(19)
(11) EP 1 130 682 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
14.04.2004 Bulletin 2004/16

(43) Date of publication A2:
05.09.2001 Bulletin 2001/36

(21) Application number: 01301181.2

(22) Date of filing: 09.02.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H01Q 23/00, H01Q 1/12, H01Q 1/10, H01Q 5/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 29.02.2000 US 515564

(71) Applicant: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
Dearborn, Michigan 48126-2490 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Tannery, George Fowler
    Ypsilanti, MI 48197 (US)
  • Sheikh-Movahhed, Mohammad-Reza
    Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (US)

(74) Representative: McLean, Robert Andreas et al
Dummett Copp, 25 The Square, Martlesham Heath
Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 3SL
Ipswich, Suffolk, IP5 3SL (GB)

   


(54) Antenna assembly


(57) This invention generally relates to an antenna assembly and more particularly to a vehicular antenna assembly having a single antenna element which is adapted to receive a long/medium wave signal and a very high frequency signal and further having a pair of circuits which are each respectively adapted to process a unique one of the received signals. The antenna assembly (10) has a single antenna element (12) which receives signals (14,16). Antenna assembly (10) includes a first processing circuit assembly (18) for processing and/or amplifying signal (16) and a second processing circuit assembly (20) for processing and/or amplifying amplitude modulated signal (14). The processed and/or amplified signals (14,16) are combined and communicated to a receiver by use of bus or coaxial cable (72).






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