Antenna device

1. An antenna device mounted in a bumper of a vehicle, the antenna device comprising:

a dielectric substrate;

a ground plane formed on one surface of the dielectric substrate and configured to function as an antenna ground surface;

an antenna unit formed on another surface of the dielectric substrate and including an antenna pattern configured to function as an array antenna;

a reflection unit including a plurality of first conductor patches disposed around the antenna unit and configured to function as a reflection plate, the reflection unit being configured to reflect an incident wave in a direction different from a direction of a radiation wave radiated from the antenna unit; and

an interruption unit including a plurality of second conductor patches and a plurality of through-holes and configured to interrupt a surface current flowing on a surface of the dielectric substrate, the plurality of second conductor patches being disposed around the antenna unit, the plurality of through-holes permitting electrical conduction between each of the plurality of second conductor patches and the ground plane.

2. The antenna device according to claim 1 , wherein

the interruption unit is installed in a polarization direction of a radio wave transmitted and received by the antenna unit with respect to the antenna unit.

3. The antenna device according to claim 2 , wherein

a portion of the reflection unit is installed opposite the antenna unit with the interruption unit therebetween.

4. The antenna device according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of first conductor patches form a plurality of blocks arranged along a preset block alignment direction and have a structure in which a phase of a reflection wave at an operating frequency is different at each of the plurality of blocks and a phase difference of the reflection wave between adjacent blocks among the plurality of blocks is fixed at each of the adjacent blocks.

5. The antenna device according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of first conductor patches form a plurality of blocks arranged along a preset block alignment direction and have a structure in which a phase of a reflection wave at an operating frequency is different at each of the plurality of blocks and a phase difference of the reflection wave between adjacent blocks among the plurality of blocks is non-uniformly different at each of the adjacent blocks.

6. The antenna device according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the plurality of first conductor patches has a dimension of at most ¾ of an effective wavelength at a preset operating frequency.

7. The antenna device according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the plurality of second conductor patches has a dimension of at most ½ of an effective wavelength at a preset operating frequency.

8. The antenna device according to claim 4 , wherein

the reflection unit includes a plurality of through-holes permitting electrical conduction between each of the plurality of first conductor patches and the ground plane, and

at each of the plurality of blocks, a through-hole permitting electrical conduction between a corresponding one of the plurality of first conductor patches and the ground plane is formed, the plurality of through-holes of the reflection unit having different diameters to adjust the phase of the reflection wave.

9. The antenna device according to claim 5 , wherein

the reflection unit includes a plurality of through-holes permitting electrical conduction between each of the plurality of first conductor patches and the ground plane, and

at each of the plurality of blocks, a through-hole permitting electrical conduction between a corresponding one of the plurality of first conductor patches and the ground plane is formed, the plurality of through-holes of the reflection unit having different diameters to adjust the phase of the reflection wave.