IP Library Granted Patent US 12712276
Granted Patent B2
US 12712276 · App. 18/657,962 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

Vehicle antenna device

Inventor: Toshifumi Funatsu (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: AGC INC.
H01Q9/0485H01Q1/32
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Patent No.
US 12712276
App. No.
18/657,962
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle antenna device according to the invention includes a dielectric substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface, and a conductive film provided on a side of the second main surface and having an area of 0.025 m 2 or more in a plan view of the dielectric substrate. The conductive film has a sheet resistance value of 1.5×10 3 Ω/□ or lower. AM broadcast band are receivable from a feeding point electrically connected to the conductive film.

Claims (68)

1 . A vehicle antenna device comprising:

a dielectric substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface; and

a conductive film provided on a side of the second main surface and having an area of 0.025 m 2 or more in a plan view of the dielectric substrate, the conductive film functioning as an AM antenna, wherein

the conductive film has a sheet resistance value of 1.5×10 3 Ω/□ or lower,

AM broadcast band are receivable from a feeding point electrically connected to the conductive film,

the feeding point electrically connected to the conductive film is a first feeding point,

the vehicle antenna device includes:

an antenna provided on a side of the first main surface and receiving radio waves of at least one of frequencies of a VHF band and a UHF band;

an antenna electrode disposed inside an outer edge of a void area provided inside the conductive film in a plan view of the dielectric substrate;

an antenna conductor connected to the antenna and disposed on the side of the first main surface; and

a filter allowing a signal in a frequency band of radio waves of at least one of frequencies of the VHF band and the UHF band to pass and blocking a signal in a frequency band of AM broadcast band between the conductive film and a ground conductor, wherein

the antenna conductor is electrically connected to the antenna electrode, and

radio waves of at least one of frequencies of the VHF band and the UHF band are receivable by a signal received using the antenna electrode as a second feeding point.

2 . The vehicle antenna device according to claim 1 , wherein

the feeding point is disposed at a center portion of the conductive film at a distance of 150 mm or more from an end side of the dielectric substrate in a plan view of the dielectric substrate.

3 . The vehicle antenna device according to claim 1 , wherein

an outer edge of the conductive film is substantially quadrangular in a plan view of the dielectric substrate.

4 . The vehicle antenna device according to claim 1 , wherein

the antenna conductor and the antenna electrode are electrically connected by capacitive coupling.

5 . The vehicle antenna device according to claim 1 , wherein

the antenna conductor and the antenna electrode are directly connected by a connection conductor disposed in a through hole of the dielectric substrate.

6 . The vehicle antenna device according to claim 1 , wherein

the dielectric substrate is a first dielectric substrate,

the vehicle antenna device includes:

a second dielectric substrate disposed on the side of the second main surface of the first dielectric substrate parallel to the second main surface; and

an intermediate film disposed between the first dielectric substrate and the second dielectric substrate, wherein

the second dielectric substrate includes a third main surface on a side of the first dielectric substrate and a fourth main surface on a side opposite to a side of the third main surface,

the conductive film is disposed between the first dielectric substrate and the second dielectric substrate, and

the antenna electrode is disposed on a side of the fourth main surface.

7 . The vehicle antenna device according to claim 6 , wherein

the conductive film is disposed in contact with the second main surface.

8 . The vehicle antenna device according to claim 6 , wherein

the intermediate film includes a first intermediate film and a second intermediate film, and

the conductive film is sandwiched between the first intermediate film and the second intermediate film.

9 . The vehicle antenna device according to claim 8 , wherein

the conductive film is a light control film containing a conductor.

10 . The vehicle antenna device according to claim 6 , wherein

the conductive film is disposed in contact with the third main surface or the fourth main surface.

11 . The vehicle antenna device according to claim 6 , wherein

the intermediate film includes a first intermediate film and a second intermediate film,

the conductive film includes a first conductive film and a second conductive film,

the first conductive film and the second conductive film are disposed at two positions among a position on the second main surface, a position between the first intermediate film and the second intermediate film, a position on the third main surface, and a position on the fourth main surface, and are disposed in order from a side close to the first dielectric substrate, and

the second conductive film has a second void area disposed to overlap a first void area which is the void area of the first conductive film in a plan view of the first dielectric substrate.

12 . The vehicle antenna device according to claim 11 , wherein

the first conductive film is disposed in contact with the second main surface, and

the second conductive film is sandwiched between the first intermediate film and the second intermediate film.

13 . The vehicle antenna device according to claim 12 , wherein

the first conductive film is a conductor for heat ray reflection, and

the second conductive film is a light control film containing a conductor.

14 . The vehicle antenna device according to claim 13 , wherein

the conductive film includes a third conductive film disposed in contact with the fourth main surface, and

the third conductive film is a conductor for a low emissivity film.

15 . The vehicle antenna device according to claim 14 , wherein

the first conductive film is a light control film containing a conductor, and

the second conductive film is a conductor for a low emissivity film.

16 . The vehicle antenna device according to claim 11 , wherein

the first conductive film is sandwiched between the first intermediate film and the second intermediate film, and

the second conductive film is disposed in contact with the fourth main surface.

17 . The vehicle antenna device according to claim 1 , wherein

the antenna is capable of receiving a frequency of FM broadcast band,

the vehicle antenna device including an AM amplifier and an FM amplifier,

a signal in a frequency band of AM broadcast band is input to the AM amplifier from the first feeding point, and

a signal in a frequency band of FM broadcast band is input to the FM amplifier from the second feeding point.

18 . The vehicle antenna device according to claim 1 , wherein

the filter is a capacitor, and

a capacitance of the capacitor is 5 pF to 150 pF.

19 . The vehicle antenna device according to claim 1 , wherein

the antenna is disposed to be surrounded by a cover member protruding outward from the side of the first main surface of the dielectric substrate.