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Antenna for mounting on vehicle, antenna element and manufacturing method thereof

US6271804A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 30, 1999
Grant dateAug 7, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 30, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01Q9/42
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An antenna for mounting on a vehicle which restrains damping of a signal voltage by reducing a stray capacitance of a signal path and has an improved antenna characteristic and a short physical length, and an antenna element which is suitable for an antenna for mounting on a vehicle and is flexible by using a helical coil of a large winding diameter are provided. In the antenna for mounting on a vehicle, with respect to a band signal having a short wavelength of a plurality of band signals to be transmitted/received, an antenna element is caused to resonate with a physical length shorter than 1/4 of the wavelength of the band signal. A linear line portion is provided at the proximal end, and the antenna element is provided at a predetermined distance from vehicle body and a conductive member of the same electric potential as the vehicle body. The stray capacitance between the proximal end portion of the antenna element and the vehicle body is small, and a signal voltage is outputted without being damped. The antenna element is formed by burying a helical coil coaxially into a flexible insulating resin pipe. The pitch of the helical coil is not shifted even when it is bent repeatedl…

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