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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Norimasa Ishitobi, Sakura, JP;
Hideaki Shimoda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/906 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/906 ;
Abstract
The invention has for its object to achieve a high-performance lens antenna which can be integrated with the external (surface) shape of a mobile unit with no damage to the appearance of the mobile unit and is easy to manufacture and assemble at relatively low costs. To accomplish this, the invention provides a lens antenna mounted on a mobile unit, in which the radiation-side surface thereof and the focal-side surface thereof are each of a quasi-optical shape as a lens, and which is in a non-body of rotation form.