IP Library Granted Patent US 7,372,417
Granted Patent B2
US 7,372,417 · App. 11/444,538 · Granted May 13, 2008

Wideband antenna

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Patent No.
US 7,372,417
App. No.
11/444,538
Granted
May 13, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wideband antenna has: a rectangular conductor sheet; a bow-tie-shaped slit formed in the rectangular conductor sheet, the rectangular conductor sheet having two apex portions defined by the bow-tie-shaped slit, the two apex portions being opposite to each other in the middle of the bow-tie-shaped slit; an auxiliary antenna element formed to extend along the bow-tie-shaped slit on both sides of one of the two apex portions; a power-feeding portion formed at the one of the two apex portions; and a grounding portion formed at an other of the two apex portions.

Claims (16)

1. A wideband antenna, comprising:

a rectangular conductor sheet;

a bow-tie-shaped slit formed in the rectangular conductor sheet, the rectangular conductor sheet comprising two apex portions defined by the bow-tie-shaped slit, the two apex portions being opposite to each other in the middle of the bow-tie-shaped slit;

an auxiliary antenna element formed to extend along the bow-tie-shaped slit on both sides of one of the two apex portions;

a power-feeding portion formed at the one of the two apex portions; and

a grounding portion formed at an other of the two apex portions.

2. The wideband antenna according to claim 1 , wherein:

the bow-tie-shaped slit is formed in a shape comprising laterally joined-two rhombuses, laterally joined-two triangles, or a lateral 8-shape.

3. The wideband antenna according to claim 1 , wherein:

the bow-tie-shaped slit comprises a length to be resonant at low frequencies in a wavelength band for transmission/reception, and the auxiliary antenna element comprises two elements each comprising a length to be resonant at high frequencies in a wavelength band for transmission/reception.

4. The wideband antenna according to claim 2 , wherein:

the bow-tie-shaped slit comprises a length to be resonant at low frequencies in a wavelength band for transmission/reception, and the auxiliary antenna element comprises two elements each comprising a length to be resonant at high frequencies in a wavelength band for transmission/reception.

5. The wideband antenna according to claim 1 , wherein:

the rectangular conductor sheet, the bow-tie-shaped slit and the auxiliary antenna element are formed simultaneously by stamping a metal sheet.

6. The wideband antenna according to claim 1 , wherein:

the bow-tie-shaped slit is formed in a shape comprising laterally joined-two rhombuses or a lateral 8-shape.

Assignments (1)
MERGER Recorded Jan 29, 2014
From: HITACHI CABLE, LTD.
To: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 032134/0723 →