claims

Antenna for receiving and transmitting electromagnetic microwaves of wavelength λ, consisting of a substrate layer (10) made of low-dielectric material, which has a conductive ground plane (1) on one side and the opposite side is structured in the form of a microstrip line, as you can see kennzei ch net that the conductive structure (S) has an elongated conductor section (3, 3a, 3b, R, R _a , R _b ) as a resonator, the length (L _R ) is shorter than λ _ε / 4, and with one end is conductively connected to the ground plane (8,1), and the other end is conductively connected to at least one further conductor section (2, 2a, 2b, 4, 42a, 42b, 46a, 46b, K) which serves as the final capacitance for setting the resonance condition, the resonator conductor section (3, 3a, 3b, R, R _a , R _b ) with an inner conductor of a coaxial waveguide and the outer conductor of the coaxial waveguide with the ground plane (1) m connection is.

Antenna according to Claim 1, characterized in that the at least one further conductor section (2, 2a, 2b, 4, 42a, 42b, 46a, 46b, K) is also designed as a microstrip line and parallel to the resonator conductor section (3, 3a, 3b, R, R _a , R _b ) is arranged.

, Antenna according to claim 1 or 2, since you rchgekennzei ch net that the resonator conductor section (3, 3a, 3b, R, R _a , R _b ) with the further conductor section (2, 2a, 2b, 4, 42a, 42b, 46a, 46b, K) is conductive in such a way that the two conductor sections (2, 2a, 2b, 4, 42a, 42b, 46a, 46b, K; 3, 3a, 3b, R, R _a , R _b ) together with the they connecting connecting conductor section (7, 41a, 41b, 45a, 45b, 49a, 49b) form a U with legs of the same or different lengths.

4. Antenna according to one of claims 1 or 3, since you rchgek characterized in that at least two further conductor sections (2, 2a, 2b, 4, 42a, 42b, 46a, 46b, K), which in particular parallel to the resonator conductor section (3, 3a , 3b, R, R _a , R _b ) are arranged, each with one end via a connecting conductor (7, 41a, 41b, arranged transversely to the longitudinal symmetry line of the resonator conductor section (3, 3a, 3b, R, R _a , R _b ), 45a, 45b, 49a, 49b) are connected to one end of the resonator conductor section (3, 3a, 3b, R, R _a , R _b ), the further conductor sections

(2, 2a, 2b, 4, 42a, 42b, 46a, 46b, K) are distributed either on one side or on both sides of the resonator conductor section (3, 3a, 3b, R, R _a , R), in particular the Length (L _κ ) of the further conductor sections (2, 2a, 2b, 4, 42a, 42b, 46a, 46b, K) is different.

5. Antenna according to one of the preceding claims, since you r ch ge mark that the one end of the resonator conductor section (3, 3a, 3b, R, R _a , R) via at least one through the substrate layer (10, 10a, 10b) gripping connecting pin with the Masseeoene (1) m connection.

6. Antenna according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the one end of the resonator conductor section (3, 3a, 3b, R, R _a , R _b ) via a conductive coating (12, 12 _ab ) the cross-sectional area of the substrate layer (10, 10a, 10b) m connection

7. Antenna according to one of the preceding claims, since you mark the net that the at least one further conductor section (2, 2a, 2b, 4, 42a, 42b, 46a, 46b, K) is straight, angled, curved, undulating, Zigzag or rectangular shape is formed.

8. Antenna according to one of the preceding claims, since you r ch gekennzei ch net that at least em additional substantially U-shaped conductor section (19, 20, 21; 23-28; 30-35; 31 \ 33 \) to set the resonator condition 35 ^λ ; 48a / b-50a / b) is arranged on the substrate layer (10), wherein one leg (21, 27, 28, 34, 35, 35 \ 50a, 50b) of this U-shaped additional conductor section m through the Resonator section (3, 3a, 3b, R, R _a , R _b ) and further conductor section (2, 2a, 2b, 4, 42a, 42b, 46a, 46b, K) engages opening and the end of the other leg (19, 23, 24, 30, 31, 48a, 48b) of the additional conductor section with the ground plane (1, 18, 22, 29, 47, 47) m connection.

9. Antenna according to claim 8, dadu rchgekennzei ch net that the additional U-shaped conductor section (R _b , 41b, 42b) is also an antenna for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic waves, from which with the Masseeoene (1, 40b) in sales omdung located conductor section (Rb) the waves are coupled out or in such a way that the interlocking structures of the antennas influence the resonance conditions and / or detuning of the individual resonators by the mutual electromagnetic coupling and a larger frequency bandwidth can be achieved.

10. Antenna according to one of the preceding claims, since you r c h ge k e n n z e i c h n e t that several antennas for transmitting and / or receiving different wavelengths on the substrate layer (10, 10a, 10b) are arranged side by side, which are each coupled to a coaxial waveguide.

11. Antenna according to one of the preceding claims, since you r c h ge k e n n z e i c h n e t that several antennas are each arranged one above the other separated by at least one substrate layer (10a).

12. Antenna according to one of the preceding claims, since you mark the net that the inner conductor (13, 13a, 13b) of the coaxial waveguide through an aperture (15, 15a, 15b) m of the ground plane (1) and one Recess in the layer (10, 10a, 10b) and is connected to the resonator conductor section (3, 3a, 3b, R, R _a , R _b ) m, the input impedance of the antenna extending along the location (9) of the coupling the longitudinal symmetry of the resonator conductor section

(3, 3a, 3b, R, R _a , R _b ).

13. Antenna according to claim 12, characterized in that the diaphragm (15, 15a, 15b) is circular, slit or rectangular.

4. Antenna according to one of the preceding claims, since you know that the detuning of the antenna as a result of dielectric environmental influences over the length of the further conductor sections (19, 20, 21; 23-28; 30-35; 31 \ 33 \ 35; 48a / b-50a / b) and / or is compensated for by the antennas additionally arranged on the substrate.

15. Antenna according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by the fact that the degree of detuning of the antenna is influenced or minimized as a result of dielectric environmental influences due to the support of a dielectric layer (11) having a defined dielectric constant and a defined geometry, in particular thickness.