JP2006115335A - Antenna - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compact and thin antenna which excels in broadband characteristics. <P>SOLUTION: In the antenna with a wave director in front of a radiator and a fall dead reflector at the back of the radiator, the reflector includes a front conductor at a front side positioned in parallel with an axial line in the longitudinal direction of the radiator at a certain space from the axial line; connecting portions continuously arranged from both ends of the front conductor to the back side; a back conductor at a back side formed to have a size smaller than that of the front conductor, and positioned behind the connecting portions and in parallel with the axial line in the longitudinal direction of the radiator; and continuously arranged parts for continuously arranging back ends of the connecting portions and front ends of the back conductor. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

The present invention relates to an antenna in which a waveguide is disposed in front of a radiator and a folded reflector is disposed behind.

A conventional antenna in which a reflector is arranged in a folded type includes a reflection element for a wide area for reflecting a high frequency component in a usable band that can be transmitted and received by a radiator, and a low band side in the usable band. A low-frequency reflective element for reflecting frequency components, and at least the low-frequency reflective element, the normal direction of the surface formed by the loop portion (connecting portion) of the low-frequency reflective element and the low-frequency reflective element Since the arrangement direction of the director, radiator, and reflector is aligned, the reflector of this antenna has the same arrangement plane formed by the longitudinal axis of the director, radiator, and reflector. It will jump out in the vertical direction by at least the reflector.
(For example, see Patent Document 1)

JP 2000-323922 A

However, in recent years, terrestrial digital broadcasting has started, and simultaneous broadcasting with conventional analog terrestrial broadcasting has started. In areas where the arrival directions of analog broadcasting and digital broadcasting waves are different, in addition to the conventional antennas, In order to receive digital terrestrial broadcasting, new antennas have been added or antennas have been replaced with new ones. In addition, when receiving terrestrial digital broadcasting, there may be a demand for replacing the antenna with a new one.
In such a case, the antenna for digital terrestrial broadcasting is added to the mast to which the conventional antenna is attached, or is attached to, for example, a veranda. The antenna should be easily installed. In addition, a space-saving shape that does not interfere with other antennas is good, and on the veranda etc., it is necessary that the antenna does not pose a danger to the user.
However, in the conventional antenna as described above, the folded reflector protrudes in the vertical direction from the same arrangement plane formed by the longitudinal axis of the director, radiator, and reflector. There has been a problem that the size of the direction becomes large and the outer shape of the antenna becomes large.
Therefore, in the present application, it was made to solve such problems,
The purpose is to provide a small and thin antenna.
Another object is to provide a space-saving antenna device. Another object is to provide an antenna with good broadband characteristics.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention of claim 1 is directed to an antenna having a waveguide disposed in front of a radiator and a folded reflector disposed behind.
The reflector includes a front conductor portion disposed at a parallel position apart from the longitudinal axis of the radiator by a certain dimension, and a connection lined from both ends of the front conductor portion toward the rear. And a conductor portion on the rear side which is formed in a shorter dimension than the conductor portion on the front side and is arranged behind the connection portion and in parallel with the longitudinal axis of the radiator, A rear end portion and a continuous portion connecting the rear end portion of the conductor portion.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the antenna according to the first aspect, the director includes a conductor portion disposed in a parallel position apart from the longitudinal axis of the radiator by a certain dimension, and the conductor portion. And an extended portion continuously provided from both ends toward the rear, and the waveguide is configured not to have a linear shape.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the antenna according to the first or second aspect, all or a part of the conductor portion provided in the reflector is formed of a bendable conductor and is continuously provided. Configured.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, in the antenna formed by arranging the reflector in the front and the folded reflector in the rear with the radiator interposed therebetween,
The reflector includes a front conductor portion disposed at a parallel position apart from the longitudinal axis of the radiator by a certain dimension, and a connection lined from both ends of the front conductor portion toward the rear. And a conductor portion on the rear side which is formed in a shorter dimension than the conductor portion on the front side and is arranged behind the connection portion and in parallel with the longitudinal axis of the radiator, Since it is composed of a continuous portion connecting the rear end portion and the front end portion of the conductor portion on the rear side,
A small and thin antenna with good VSWR characteristics over a wide band can be provided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the antenna according to the first aspect, the director includes a conductor portion disposed at a parallel position apart from the longitudinal axis of the radiator by a certain dimension, and the conductor. And the extending portion connected from the both ends of the portion toward the rear, and the waveguide is configured not to have a linear shape,
A small and thin antenna having not only good VSWR characteristics over a wide band but also good gain and directivity characteristics can be provided.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the antenna according to the first or second aspect, all or a part of the conductor portion provided in the reflector is formed of a bendable conductor and is continuously provided. Because it was configured to
Supports that support the director, radiator, reflector, etc. by enabling all or part of the conductor provided in the reflector to be processed and arranged in any shape even after assembly A small and thin antenna with excellent broadband characteristics that can be arranged so as not to be affected by the shape of the structure such as the case and the case, and the arrangement of the support or the parts housed in the case, etc. Can provide.

Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment embodying the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a UHF antenna 1 that receives, for example, a UHF band television broadcast signal, and FIG. 2A is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of a first embodiment of elements constituting the antenna according to the present application. , (B) is another embodiment. FIG. 3A shows a plan view of the antenna element of the first embodiment housed in the case body 1a, and FIG. 3B is a side view. FIG. 4A is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of the second embodiment of the element constituting the antenna according to the present application, and FIG. 4B is a plan view when the antenna 1 of the second embodiment is provided with an amplifier. Show. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA shown in FIG. FIG. 6 shows the dimensions of each part of the second embodiment. FIG. 7 shows an example of electrical characteristics of the second embodiment of the present application.
Note that the case cover 1b is omitted except for FIG. 1 for ease of explanation.

As shown in FIG. 1, an antenna device 1 is a case for housing an antenna element shown in the present application constituting the antenna device 1, and includes a case body 1a in which a synthetic resin material is molded with a mold, and the case. A case formed of a case cover 1b for closing the opening of the main body 1a, the shape of the case being reduced toward the tip, and a thin design with a clean design, and the antenna device 1 is connected to the antenna mast 50. And a mounting bracket 30 formed of a metal material for mounting to the like. Reference numeral 51 denotes a coaxial cable which is a lead-in wire.

The element configuration of the antenna 100 of the present application constituting the antenna apparatus will be described with reference to the schematic configuration diagram of FIG.
FIG. 2 (a) shows a first embodiment according to the present invention, in which a waveguide 10 composed of two waveguide elements 10L and 10H, a folded radiator 15, and a folded reflector 2 are shown. And. Further, at the central portion of the radiator 15, power feeding units 15 a and 15 b that feed power to the radiator 15 and supply a reception signal of radio waves that are double-waved by the radiator 15 through a power supply line (not shown). Is provided.
Further, the waveguide 10 has a straight shape in the first embodiment, and is arranged in parallel with the radiator 15 in the order of the waveguide elements 10H and 10L from the front side. .

FIG. 2 (b) shows a different embodiment of the antenna element 100, in which the director 10 is a conductor element 10H arranged in a parallel position apart from the longitudinal axis of the radiator by a certain dimension. , And extending portions 10a and 10b continuously provided from both ends of the conductor element 10H toward the rear, and the waveguide element is formed so as not to have a linear shape. In addition, this waveguide element 10H shows the conductor part described in Claim 2.

Next, the reflector 2 will be described. The reflector 2 is disposed on the same surface as the director 10 on the opposite side of the director 10 with the radiator 15 interposed therebetween, and is separated from the longitudinal axis of the radiator 15 by a certain dimension. The conductor portion 3 on the front side disposed in the parallel position, the connecting portions 5a and 5b connected from both ends of the conductor portion 3 on the front side to the rear, and a size shorter than the conductor portion 3 on the front side. A rear conductor portion 6 formed behind the connection portions 5a and 5b and arranged in parallel with the longitudinal axis of the radiator 15, and rear end portions of the connection portions 5a and 5b; It is comprised from the connection parts 7a and 7b which connect the both-sides tip part of the said conductor part 6 of the said back side.

As shown in FIG. 3, the constituent elements of the antenna 100 configured as described above are disposed and stored in the case body 1a with a predetermined interval. On the inner peripheral surface of the case main body 1a, support legs 11a, 11a,... For supporting the waveguide 10, the radiator 15, and the reflector 2 as the elements are appropriately integrated with the case main body 1a. Each element is configured to be supported by the case body by the support legs 11a, 11a.
In the embodiment of the present application, the reflector 2 is formed by bending a pipe-shaped metal material, but it may be formed by pressing a plate material. Further, all of the reflectors 2 may be integrally formed, or each part may be processed separately and connected by a predetermined method.

The feeding portions 15a and 15b of the radiator 15 are provided with matching means 16 for converting the impedance of the antenna into 75Ω, for example, and the output side of the matching means 16 is output via the coaxial cable 17 to the output of the antenna device 1. The terminal 20 is connected.
According to the embodiment of the present application, the matching means 16 is constituted by a balun formed by winding a lead wire around ferrite, but is not particularly limited to this embodiment.

Reference numeral 30 denotes a mounting bracket for mounting the antenna device 1 to the antenna mast 50 or the like. According to the embodiment of the present application, one is fixed to the lower part of the case main body 1a and the other is protruded rearward of the case main body 1a. The base 31 provided with an abutting portion so as to abut on the antenna mast 50 and the antenna mast 50 are sandwiched between the abutting surface of the base 31 and formed on the other end. A U-shaped bolt 32 inserted into the abutting portion of the base 31 and the clamping piece 34 from the side where the piece 34 is fixed to the case main body 1a of the base 31, and attached to the U-shaped bolt 32 The wing nuts 33 and 33 are used to hold the holding piece 34 and the base.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the following description, the same components as those of the antenna of the first embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

In this embodiment, the configuration of the reflector 2 is partially changed. As shown in FIG. 4A, the reflector 2 is arranged on the same surface as the director 10 on the side opposite to the director 10 with the radiator 15 interposed therebetween. A front conductor portion 3 disposed at a parallel position apart from the direction axis, and connecting portions 5a and 5b connected from both ends of the front conductor portion 3 to the rear, A conductor portion 8 on the rear side which is formed in a shorter dimension than the conductor portion 3 on the side, and is arranged behind the connecting portions 5a and 5b and in the axial direction of the longitudinal direction of the radiator 15, and the connecting portions 5a, The rear conductor portion 8 is composed of continuous portions 7a and 7b that continuously connect the rear end portion of 5b and both end portions of the conductor portion 8 on the rear side. Constructed of a conductive material that is flexible even after assembly, such as a conductor coated with It is.

Next, a different use example of the antenna shown in the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, an electronic circuit 25 represented by, for example, an amplifier circuit formed on a printed wiring board or the like can be mounted in a space formed at a substantially central portion of the reflector 2. The detail of this attachment state is demonstrated based on FIG. 5 (AA sectional view in FIG. 4).
A recess 41 is formed on the bottom of the case body 1a so as to slightly protrude downward. One base 31 of the mounting bracket 30 is fixed to the outer lower surface of the recess 41.
, Bosses 42, 42,... Are erected integrally with the case body 1 a on the inner surface of the recess 41, and the electronic circuit 25 is placed on the bosses 42, 42,. The electronic circuit 25 is fixed to the case main body 1a by screws 43, 43,.

The electronic circuit 25 is configured to be shielded by shield cases 27a and 27b formed of a metal material by incorporating an amplifier circuit or the like into the printed wiring board 26, for example. The other side of the coaxial cable 17 from the antenna (not shown) is connected to the electronic circuit 25, and a signal from the antenna is input to the electronic circuit 25. A signal subjected to processing such as amplification in the electronic circuit 25 is output from the output terminal 20. The output terminal 20 is press-fitted and fixed in the vicinity of the inside of the through hole 28 of the case body 1a. On one side of the output terminal 20, the center conductor 20a and the external conductor 20b of the output terminal 20 are formed on the printed board. Connected to the signal line and the ground line. The other side is configured to protrude outward from the antenna case main body 1a through the through hole 28.

The production of the antenna 100 of the present application using the antenna 100 having the same configuration, regardless of whether the amplifier circuit 25 is accommodated or not, as in the embodiment described above, is productivity. From an aspect, it becomes an important factor. In addition to this, it is required to have a small and thin structure as shown in the above-mentioned problem. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present application, the storage space is formed by slightly projecting the concave portion 41 in the case main body 1a, and the storage space is formed by effectively using the central space formed by the reflector 2. In order to realize the slimming, downsizing, and thinning of the antenna by making it possible to store a later part (for example, the amplification circuit 25), at least the reflector 2 is configured to realize this. A part or all of the conductor portion 8 on the rear side is made of a conductive material that is flexible even after assembly, such as a conductive wire whose exterior is covered with a dielectric. When attaching the electronic circuit 25 constituted by the amplification circuit or the like as described above by fixing both ends to the extending portions 7a and 7b by a predetermined method so as to complete the loop of the reflector 2. Is By pushing the conductor portion 8 toward the bottom of the space formed by the recess 41 so that the conductor portion 8 passes through the lower portion of the circuit means 25, there is no need to provide an extra storage space. A reduction in size and thickness can be realized.
In the embodiment, the electronic circuit 25 is an amplifier circuit. However, the electronic circuit 25 is not particularly limited to this embodiment. For example, the electronic circuit 25 may be a filter circuit or a matching circuit. These circuits may not be provided on the printed board.

FIG. 7 shows the results of measuring the electrical characteristics (operating gain, standing wave ratio, front-to-back ratio, half-value angle) of the UHF antenna configured as in the second embodiment.
However, as shown in FIG. 6, the dimensions of each part of the UHF antenna in the second embodiment used for measurement are as follows. That is, the radiator 15 is set to have a length L1 = 264 [mm] and a width W1 = 35.4 [mm].
In the waveguide 10, the waveguide element 10H has a conductor portion length L2 = 130 [mm], the extension portions 10a and 10b have a length L2 ′ = 10 [mm], the conductor portion and the extension portion, Is set to θ1 = 130 ° on both the left and right sides.
The waveguide element 10L has a length L3 = 160 [mm].
Next, the distance from the radiator 15 to the waveguide element 10H is set to D1 = 96 [mm], and the distance to the waveguide element 10L is set to D2 = 56 [mm].

On the other hand, in the reflector 2, the length of the conductor portion 3 on the front side is L4 = 270 [mm], and the length L5 of the connecting portions 5a and 5b is set to 34.2 [mm]. The angle formed by the conductor portion 3 and the connecting portions 5a and 5b extending at the tip of the conductor portion behind the antenna is set to θ2 = 125 °.
Further, the length L6 of the extending portions 7a and 7b is set to 130 [mm]. Further, the distance from the radiator 15 to the director 3 of the reflector is set to D3 = 58 [mm].

Thus, according to the antenna 100 of the present application, the reflector 2 is formed in a folded type, and the shape of the reflector 2 is arranged at a parallel position apart from the longitudinal axis of the radiator 15 by a certain dimension. The front conductor portion 3 is formed, the connection portions 5a and 5b are provided continuously from both ends of the front conductor portion 3 to the rear, and are formed to be shorter than the front conductor portion 3, Conductor 6 or 8 on the rear side disposed behind the connecting portions 5a and 5b and in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the radiator 15, the front end portion on the rear side and the rear side of the connecting portions 5a and 5b Since the connecting portion 7a, 7b connecting the leading end portion of the conductor portion 6 or 8 is connected, the reflector 2 is composed of two linear reflecting elements. , Small and thin ANS with good VSWR characteristics over a wide band It is possible to provide a Na.
In addition, the front waveguide element 10H constituting the waveguide 10 is disposed at a parallel position with a predetermined dimension away from the longitudinal axis of the radiator 15, and both ends of the conductor portion. When the waveguide 10H is configured so as not to have a linear shape, it is configured with the linearly configured waveguide element. Compared to the above, even if the shape of the case housing the antenna 100 is small and neatly designed, the VSWR characteristic is not only good over a wide band, but also a small and thin antenna with good gain and directivity characteristics. Can provide.

In addition, the conductor portion on the rear side is made bendable, and even after assembly, the conductor portion 8 is pushed toward the bottom of the space formed by the recess 41 so that the conductor portion 8 is located below the circuit means 25. Since the electronic circuit 25 is accommodated in the antenna or not, the antenna 100 having the same configuration can be used to produce different models. Thus, it is possible to provide an excellent antenna 100 from the viewpoint of productivity, and it is possible to reduce the size and thickness of the antenna because no extra space is provided in the vertical direction.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the configuration of each part can be appropriately changed and implemented without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

For example, a perspective view of a UHF antenna 1 that receives a television broadcast signal in the UHF band is shown. (a) is a top view which shows schematic structure of 1st Example of the element which comprises the antenna which concerns on this application, (b) is another Example. (A) shows the top view which accommodated the antenna element of 1st Example in the case main body 1a, (b) It is a side view. (A) is a top view which shows schematic structure of 2nd Example of the element which comprises the antenna which concerns on this application, (b) shows the top view when the antenna 1 of 2nd Example is provided with the amplifier. It is the sectional view on the AA line shown in FIG.4 (b). Are the dimensions of each part of the second embodiment. An example of the electrical characteristic of 2nd Example of this application is shown.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Antenna apparatus, 1a ... Case main body, 1b ... Case cover, 100 ... Antenna, 2 ... Reflector, 3 ... Front side conductor part, 5 ... Connection part, 6 ... Rear side conductor part, 7 ... Extension part 8 ... conductor portion, 10 ... waveguide, 10H, 10L ... waveguide element, 11a ... support leg, 15 ... radiator, 16 ... matching means, 17 ... coaxial cable, 20 ... output terminal, 20a ... center conductor, 20 ... External conductor, 25 ... Electronic circuit, 26 ... Printed wiring board, 27 ... Shield case, 28 ... Through hole, 30 ... Mounting bracket, 31 ... Base, 32 ... U-bolt, 33 ... Wing nut, 34 ... Clamping One piece, 41 ... concave portion, 42 ... boss, 43 ... screw, 50 ... antenna mast, 51 ... lead-in wire,

Claims (3)

In an antenna with a radiator in front and a folded reflector in the rear,
The reflector is
A conductor portion on the front side disposed at a parallel position apart from the longitudinal axis of the radiator by a certain dimension;
A connecting portion provided continuously from both ends of the conductor portion on the front side toward the rear;
A rear conductor portion formed in a shorter dimension than the front conductor portion and disposed behind the connection portion and in parallel with the longitudinal axis of the radiator;
An antenna comprising: a rear end portion of the connection portion; and a continuous portion connecting the front end portion of the rear conductor portion.
The waveguide includes conductor portions arranged in parallel positions apart from the longitudinal axis of the radiator by a certain dimension;
The antenna according to claim 1, further comprising: an extending portion that is provided continuously from both ends of the conductor portion toward the rear, wherein the waveguide is not in a linear shape.
3. The antenna according to claim 1, wherein all or a part of a conductor portion included in the reflector is formed of a bendable conductor and is continuously provided. 4.

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