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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
May. 30, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/38 ; H01Q 1/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/38 ; H01Q 1/24 ;
Abstract
A circularly polarized antenna apparatus includes a radiating electrode and a ground electrode which are provided on a dielectric substrate. A degeneracy-splitting elements is also provided on the substrate to cause two resonant currents split between degenerate modes to be excited in the radiating electrode. The radiating electrodes includes a primary radiating electrode on a principal surface of the substrate, and secondary radiating electrode on side surfaces of the substrate, thus increasing the area of the radiating electrode. Therefore, the conductor loss of the primary radiating electrode is reduced and the antenna gain is increased.