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Granted Patent B2
US 11,121,470 · App. 16/819,711 · Granted Sep 14, 2021

Film antenna

Inventors: Eita Itou (Shizuoka, JP); Kunihiko Yamada (Shizuoka, JP); Kenji Matsushita (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
H01Q9/045H01Q1/48H01Q7/00H01Q9/40
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Patent No.
US 11,121,470
App. No.
16/819,711
Granted
Sep 14, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A film antenna includes a sheet-shaped resin film; an antenna pattern; a power feed pattern; and a ground pattern. The antenna pattern is formed on a front face of the resin film and used for transmission and reception of a signal. The power feed pattern is formed on the front face of the resin film, connected with the antenna pattern, and used for transmission of an electric signal. The ground pattern is electrically conductive and formed on a back face of the resin film.

Claims (33)

1. A film antenna comprising:

a sheet-shaped resin film;

an antenna pattern, formed on a face on a first side of the resin film, for transmission and reception of a signal;

a power feed pattern, formed on the face on the first side of the resin film and connected with the antenna pattern, for transmission of an electric signal;

an electrically conductive ground pattern formed on a face on a second side of the resin film, and

a superimposed portion, in which the antenna pattern is superimposed on the ground pattern via the resin film, wherein

the antenna pattern includes a first unbalanced antenna pattern,

the ground pattern includes a first ground pattern on which the first unbalanced antenna pattern is entirely superimposed via the resin film, and

the first unbalanced antenna pattern and the first ground pattern constitute a first antenna portion being able to transmit and receive the signal,

the antenna pattern includes a second unbalanced antenna pattern,

the ground pattern includes a second ground pattern,

the superimposed portion is capacitively coupled by a part of the second unbalanced antenna pattern being superimposed on the second ground pattern via the resin film,

the resin film is folded back, with the superimposed portion as a starting point of folding, onto the side of the face on the first side up to a position at which the second unbalanced antenna pattern faces the second ground pattern, and

the second unbalanced antenna pattern and the second ground pattern constitute a second antenna portion being able to transmit and receive the signal.

2. The film antenna according to claim 1 , wherein

the antenna pattern includes a balanced antenna pattern,

the resin film includes a non-grounding portion, in which the balanced antenna pattern is not superimposed on the ground pattern via the resin film, and

the balanced antenna pattern and the non-grounding portion constitute a third antenna portion being able to transmit and receive the signal.

3. The film antenna according to claim 2 , wherein

the ground pattern includes a third ground pattern that is superimposed on the power feed pattern via the resin film, and

the power feed pattern and the third ground pattern constitute a power feed line that is configured to transmit the electric signal.

4. The film antenna according to claim 2 , wherein

the antenna pattern includes the balanced antenna pattern and the unbalanced antenna pattern on the face on the first side of the single resin film, and

the ground pattern acts electrically on the unbalanced antenna pattern and does not act electrically on the balanced antenna pattern.

5. The film antenna according to claim 1 , wherein

the ground pattern includes a third ground pattern that is superimposed on the power feed pattern via the resin film, and

the power feed pattern and the third ground pattern constitute a power feed line configured to transmit the electric signal.

6. The film antenna according to claim 5 , wherein

the antenna pattern includes the balanced antenna pattern and the unbalanced antenna pattern on the face on the first side of the single resin film, and

the ground pattern acts electrically on the unbalanced antenna pattern and does not act electrically on the balanced antenna pattern.

7. The film antenna according to claim 1 , wherein

the antenna pattern includes the balanced antenna pattern and the unbalanced antenna pattern on the face on the first side of the single resin film, and

the ground pattern acts electrically on the unbalanced antenna pattern and does not act electrically on the balanced antenna pattern.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2020
From: ITOU, EITA; YAMADA, KUNIHIKO; MATSUSHITA, KENJI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052126/0620 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-200836 · Oct 17, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2018020926 · May 31, 2018
Related Publication 20200220271A1 · Jul 9, 2020
Cited By (1)
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