WO1987005446A1 - Systeme d'antenne pour vehicules a moteur - Google Patents

Systeme d'antenne pour vehicules a moteur Download PDF

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WO1987005446A1
WO1987005446A1 PCT/GB1987/000150 GB8700150W WO8705446A1 WO 1987005446 A1 WO1987005446 A1 WO 1987005446A1 GB 8700150 W GB8700150 W GB 8700150W WO 8705446 A1 WO8705446 A1 WO 8705446A1
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Jerzy Jacek Kropielnicki
James David Last
Brian Easter
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Bsh Electronics Limited
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Priority to DE8787901567T priority patent/DE3773378D1/de
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Priority to KR1019870701009A priority patent/KR880701026A/ko
Priority to GB8820753A priority patent/GB2209876B/en

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/27—Adaptation for use in or on movable bodies
    • H01Q1/28—Adaptation for use in or on aircraft, missiles, satellites, or balloons
    • H01Q1/30—Means for trailing antennas
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/12—Supports; Mounting means
    • H01Q1/1271—Supports; Mounting means for mounting on windscreens
    • H01Q1/1278—Supports; Mounting means for mounting on windscreens in association with heating wires or layers

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  • This invention relates to antenna or aerial systems for motor vehicles. BACKGROUND ART
  • U.K. Patent 1520030 describes a system using a bifilar coil which separates RF signals from the usual dc heater circuit for a heated rear window.
  • U.K.Patent 1600987 describes a system using matching and isolating circuitry to enable a heated rear window to be used as a transmitting aerial while dc power is supplied to the window for heating purposes.
  • U.K.Patent Application 2152760A describes a system using tuning and isolating circuitry to enable a heated rear window which is essentially a periodic and non-resonant at VHF frequencies to be used as an efficient VHF receiving aerial while dc power is supplied to the window for heating purposes, the window being brought to series or parallel resonance near the centre of the VHF band by the tuning and isolating circuitry.
  • the described window heater structure corresponds to that conventionally used solely for heating purposes and comprises multiple horizontal wires which connect with bus-bars at opposite upright side edges of the windows, such busbars providing a means of linking the wires to each other and to leads of the heater circuit.
  • This structure can give most heating in the region where this is required (i.e. the horizontal central band of the window) with a relatively small spread of parallel wires - because the wires run between the busbars along such region.
  • bus-bars Such a small spread of wires is advantageous from the point of view of aerial characteristics because relatively short bus-bars can be used whereby adverse parasitic capacitive and inductive effects can be minimised.
  • bus-bars to avoid intrusion into the field of view it is normally desired to locate the bus-bars as close as possible to the edges of the window and this inevitably gives rise to parasitic capacitance to the body of the vehicle.
  • Parasitic series inductance arises as a function of the length of the bus-bars.
  • a window heater structure having vertical wires i.e wires running in the direction from the bottom edge to the top edge of the window rather than from one side edge to the other side edge
  • vertical wires i.e wires running in the direction from the bottom edge to the top edge of the window rather than from one side edge to the other side edge
  • the parallel wires would have to spread along all or a major part of the window and insofar as this would require the use of relatively long bus-bars it is to be expected that serious problems due to parasitic capacitance and inductance would arise.
  • U.K.Patent 1439689 describes the use as an aerial of a heated front window having parallel vertical wires with long top and bottom bus-bars.
  • the main aerial components are not the vertical wires but constitute horizontal parts of the bottom bus-bar, which parts are spaced well away from the edge of the window and are extended to define substantial structures in themselves.
  • a motor vehicle aerial system having a motor vehicle window with a heater structure comprising a series of heater wires running alongside each other between opposite bus-bars, a linking and isolating circuit arranged for linking said heater structure to a dc power supply and to radio apparatus of said motor vehicle so that said heater structure can act as an aerial for said radio apparatus whilst it is powered by said dc supply to heat said window, characterised in that said heater wires extend in the vertical direction and said linking circuit is arranged to effect efficient transfer of vertically polarised VHF signals between said radio apparatus and said wires.
  • the term vertical is used to mean wires which run in the direction from the bottom edge to the top edge of the window as distinguished from wires which run from one to the other of the window side edges.
  • the window may be sloping and accordingly the wires may be at an angle, possibly a large angle to the true vertical.
  • the wires may be straight or substantially straight over their entire lengths between bus-bars.
  • the wires are straight or substantially straight in their central regions and at at least one and (preferably both) the end regions of at least the outermost wires are inwardly inclined, i.e. curved or bent towards the vertical central plane extending transversly through the window, at at least one side of said plane (preferably both) so that the separation of the ends of the wires and the length of the associated bus-bar at the or each said end is less than the maximum horizontal separation of the central regions of the wires.
  • the inward inclination of the end regions of the wire is such that at at least one end (preferably both) the separation of the ends of the wires and the length of the associated bus-bar is no greater than one half (and preferably less than one half) of the said maximum horizontal separation.
  • bus-bars terminate at or close to the connections wiih the outermost heater wires.
  • bus-bar is used, it is possible to use structures which are not straight strips e.g. curved strips or other shapes.
  • a folded configuration whereby one bus-bar is continuous and the other is divided into two lengths so that in use the heater current flows from one divided length through some of the wires to the continuous bus-bar and then back to the other divided length via the other wires.
  • the configuration is symmetrical about a vertical plane between the divided lengths.
  • the heater structure is preferably matched to the radio apparatus (i.e. to the transmitter/receiver and/or the characteristic impedance of the feeder cable which connects the heater structure to the transmitter/receiver) by means of matching and tuning elements of said linking and isolating circuit.
  • Such elements are preferably such as to bring the heater structure including the wires to series or parallel resonance at or near the centre of the VHF bands.
  • wires with inclined end regions are used as mentioned above, by selection of a wide range and smooth gradation of the length of the wires a relatively slow variation of aerial impedance with signal frequency can be achieved thereby simplifying the design of even relatively broadband matching circuits.
  • the matching circuitry can be made extremely simple or even eliminated.
  • the heater wires are of a conventional nature with regard to thickness and spacing so that manufacture can be effected in a convenient manner using normal production techniques.
  • the bus-bars these are preferably located close to the window edges to minimise intrusion into the field of view. Where an inclined arrangement is used as mentioned above, the possible consequent shortening of the bus-bars permits location close to the vehicle body at the edges of the window without undue parasitic capacitance and series inductance.
  • the linking and isolating circuit of the invention may incorporate any suitable isolating arrangement.
  • a bifilar coil arrangement may be used, as described in the above mentioned prior patent specification 1520030, 1600987 and 2152760A.
  • Figs. 1 to 3 are diagrammatic views of different heating structure patterns in accordance with the present invention
  • Fig. 4 is a circuit diagram of a complete aerial system according to the invention
  • Figs.5 and 6 are circuit diagrams of alternative forms of a part of the system of Figure 4.
  • this shows a heater structure 1 of a motor car heated rear window 2.
  • the structure comprises multiple thin heater wires 3 embedded in or bonded to the window glass.
  • the wires 3 run between top and bottom bus-bars 4, 5 and all are substantially straight, parallel to each other and vertical, although, as indicated, in fact the wires are slightly inclined towards the central vertical plane which extends transversely through the window, such inclination increasing for successive wires from such plane outwardly towards the outermost wire on both sides.
  • This progressive increase in inclination generally follows the window profile.
  • the outermost wires 3 are close to the upright side edges of -the window 6,7 and the bus-bars 4,5 are 5 very close to the top and bottom edges 8, 9.
  • the bus-bars 4,5 are in the form of generally straight strips.
  • the top strip 4 is continuous whereas the bottom strip 5 is divided in the middle (at the vertical centre plane) into two parts 5a, 5b. All wires 3 are electrically
  • the wires 3 are separated into two equal sets, each being connected at the bottom end to a respective one of the bottom bus-bar parts 5a or 5b, thereby giving a 'folded' configuration.
  • Power supply leads 10 are connected to the heater structure 1
  • Fig. 2 differs from that of Fig.l in that the wires 13 of the heater structure 12 have generally straight, parallel vertical central regions 14 and are
  • Fig. 3 differs from that of Fig. 2 in
  • bus-bars 23,24a,24b are much shorter.
  • These bus-bars 23,24 may be slightly curved rather than straight strip shaped to accommodate the close connections of the wire 19.
  • Figs. 1 to 3 are all symmetrical about the vertical central plane (i.e. both the vertical wires and the bus-bars are symmetrical) and it will be noted ⁇ that the bus-bars are as short as possible (i.e. they terminate level with the connections to the outermost wires) and they are very close to the top and bottom window edges.
  • Fig. 4 shows the circuitry 25 used to connect a window heater structure of the kind shown in any one of Figs. 1 to 3
  • the power supply leads from the heater terminals 11 are connected to inputs 26 of the circuitry which is within a housing which is located as close as possible to the terminals 11.
  • the circuitry 25 has an earth connection 27 which is connected to the vehicle earth, a power supply connection 28 which is connected to the vehicle dc power supply, and VHF and AM aerial outputs 29,30 which are connected to an aerial feeder cables of radio apparatus via an inductance/capacitance arrangement 31 which recombines the VHF/am signals.
  • the circuitry 25 comprises two VHF chokes 33,34 (which may be coupled as windings of a bifilar coil) in series with coupled windings 35,36 of a ferrite pot cored bifilar coil interposed between the inputs 26 and the outputs 27,28 whereby dc power can flow freely to the heater structure 12 (when switched on) to heat the window 2.
  • the VHF chokes 33,34 and associated capacitors 37,38 act to isolate VHF signals at the heater structure 12 from the dc power supply.
  • the bifilar coil windings 35,36 and associated capacitor 39 act to isolate AM signals at the heater structure 12 irom the dc power supply.
  • the isolated AM signals are fed to the AM output 30 via an optional AM preamplification stage 40 of the circuitry 25.
  • the capacitor 38 of the VHF isolating part of the circuitry 25 is connected to the VHF output 29 via a matching and tuning circuit 41.
  • the window is essentially aperiodic and non-resonant at VHF frequencies and matching and tuning is necessary to give efficient operation of a ⁇ VHF transmitter and/or receiver connected to the output.
  • the matching and tuning circuit is preferably such as to bring the heater structure 12 and particularly the vertical wires 13 to parallel or series resonance at or near the centre of the VHF operating band of frequencies.
  • Figs. 5 and 6 show respectively parallel and series tuned arrangements. With both of the circuits the two terminals 11 of the heater are coupled together via the capacitor 37 which has negligible impedance at the frequencies at which the aerial is to be used.
  • a reactive tuning element 42 inductance or capacitance
  • a reactive tuning element connected in parallel between one heating structure terminal 11 (or both) and the body of the vehicle is employed to bring the combination to resonance at the centre of the operating band of frequencies.
  • a reactive tuning element the capacitance 38 alone or in series with an inductance 43
  • the impedance of the combination is resonant at the centre frequency of the operating band of frequencies.
  • the impedance of the resonant arrangement achieved in either the parallel-tuned or series-tuned circuit is then transformed to the desired terminal value by means of a tuned (or untuned) transformer 44.
  • the actual choice of circuit will depend on the detailed impedance characteristic of the heating structure and the impedance to which it is to be matched and the frequency of operation.
  • the matching circuit may also be required to provide other functions such as a direct current path to the source of a field-effect amplifier transistor (e.g. in circuits 40,41).
  • the arrangement need not be symmetrical about the division in the bottom bus-bar but instead may have a degree of asymmetry.
  • a continuous, rather than divided bottom bus-bar may be used in which case connections are taken from the top and bottom bus-bars respectively with, an appropriate compensatory filter arrangement as required.
  • the bifilar coil other isolating arrangements involving mutually coupled coils or the like may be used as described in the prior patent specification referred to.
  • Capacitor 37 gives common mode operation. Where common mode operation is not desired, capacitor 37 would be omitted. Thus, capacitor 37 would be omitted where diversity reception or transmission is required as described in U.K.Patent Application No. 2173644A. That is, capacitor 37 would be omitted where the heater wires are to be used as a radio aerial in two different configurations permitting diversity reception or transmission. As described in the above mentioned application, in this context, provision is made for switching between the two configurations so that fading in one configuration can be compensated by better receiving or transmitting characteristics in the other. The two configurations may be separated by a centre-tapped transformer which gives balanced and unbalanced aerial characteristics. A switching circuit may be provided to switch repeatedly between the two configurations. Alternately, switching may be effected under the control of a circuit which monitors signal strengths.

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Abstract

Une vitre chauffée (2) d'un véhicule à moteur est utilisée comme antenne pour recevoir et/ou émettre des signaux VHF verticalement polarisés. La vitre (2) comprend des fils métalliques chauffants (3, 13, 19), placés verticalement l'un par rapport à l'autre entre des barres omnibus supérieure et inférieure (4, 5, 17, 18, 23, 24). Un circuit de liaison et d'isolation (25) sert à connecter les fils métalliques à un appareil radio, de telle sorte qu'une réception et/ou une émission VHF performante peut être obtenue, en même temps que la vitre est chauffée par le passage à travers les fils métalliques chauffants d'une alimentation en courant continu. Les fils métalliques chauffants (3, 13, 19) peuvent être accordés de façon à produire une résonance au centre de la bande VHF. Un dispositif peut également être prévu (35, 36) pour isoler un signal AM. Les fils métalliques chauffants verticaux (13, 19) sont de préférence connectés aux barres omnibus par l'intermédiaire d'extrémités inclinées (15, 16, 21, 22), de telle sorte que des barres omnibus courtes (17, 18, 23, 24) peuvent être utilisées.
PCT/GB1987/000150 1986-03-05 1987-03-04 Systeme d'antenne pour vehicules a moteur WO1987005446A1 (fr)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
BR8707627A BR8707627A (pt) 1986-03-05 1987-03-04 Sistema de antena aerea de veiculo a motor
DE8787901567T DE3773378D1 (de) 1986-03-05 1987-03-04 Autoantenne.
KR1019870701009A KR880701026A (ko) 1986-03-05 1987-11-04 자동차용 공중선 장치
GB8820753A GB2209876B (en) 1986-03-05 1988-03-04 Motor vehicle aerial system

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GB8605381A GB2173644B (en) 1985-03-30 1986-03-05 Signal separating device
GB8605381 1986-03-05

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DE3921413A1 (de) * 1988-08-24 1990-03-01 Pioneer Electronic Corp Scheibenantenne fuer ein fahrzeug
EP0370714A1 (fr) * 1988-11-22 1990-05-30 Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. Appareil pour la réception d'ondes pour une voiture

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GB2042859A (en) * 1979-02-26 1980-09-24 Siv Soc Italiana Vetro A variable area window heating device
EP0146339A2 (fr) * 1983-12-20 1985-06-26 Bsh Electronics Limited Dispositif de séparation de signal électrique avec circuit d'isolation et d'adaptation
DE3409876A1 (de) * 1984-03-17 1985-09-19 Robert Bosch Gmbh, 7000 Stuttgart Heizscheibenantenne
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DE3921413A1 (de) * 1988-08-24 1990-03-01 Pioneer Electronic Corp Scheibenantenne fuer ein fahrzeug
EP0370714A1 (fr) * 1988-11-22 1990-05-30 Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. Appareil pour la réception d'ondes pour une voiture

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JP2565669Y2 (ja) 1998-03-18
KR880701026A (ko) 1988-04-13
EP0295257A1 (fr) 1988-12-21
BR8707627A (pt) 1989-03-14
GB8605381D0 (en) 1986-04-09
GB2209876A (en) 1989-05-24
GB2209876B (en) 1989-12-28
JPH0681113U (ja) 1994-11-15
GB2173644B (en) 1989-06-28
GB2173644A (en) 1986-10-15
JPH01501747A (ja) 1989-06-15
DE3773378D1 (de) 1991-10-31
GB8820753D0 (en) 1988-10-26

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