Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Tsubasa Nishida

Hideki Ueda

Shinya Mizoguchi

Shinichiro Banba

Akihiro Muranaka

Osamu Yamaguchi

Koji Yasojima

A first edge of a ground plane extends in a first direction. A radiating element is arranged with a gap from the ground plane in a thickness direction of the ground plane. A feed line supplies a radio frequency signal to the radiating element. A pair of stubs are arranged at positions sandwiching the radiating element in the first direction. The stub is connected to the ground plane. In plan view, a distance from the radiating element to the first edge in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction is ¼ or less of a wavelength corresponding to a resonant frequency of the radiating element. Even when the radiating element is arranged close to an edge of the ground plane, disorder of a beam pattern may be reduced.

Antenna device

A radiation conductor is constructed of a metal plate having a pair of main surfaces pointing in opposite directions. Each main surface of the pair of main surfaces includes a first surface region that includes at least part of a peripheral edge portion of the main surface. At least one main surface of the pair of main surfaces includes a second surface region that is a region other than the first surface region. A dielectric member holds the radiation conductor in such a manner that the first surface region of each main surface of the pair of main surfaces is sandwiched between portions of the dielectric member in a thickness direction of the radiation conductor. The second surface region of the at least one main surface is exposed.

Antenna device, antenna module, and communication apparatus

A radiation conductor is constructed of a metal plate having a pair of main surfaces pointing in opposite directions. Each main surface of the pair of main surfaces includes a first surface region that includes at least part of a peripheral edge portion of the main surface. At least one main surface of the pair of main surfaces includes a second surface region that is a region other than the first surface region. A dielectric member holds the radiation conductor in such a manner that the first surface region of each main surface of the pair of main surfaces is sandwiched between portions of the dielectric member in a thickness direction of the radiation conductor. A housing supports and accommodates the dielectric member. The second surface region of the at least one main surface is exposed.

An antenna module includes a dielectric substrate, a plurality of patch antennas, an integrated circuit, a connector, a heat-radiating member, and connection members. The dielectric substrate includes a first substrate part, a second substrate part, and a third substrate part. The second substrate part is bent toward a rear surface of the first substrate part with respect to the front surface of the first substrate part and the third substrate part is bent toward the rear surface of the first substrate part with respect to the front surface of the first substrate part.

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Kyoto, Japan

Tsubasa Nishida