EP 0911906 A2 19990428 - Transparent planar antenna structure
Title (en)
Transparent planar antenna structure
Title (de)
Transparente planare Antennenstruktur
Title (fr)
Structure d'antenne plane transparente
Publication
Application
Priority
US 95325197 A 19971017
Abstract (en)
A transparent planar antenna for use over the LCD of a wireless communications unit is provided. The transparent planar antenna is fabricated from a thin film of metal mounted on a transparent insulator. The metal film is etched into either a grid or mesh structure. By proper choice of line widths and the spacing between lines, the conductive surface is made both transparent, and resonant to the opening frequency of the wireless unit. Because of the low resistance of the conductive surfaces, the resulting transparent antenna has substantially the same performance characteristics as traditional patch type antennas. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 5/00 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H01Q 13/08 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
H01Q 9/0407 (2013.01); H01Q 9/045 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE FR GB
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0911906 A2 19990428; EP 0911906 A3 20001206; EP 0911906 B1 20060308; DE 69833716 D1 20060504; DE 69833716 T2 20061019; JP 3490304 B2 20040126; JP H11177336 A 19990702
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 98119520 A 19981015; DE 69833716 T 19981015; JP 25580798 A 19980909