US 12,322,866 B2
Antenna module
Yasuyuki Hara, Tokyo (JP); and Tomoyuki Goi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to TDK CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TDK CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/693,721.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-057567 (JP), filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0320752 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H01Q 1/38 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 21/065 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/38 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0407 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An antenna module comprising:
an antenna component including a plurality of antenna elements and a ground conductor surrounding each of the plurality of antenna elements, the ground conductor including an outside part surrounding outermost ones of the plurality of antenna elements and an inside part sandwiched between the plurality of antenna elements; and
a metal member disposed adjacent to the outside part of the ground conductor,
wherein the inside part of the ground conductor is greater in width than the outside part of the ground conductor,
wherein the metal member has a first surface facing a same direction as the antenna elements, and
wherein the metal member defines a hollow covered with the first surface.