Patent Grant
9246231
The present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C 119(a) to Korean Application No. 10-2012-0019956, filed on Feb. 27, 2012, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety set forth in full.
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relates to a high-gain wideband antenna apparatus, and more particularly, to a high-gain wideband antenna apparatus capable of controlling a phase and a magnitude of a reflection coefficient by including a cover in which conductor patterns having a specific shape are arranged on both surfaces of a dielectric material.
Generally, an antenna, which is an essential apparatus for transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system, is resonated with an electromagnetic wave of a specific frequency to transmit and receive an electromagnetic signal of a corresponding frequency.
Recently, with the rapid development of the wireless communication system, a use of the antenna has been diversified. Further, various methods for improving a gain and characteristics of the antenna have been proposed.
As a method for improving the gain of the antenna, a method for improving the gain of the antenna while an electromagnetic wave from the antenna being resonated in a resonator by disposing a feeding apparatus of the antenna in a Fabry-Perot resonator has been proposed.
The Fabry-Perot resonator type antenna can improve the gain of the antenna, but has a too narrow bandwidth and thus, cannot be easily applied for transmission and reception of a wideband signal.
As the related art, there is US Patent Laid-Open No. 2007/0200788 (Publication in Aug. 30, 2007: Antenna Unit Having A Single Antenna Element And A Periodic Structure Upper Plate).
The above-mentioned technical configuration is a background art for helping understanding of the present invention and does not mean related arts well known in a technical field to which the present invention pertains.
An embodiment of the present invention is directed to a high-gain wideband antenna apparatus capable of increasing a gain and a bandwidth of an antenna by controlling a phase and a magnitude of a reflection coefficient by arranging conductor patterns having a specific shape on both surfaces of a dielectric material.
In addition, an embodiment of the present invention is directed to a high-gain wideband antenna apparatus having a high front back ratio by mounting metal wall surfaces around an antenna.
An embodiment of the present invention relates to a high-gain wideband antenna apparatus, including: a feeding antenna configured to radiate a signal; a cover configured to be disposed on a front surface of the feeding antenna based on a radiation direction of the signal and including a conductor pattern formed in a specific shape; and a ground surface configured to be disposed on a rear surface of the feeding antenna based on the radiation direction of the signal.
The conductor patterns may be formed in different shapes on top and bottom surfaces of a dielectric substrate configuring the cover.
The conductor patterns may be formed by repeatedly arranging preset unit cells.
The conductor patterns may be formed by non-uniformly arranging the sizes of the unit cells.
The high-gain wideband antenna apparatus may further include: metal wall surfaces disposed at sides of the feeding antenna based on a radiation direction of the signal.
Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a high-gain wideband antenna apparatus, including: a feeding antenna configured to radiate a signal; and covers each disposed on front and back surfaces of the feeding antenna based on a radiation direction of the signal and each including conductor patterns formed in a specific shape.
An embodiment of the present invention relates to a high-gain wideband antenna apparatus, including: a cylindrical cover configured to include conductor patterns formed in a specific shape; and a feeding antenna configured to be disposed in the cylindrical cover and radiate a signal toward the conductor patterns.
The conductor patterns may be each formed in different shapes on inner and outer surfaces of a cylindrical dielectric substrate configuring the cover.
An embodiment of the present invention relates to a high-gain wideband antenna apparatus, including: a cylindrical cover configured to include conductor patterns formed in a specific shape; a plurality of feeding antennas configured to be each disposed in a plurality of areas partitioned in the cover to radiate a signal toward the conductor patterns; and a ground surface configured to be positioned at a central area common to the plurality of areas.
The above and other aspects, features and other advantages will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
Hereinafter, a high-gain wideband antenna apparatus in accordance with embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. During the process, a thickness of lines, a size of components, or the like, illustrated in the drawings may be exaggeratedly illustrated for clearness and convenience of explanation. Further, the following terminologies are defined in consideration of the functions in the present invention and may be construed in different ways by intention or practice of users and operators. Therefore, the definitions of terms used in the present description should be construed based on the contents throughout the specification.
As illustrated in
In this case, the high-gain wideband antenna apparatus in accordance with the embodiment of the present invention may further include metal wall surfaces 400 that are disposed at sides of the feeding antenna 200 based on a radiation direction of a signal so as to improve a front back ration (FBF) of an antenna.
In addition,
In addition,
As illustrated in
In this configuration, the conductive patterns 110 and 120 include a top conductor pattern 110 that is formed on a top surface of the dielectric substrate 130 and a bottom conductor pattern 120 that is formed on a bottom surface of the dielectric substrate 130.
The conductive patterns 110 and 120 may be formed by repeatedly arranging unit cells having a preset specific shape in x and y-axis directions, wherein the top conductor pattern 110 and the bottom conductor pattern 120 may be formed in different shapes.
In detail, the top conductor pattern 110 may be formed by repeatedly arranging the unit cells having a shape illustrated in
As illustrated in
On the other hand, as illustrated in
As described above, the case in which the conductor patterns 110 and 120 of the cover 100 are non-uniformly formed exhibits more excellent performance than the case in which the conductor patterns 110 and 120 of the cover 100 are uniformly formed, which can be confirmed in
Meanwhile,
For example, the unit cells configuring the conductor patterns 110 and 120 of the cover 100 are implemented in various shapes as illustrated in
Referring to
This coincides with the case in which characteristics of an ideal phase satisfying wideband resonance conditions have a positive slope, but the value of the reflective coefficient is has a value of 1 or less. Therefore, when being applied to the Fabry-Perot resonator antenna, it can be appreciated that the gain may be slightly smaller than the case in which the reflective coefficient is 1 but the wideband characteristics may be provided together with a relatively high gain.
Meanwhile, in accordance with the embodiment of the present invention, a distance between two conductor patterns 110 and 111 that are formed on the top and bottom surfaces of the dielectric substrate 130 of the cover 100 is set to be a thickness of about 1/100 of a wavelength. However, the thickness of the dielectric substrate 130 may be implemented thicker or thinner according to the width of the targeted frequency band for implementing the wideband or the targeted magnitude and phase of the reflection coefficient.
That is, the magnitude and phase, bandwidth characteristics, frequency indicating the characteristics, and the like, of the reflection coefficient can be controlled by appropriately selecting the shape or the size of the conductor patterns 110 and 120 formed on the top and bottom surfaces of the dielectric substrate 130 and the thickness of the dielectric substrate 130.
In addition, the magnitude and phase, bandwidth characteristics, frequency indicating the characteristics, and the like, of the reflection coefficient may also be controlled by appropriately selecting a permittivity of the dielectric substrate 130.
The feeding antenna 200, which is an antennal radiating a signal, may include various antennas such as a patch antenna, a dipole antenna, a slot antenna, a waveguide antenna, and the like, that can feed a signal.
In this case, the above-mentioned cover 100 is disposed a front surface of the feeding antenna based on a radiation direction of a signal radiated from the feeding antenna 200 and the signal radiated from the feeding antenna 200 is radiated toward the conductor patterns 110 and 120 of the cover 100.
The ground surface 300 is disposed on a back surface of the feeding antenna 200 based on the radiation direction of the signal radiated from the feeding antenna 200 to ground the feeding antenna 200.
The first embodiment of the present invention as described above describes, for example, when the high-gain wideband antenna apparatus includes the ground surface 300 disposed on the back surface of the feeding antenna 200 based on the radiation direction of the signal.
However, the high-gain wideband antenna apparatus in accordance with the embodiment of the present invention may be implemented to include the extra cover 100 instead of the ground surface 300.
That is, the high-gain wideband antenna apparatus in accordance with the embodiment of the present invention may include a plurality of covers 100 that includes the conductor patterns 110 and 120 formed on the top and bottom surfaces of the dielectric substrate 130 and the feeding antenna 200 that is disposed between the plurality of covers 100 to radiate the signal toward the plurality of conductor patterns 110 and 120 provided on the plurality of covers 100.
In the above configuration, it is possible to more increase the gain and bandwidth of the antenna.
Unlike the first and second embodiments as described above, the high-gain wideband antennal apparatus in accordance with the present invention may further include metal surfaces 400 that are disposed at the sides of the feeding antenna 200 based on the radiation direction of the signal as illustrated in
Referring to
In addition, referring to
That is, the metal wall surfaces 400 are mounted at the left and right sides of the feeding antenna 200, thereby improving the gain and front back ratio of the antenna.
The first, second, and third embodiments of the present invention as described above describe, for example, the case in which the cover 100 may be implemented as a plane shape, but the cover 100 may also be implemented in a cylindrical shape.
That is, as illustrated in
Alternatively, as illustrated in
Unlike this, the cover 100 is formed in a spherical shape (ball shape) and may be applied to the antenna apparatus.
As described above, according to the high-gain wideband apparatus in accordance with the present invention, in the antenna using the Fabry-Perot resonator, the conductor patterns are appropriately configured on both surfaces of the dielectric material to increase the gain and bandwidth of the antenna by controlling the phase of the reflection coefficient in the specific frequency band.
Further, it is possible to more extend the bandwidth of the antenna by uniformly configuring the size of the conductor patterns 110 and 120 and more increase the front back ratio of the antenna by additionally disposing the metal wall surfaces 400 at the sides of the feeding antenna 200.
In accordance with the embodiments of the present invention, the conductor patterns can be appropriately configured on both surfaces of the dielectric material in the antenna using the Fabry-Perot resonator to control the phase of the reflection coefficient in the specific frequency band, thereby increasing the gain and bandwidth of the antenna.
That is, in accordance with the embodiments of the present invention, the resonance conditions of the Fabry-Perot resonator can be satisfied even in the wide frequency band, thereby obtaining the high gain in the relatively wide frequency band.
In addition, in accordance with the embodiments of the present invention, the bandwidth of the antenna can be more extended by uniformly configuring the size of the conductive patterns and the front back ration of the antenna can be improved by additionally mounting the metal wall surfaces at the sides of the feeding antenna.
Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, they are only examples. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible from the present invention. Accordingly, the actual technical protection scope of the present invention must be determined by the spirit of the appended claims.
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