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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2013
Hitachi Cable, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Haruyuki Watanabe, Hitachi, JP;
HITACHI METALS, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A dual band antenna providing a high forward gain includes a radiator, a director disposed in front of the radiator, and a reflector disposed behind the radiator. A dual resonance notch antenna including a conducting plate and a feeding portion is used as the radiator. The director includes a conducting plate and a short-circuiting portion and the reflector includes a conducting plate and a short-circuiting portion. Each conducting plate is disposed such that the direction of a normal to the conducting plate is a front-rear direction. Two slots having different lengths are formed in each conducting plate so as to be aligned with each other. The feeding portion is disposed in one of the slots. Each short-circuiting portion is disposed in one of the two slots at a position corresponding to the feeding portion.