Antenna device for vehicle
There is provided an antenna device for a vehicle capable of suppressing interference in a case where a plurality of antennas which receive signals in different frequency bands are close to one another. The antenna device for the vehicle includes a patch antenna and a capacitance loading element which are installed away from each other on an antenna base section which is attachable to a vehicle. The capacitance loading element is a part of an antenna capable of receiving a different use frequency band from which of the patch antenna, to form a three-dimensional shape in which a pair of linear conductors which respectively repeatedly turn in a predetermined direction are connected to each other via a linear connection conductor extending in a width direction of the antenna base section, and in the capacitance loading element, a length of a folded portion of each of the linear conductors is a non-resonant length of the patch antenna.
1. An antenna device for a vehicle, comprising:
an antenna base section which is attachable to a vehicle; and
a first element and a second element which are installed away from each other on the antenna base section, wherein:
the first element is a first antenna for a first frequency band;
the second element is a part of a second antenna for a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, and is configured to have a three-dimensional shape in which a pair of linear conductors which respectively repeatedly turn in a predetermined direction are connected to each other via a linear connection conductor extending in a width direction of the antenna base section; and
each length of a plurality of folded portions resulting from repeated turns in the predetermined direction, of each of the linear conductors, in the second element, is a non-resonant length of the first antenna.
2. The antenna device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:
the second element repeatedly turns in a front-rear direction of the antenna base section; and
a length in a vertical direction of the folded portion of each of the linear conductors is a non-resonant length of the first antenna in the second element.
3. The antenna device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:
the second element repeatedly turns in a vertical direction of the antenna base section; and
a length in a front-rear direction of the folded portion of each of the linear conductors, in the second element, is a non-resonant length of the first antenna.
4. An antenna device for a vehicle, comprising:
an antenna base section which is attachable to a vehicle; and
a first element and a second element which are installed away from each other on the antenna base section, wherein:
the first element is a first antenna for a first frequency band;
the second element is a part of a second antenna for a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, and is configured to have a three-dimensional shape in which a pair of linear conductors which respectively repeatedly turn in a predetermined direction are connected to each other via a linear connection conductor extending in a width direction of the antenna base section, and at least one of a length in a front-rear direction of an upper edge portion, a length in the front-rear direction of a lower edge portion, and a length in a vertical direction between the upper edge portion and the lower edge portion of each of the pair of linear conductors which respectively repeatedly turn in a predetermined direction is a non-resonant length of the first antenna.
5. The antenna device for the vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the second element includes a pair of the upper edge portions and a pair of the lower edge portions respectively opposing each other with a gap interposed therebetween, and a pair of linear conductors which respectively repeatedly turn in a front-rear direction of the antenna base section are connected to each other via a linear connection conductor extending in a width direction of the antenna base section.
6. The antenna device for the vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein a length in the vertical direction of a folded portion of each of the linear conductors is a non-resonant length of the first antenna in the second element.
7. The antenna device for the vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the second element includes a pair of upper edge portions and a pair of lower edge portions respectively opposing each other with a gap interposed therebetween, and a pair of linear conductors which respectively repeatedly turn in the vertical direction of the antenna base section are connected to each other via a linear connection conductor extending in a width direction of the antenna base section.
8. The antenna device for the vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein a length in a front-rear direction of a folded portion of each of the linear conductors is a non-resonant length of the first antenna in the second element.
9. The antenna device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a pair of the linear conductor and the connection conductor are configured to be integrally formed.
10. The antenna device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the pair of linear conductors which respectively repeatedly turn form a symmetrical shape with a surface perpendicular to the antenna base section as its center.
11. The antenna device for the vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein a length of each of the upper edge portions and the lower edge portions is a non-resonant length of the first antenna, and is three-fourths or less of a wavelength of a frequency used in the first antenna.
12. The antenna device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the second element is formed on a surface portion of a holder made of resin.
13. The antenna device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the second antenna resonates, by connecting the second element to an inductor, in an FM wave band, and the second antenna can receive an AM wave band.
14. The antenna device for the vehicle according to claim 13 , wherein the inductor is formed of a linear conductor made of the same member or having the same cross-sectional shape as which of the second element.
15. The antenna device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the first antenna is a patch antenna.
16. The antenna device for the vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein a pair of the linear conductor and the connection conductor are configured to be integrally formed.
17. The antenna device for the vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the pair of linear conductors which respectively repeatedly turn form a symmetrical shape with a surface perpendicular to the antenna base section as its center.
18. The antenna device for the vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the second element is formed on a surface portion of a holder made of resin.
19. The antenna device for the vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the second antenna resonates, by connecting the second element to an inductor, in an FM wave band, and the second antenna can receive an AM wave band.
20. The antenna device for the vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the first antenna is a patch antenna.
21. An antenna device for a vehicle, comprising:
an antenna base section which is attachable to a vehicle; and
a first element and a second element which are installed away from each other on the antenna base section, wherein:
the first element is a first antenna for a first frequency band;
the second element is a part of a second antenna for a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, and is configured to have a three-dimensional shape in which a pair of linear conductors which respectively repeatedly turn in a front-rear direction of the antenna base section are connected to each other via a linear connection conductor extending in a width direction of the antenna base section; and
a length of a folded portion of each of the linear conductors, in the second element, is a non-resonant length of the first antenna.
22. An antenna device for a vehicle, comprising:
an antenna base section which is attachable to a vehicle; and
a first element and a second element which are installed away from each other on the antenna base section, wherein:
the first element is a first antenna for a first frequency band;
the second element is a part of a second antenna for a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, and is configured to include a pair of the upper edge portions and a pair of the lower edge portions respectively opposing each other with a gap interposed therebetween, and a pair of linear conductors which respectively repeatedly turn in a front-rear direction of the antenna base section are connected to each other via a linear connection conductor extending in a width direction of the antenna base section, and
a length in a front-rear direction of an upper edge portion, a length in the front-rear direction of a lower edge portion, and a length in a vertical direction between the upper edge portion and the lower edge portion is a non-resonant length of the first antenna.
23. An antenna device for a vehicle, comprising:
an antenna base section which is attachable to a vehicle; and
a first element and a second element which are installed away from each other on the antenna base section, wherein:
the first element is a first antenna for a first frequency band;
the second element is a part of a second antenna for a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, and is configured to have a three-dimensional shape in which a pair of linear conductors which respectively repeatedly turn in a predetermined direction are connected to each other via a linear connection conductor extending in a width direction of the antenna base section; and
each length of a plurality of folded portions, resulting from repeated turns in the predetermined direction, of each of the linear conductors, in the second element, is a non-resonant length of the first antenna, and
at least one of a length in a front-rear an upper edge portion, a length in the front-rear direction of a lower edge portion, and a length in a vertical direction between the upper edge portion and the lower edge portion of each of the pair of linear conductors which respectively repeatedly turn in a predetermined direction is a resonant length of the first antenna.