EP0989628B1 - Patch antenna having flexed ground plate - Google Patents

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EP0989628B1
EP0989628B1 EP99118195A EP99118195A EP0989628B1 EP 0989628 B1 EP0989628 B1 EP 0989628B1 EP 99118195 A EP99118195 A EP 99118195A EP 99118195 A EP99118195 A EP 99118195A EP 0989628 B1 EP0989628 B1 EP 0989628B1
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patch antenna
radiating plate
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Jeong Kun Oh
Duck Jae Park
Chang Gyu Choi
Jong Cheol Yun
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q9/00—Electrically-short antennas having dimensions not more than twice the operating wavelength and consisting of conductive active radiating elements
    • H01Q9/04—Resonant antennas
    • H01Q9/0407—Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q13/00—Waveguide horns or mouths; Slot antennas; Leaky-waveguide antennas; Equivalent structures causing radiation along the transmission path of a guided wave
    • H01Q13/08—Radiating ends of two-conductor microwave transmission lines, e.g. of coaxial lines, of microstrip lines

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  • the present invention relates to an antenna, and more particularly, to a patch antenna typically used for mobile communications equipment.
  • a patch antenna is light in its weight and has a thin cross section so as to be fixed easily to the roof or window of a car or the wall of a building.
  • the patch antenna is preferred for wide radio applications including military purposes and commercial purposes, e.g., missiles, battlefield surveillance systems, telemetry systems, and aircraft or satellite communications.
  • the patch antenna has a disadvantage in that it shows a narrow bandwidth, which typically ranges between 1 and 2%. Accordingly, it has been desired to develop an antenna which shows a wide bandwidth while maintaining the small size thereof.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a patch antenna which shows a wide bandwidth and maintains a high radiation efficiency without increasing the size thereof.
  • the patch antenna for achieving the above object comprises a radiating plate, a ground plate, and means for feeding the radiating plate.
  • the ground plate has a base plane and at least one vertical lip extended perpendicularly from the base plane to have an "L"-shaped or "U”-shaped cross section.
  • a capacitive coupling is induced in the space between the radiating plate and the ground plate in the vicinity of the vertical lip, so that a wideband impedance matching and an increased forward-to-back ratio are obtained.
  • a patch antenna assembly in a preferred embodiment includes a patch antenna element and a housing for accommodating the patch antenna element.
  • the patch antenna element includes a radiating plate 10, a ground plate 20, and a coaxial cable 30 for feeding signals to the radiating plate 10.
  • the housing consists of a top housing 50 and a bottom housing 60.
  • the bottom housing 60 includes, on its top surface, an outer wall 62, protrusions 64 extending inwards from the outer wall 62 for supporting the ground plate 20, and fingers 66 for securing the radiating plate 10. Even though not being illustrated in the figures, four protrusions are formed on the inner surface of the wall of the top housing 50 and four recesses are formed correspondingly on the outer surface of the outer wall 62 of the bottom housing 60, so that the top housing 50 can be secured on the bottom housing 60.
  • the housing is preferably made of plastic dielectric material having sufficient physical strength yet minimizing the reflection of the electromagnetic wave transmitted from or received by the patch antenna element.
  • the radiating plate 10 and the ground plate 20 may be made of conductive material such as a copper or aluminum sheet.
  • the radiating plate 10 is rectangular-shaped and has a slit 12 having a "U"-shape and penetrating itself.
  • the radiating plate 10 has a hole in its center for receiving a probe 39, i.e., the end of the center conductor of the coaxial cable 30, and holes near its corners for receiving the top end of the fingers 66.
  • the ground plate 20 has a base plane 22 and a vertical lip 24 extending perpendicularly from an edge of the base plane 22 so as to have an "L"-shaped cross section.
  • the ground plate 20 has holes so that the fingers 66 penetrate the plate.
  • the coaxial cable 30 includes a center conductor 32, an insulating layer 34 surrounding the center conductor 32, and an outer conductor 36 surrounding the insulating layer 34.
  • the coaxial cable 30 is not sheathed and thus uninsulated in its outer surface so that the outer conductor 36 of the cable 30 directly contacts the ground plate 20.
  • a coaxial connector 38 for connecting the patch antenna assembly to an external circuit is disposed at an end of the coaxial cable 30.
  • the other end of the cable 30 is flexed upwards by 90°.
  • the outer conductor 36 is stripped off at the vertical portion of the cable 30 flexed upwards.
  • the patch antenna assembly is assembled as follows.
  • the ground plate 20 is disposed on the protrusions 64 while the fingers 66 being inserted into the holes of the ground plate 20.
  • the fitting portion of the coaxial connector 38 is disposed in a mating groove 62 of the bottom housing 60, and the outer conductor 36 of the coaxial cable 30 is fixed, preferably by soldering, on the ground plate 20.
  • the radiating plate 10 is disposed on the top end of the fingers 66 while the probe 39 of the coaxial cable 30 being inserted to the center hole of the radiating plate 10.
  • the probe 39 is soldered in the center hole of the radiating plate 10, so that the radiating plate 10 is electrically connected to the center conductor 32 of the coaxial cable 30 while being secured in parallel with the ground plate 20.
  • the top housing 50 is secured on the bottom housing 60 by engaging four not shown protrusions on the inner surface of the wall of the top housing 50 and four not shown recesses on the outer surface of the bottom housing 60.
  • the radiating plate 10 is parallel to, but separated from the ground plate 20 by the coaxial cable 30 and the fingers 66. Also, the outer conductor 36 of the coaxial cable 30 terminates on the ground plate 20 and the center conductor 32 terminates on the radiating plate 10. Thus, the radiating plate 10 is fed from the rear using the center conductor 32 of the coaxial cable 30.
  • the vertical lip 24 extending from the edge of the base plane 22 changes the electromagnetic field distribution in the space between the radiating plate 10 and the ground plate 20 in the vicinity of the vertical lip 24.
  • Such a change in the electromagnetic field distribution increases a distributed capacitance between the radiating plate 10 and the ground plate 20.
  • the increased distributed capacitance compensates for the inductive reactance induced in the coaxial cable 30, which allows a wideband impedance matching and expands the beam width of the main lobe of the radiated wave.
  • the magnitude of the induced capacitance may be adjusted by varying the height of the vertical lip 24 and the distance between the edge of the radiating plate 10 and the vertical lip 24. That is, if the distance between the edge of the radiating plate 10 and the vertical lip 24 is getting smaller, the induced capacitance is getting larger and the resonance frequency moves toward a lower band.
  • the length of the radiating plate 10 may be determined to be smaller than ⁇ /2, where ⁇ is the operating wavelength of the antenna assembly.
  • a larger ground plate is preferable in a directional antenna in order to enhance the front-to-back ratio of the antenna.
  • the larger ground plate is disadvantageous in that it also increases the dimension and weight of the antenna.
  • the vertical lip 24 of the ground plate 20 reduces the portion of the wave which radiates backward from the radiating plate 10. Accordingly, it is possible to enhance the front-to-back ratio while reducing the horizontal dimension of the ground plate 20 compared with those of prior art.
  • the height of the vertical lip 24 and the distance between the radiating plate 10 and the vertical lip 24 may be determined in such a manner that a desired beam width is obtained.
  • FIG. 3 shows the experimental measurement of a standing wave ratio for the patch antenna assembly of FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • Standing wave ratios were calculated based on scattering (S) parameters measured at the input terminal of the coaxial connector 40.
  • Standing wave ratios at 824, 849, 869 and 894 MHz were 1.23, 1.15, 1.26, and 1.18, respectively.
  • the standing wave ratio for the patch antenna assembly of FIGS. 1 and 2 maintains low value over a wide band extending more than 100 MHz.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 show E-plane and H-plane radiation patterns, respectively, at 849 MHz for the patch antenna assembly of FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • the antenna radiation patterns show that most of the power is radiated to the front direction of the radiating plate and reflect the high front-to-back ratio of the patch antenna according to the present invention.
  • the maximum E-plane gain is 7.54 dB and the maximum H-plane gain is 7.80 dB.
  • the beam width at 3 dB half point is 82.32 degrees in the E-plane and 84.05 degrees in the H-plane.
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 illustrate another embodiment of a patch antenna assembly according to the present invention.
  • the ground plate 70 is flexed upwards at two edges opposite to each other so as to have a "U"-shaped cross section.
  • the ground plate 70 includes a base plane 72 and a first vertical lip 74 extending perpendicularly from an edge of the base plane 72, and a second vertical lip 76 extending perpendicularly from another edge of the base plane 72 and being parallel to the first vertical lip 74.
  • the other features of the patch antenna assembly of FIGS. 6 and 7 are similar to those of the patch antenna assembly of FIGS. 1 and 2, and thus detailed description thereof will be omitted.
  • a dielectric layer such as a Teflon fiberglass layer and a ceramic layer may be inserted between the radiating plate and the ground plate alternatively.

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