US 12,074,388 B2
Cover with antenna function
In Yeol Moon, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Ryomei Omote, Kyoto (JP); Yoshihiro Sakata, Kyoto (JP); Toshifumi Kurosaki, Kyoto (JP); Shohei Morimoto, Kyoto (JP); Sungtek Kahng, Seoul (KR); Changhyeong Lee, Gyeongsangbuk-do (KR); Yejune Seo, Incheon (KR); Gwang-gyun Namgung, Incheon (KR); and Munsu Jeon, Incheon (KR)
Assigned to NISSHA CO., LTD., Kyoto (JP); and INU RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION, Incheon (KR)
Appl. No. 17/776,725
Filed by NISSHA CO., LTD., Kyoto (JP); and INU RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION, Incheon (KR)
PCT Filed Nov. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/042163
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 13, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/095789, PCT Pub. Date May 20, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-206491 (JP), filed on Nov. 14, 2019; and application No. 2020-042326 (JP), filed on Mar. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0384954 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H01Q 5/50 (2015.01); H01Q 1/50 (2006.01); H01Q 5/20 (2015.01)
CPC H01Q 5/50 (2015.01) [H01Q 1/50 (2013.01); H01Q 5/20 (2015.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cover with antenna function to be mounted on a substrate provided with an electromagnetic wave transmission path, the cover with antenna function comprising:
a cover layer;
a pictorial pattern layer arranged in a layering direction with respect to the cover layer and including a metal vapor deposition layer;
a metasurface arranged side by side in the layering direction with the pictorial pattern layer, the metasurface amplifying an antenna signal; and
an array antenna arranged between the metasurface and the electromagnetic wave transmission path in the layering direction.