US 11,894,625 B2
Antenna
Yasuo Morimoto, Tokyo (JP); Takeshi Motegi, Tokyo (JP); Toshiki Sayama, Tokyo (JP); Motoshi Ono, Tokyo (JP); and Osamu Kagaya, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to AGC Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by AGC Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/643,232.
Application 17/643,232 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/022925, filed on Jun. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-109115 (JP), filed on Jun. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0102864 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. H01Q 9/16 (2006.01); H01Q 7/00 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 9/16 (2013.01) [H01Q 7/00 (2013.01); H05K 1/0277 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10098 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An antenna comprising:
an antenna conductor to be provided on an exterior side of a chassis; and
a flexible substrate including:
a first insulating portion that is a portion of a sheet-shaped dielectric where the sheet-shaped dielectric is folded;
a grounding conductor provided between the first insulating portion and the chassis;
a second insulating portion that is a portion of the sheet-shaped dielectric where the sheet-shaped dielectric is not folded; and
a signal line configured to feed power to the antenna conductor,
wherein a thickness of the first insulating portion is greater than a thickness of the second insulating portion.