Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Helical antenna and in-vehicle antenna including the helical antenna
- Patent Title (中): 螺旋天线和车载天线包括螺旋天线
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Application No.: US12655814Application Date: 2010-01-07
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Publication No.: US08242964B2Publication Date: 2012-08-14
- Inventor: Takafumi Nishi , Akira Takaoka , Shiro Koide , Ichiro Shigetomi
- Applicant: Takafumi Nishi , Akira Takaoka , Shiro Koide , Ichiro Shigetomi
- Applicant Address: JP Kariya JP Nishio
- Assignee: Denso Corporation,Nippon Soken, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Denso Corporation,Nippon Soken, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kariya JP Nishio
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, PLC
- Priority: JP2009-007545 20090116; JP2009-180580 20090803
- Main IPC: H01Q1/32
- IPC: H01Q1/32

Abstract:
A helical antenna includes a ground plate, a first helical portion spirally wound perpendicular to the plate, a second helical portion spirally wound perpendicular to the plate and surrounding the first helical portion radially outward of the first helical portion, and a feeder circuit. The circuit includes an oscillator, a divider connected to the oscillator, a first phase shifter connected between a first output terminal of the divider and a feeding point of the first helical portion, and a second phase shifter connected between a second output terminal of the divider and a feeding point of the second helical portion. Length of one turn of the first helical portion is equal to a result of multiplication of a wavelength of oscillation of the oscillator by N. Length of one turn of the second helical portion is equal to a result of multiplication of the wavelength by M (M>N).
Public/Granted literature
- US20100182209A1 Helical antenna and in-vehicle antenna including the helical antenna Public/Granted day:2010-07-22
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