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Antenna module

US7088291B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 22, 2005
Grant dateAug 8, 2006
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Expiry dateFeb 22, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01Q9/30
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This invention provides an antenna module comprising: a helical antenna 1 including a base 2 and a pair of terminals 4, 5 and a helical area formed on the base 2; a power supply 7 for supplying power to one of the pair of terminals 4, 5 of the helical antenna 1; an opening connected to the other of the pair of terminals; an antenna substrate 9 on which the antenna 7 is mounted; a grounding area 10 formed in the vicinity of the power supply 7; and a peripheral conductor 16 formed at least a portion on the periphery of the antenna substrate 9, wherein the peripheral length of the peripheral conductor 16 formed on the periphery of the antenna substrate 9 is nearly integer times as long as ¼ wavelength of a resonance frequency.

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