Antenna apparatus and vehicle including the same
An antenna apparatus includes a circuit board disposed on a base, a first antenna part disposed on the circuit board, an inner cover configured to cover the first antenna part, and a second antenna part disposed on a surface of the inner cover. A vehicle can utilize the antenna for communication.
1. An antenna apparatus comprising:
a planar printed circuit board disposed on a base;
a first antenna part disposed on the planar printed circuit board and implemented using the planar printed circuit board;
an inner cover configured to cover the first antenna part; and
a second antenna part disposed on a surface of the inner cover and implemented using a flexible printed circuit board.
2. The antenna apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second antenna part includes:
an amplitude modulation (AM)/frequency modulation (FM) antenna configured to receive signals of an AM/FM band; and
a digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) antenna configured to receive signals of a DMB band.
3. The antenna apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the AM/FM antenna forms a first conductive pattern, and the DMB antenna forms a second conductive pattern, the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern being different from each other.
4. The antenna apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second antenna part is disposed on an outer surface of the inner cover.
5. The antenna apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second antenna part is configured to receive a signal through a feeding part connected to the planar printed circuit board.
6. The antenna apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the feeding part is connected to the planar printed circuit board by a screw coupling to a clip extending from an upper side of the planar printed circuit board.
7. The antenna apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first antenna part comprises a 3G/4G antenna configured to receive signals of a 3G/4G band.
8. The antenna apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first antenna part comprises a Vehicle to Everything (V2X) antenna configured to perform V2X communication and wherein the V2X antenna is configured to receive a first signal of a first band included in a 3G/4G band and a second signal of a second band outside of the first band and to receive the first signal and the second signal through a common feeding part.
9. The antenna apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the common feeding part is vertically spaced apart from the planar printed circuit board based on a predetermined distance.
10. The antenna apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first antenna part comprises a 3G/4G antenna configured to receive signals of a 3G/4G band and a Vehicle to Everything (V2X) antenna configured to perform V2X communication, wherein the 3G/4G antenna and the V2X antenna are disposed at a predetermined angle between each other.
11. The antenna apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second antenna part is disposed on an inner surface of the inner cover.
12. The antenna apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first antenna part comprises a Vehicle to Everything (V2X) antenna configured to perform V2X communication.
13. The antenna apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first antenna part comprises a satellite antenna configured to receive signals of a satellite frequency band.
14. A vehicle comprising:
a base;
a rigid planar printed circuit board mounted on a top surface of the base and extending away from top surface of the base;
a first antenna part that includes antenna portions printed on the rigid planar printed circuit board;
an inner cover configured to cover the rigid planar printed circuit board with the first antenna part and the top surface of the base;
a flexible printed circuit board disposed on the inner cover; and
a second antenna part that includes antenna portions printed on the flexible printed circuit board.
15. The vehicle of claim 14 , wherein the second antenna part includes:
an amplitude modulation (AM)/frequency modulation (FM) antenna configured to receive signals of an AM/FM band; and
a digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) antenna configured to receive signals of a DMB band.
16. The vehicle of claim 15 , wherein the AM/FM antenna forms a first conductive pattern and the DMB antenna forms a second conductive pattern, the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern being different from each other.
17. The vehicle of claim 14 , wherein the second antenna part is further disposed on an outer surface of the inner cover.
18. The vehicle of claim 14 , wherein the second antenna part is configured to receive a signal through a feeding part connected to the rigid planar printed circuit board.
19. The vehicle of claim 14 , wherein the first antenna part comprises:
a 3G/4G antenna configured to receive signals of a 3G/4G band;
a Vehicle to Everything (V2X) antenna configured to perform V2X communication; or
a satellite antenna configured to receive signals of a satellite frequency band.
20. The vehicle of claim 14 , wherein the first antenna part comprises a Vehicle to Everything (V2X) antenna configured to perform V2X communication and wherein the V2X antenna is configured to receive a first signal of a first band included in a 3G/4G band and a second signal of a second band outside of the first band and to receive the first signal and the second signal through a common feeding part.