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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
May. 25, 2001
Gerald Oberschmidt, Bruchsal, DE;
Veselin Brankovic, Esslingen, DE;
Dragan Krupezevic, Stuttgart, DE;
Sony International (Europe) GmbH, Berlin, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an antenna comprising a planar dielectric substrate ( ) comprising a front ( ) and a back dielectric face ( ), at least one subantenna means comprising a first ( ) and second ( ) element for radiating and receiving circular polarized electromagnetic signals, at least one transmission line means ( ) for transmitting signals from and to said at least one subantenna means, characterized in that the first ( ) and second ( ) elements of the subantenna means are slots ( ) of a spiral shape and are connected to each other to form a double spiral ( ) slot with both spirals ( ) having the same sense of rotation, the subantenna means being arranged on the front dielectric face ( ) of the substrate and the transmission line ( ) means being arranged on the back dielectric faces ( ) of the substrate ( ). This structure provides a simple configuration which can be produced at low costs and is suitable for the use in a planar array antenna, in particular due to the decoupling of the feed system from the radiating elements.