Patent · US Expired

Glass antenna device for vehicle

US6229493A · kind A · utility

20Cited by
4References
28Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 15, 1999
Grant dateMay 8, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 15, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01Q1/1278
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A glass antenna device for a vehicle includes an FM reception antenna and an AM reception antenna both provided on a window glass of the vehicle, an AM-antenna-side impedance converter and a receiver-side impedance converter disposed at a different position from the window glass, a first coaxial cable interconnecting the two impedance converters, a receiver, and a second coaxial cable interconnecting the receiver-side impedance converter and the receiver. The distributed capacitance of the second coaxial cable is not in excess of 10 pF, so that the vehicle glass antenna device can reduce transmission loss at transmission lines, thus ensuring reception of AM signals at high sensitivity with little attenuation.

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