Antenna element with integral faraday cage

摘要

An antenna structure and method are disclosed. A faraday cage is operable to shield a conductive resonator, the faraday cage comprising an electromagnetically-shielding ground plane. A shorting pin is coupled to the conductive resonator and the electromagnetically-shielding ground plane, and is operable to electrically couple the conductive resonator to the electromagnetically-shielding ground plane.

主权项

1. An antenna structure comprising:
a conductive resonator configured on one layer and comprising a ring resonator, a spoked resonator comprising linked rings configured within the ring resonator, an outer slot resonator between the ring resonator and the spoked resonator, and an inner slot resonator between the linked rings; a feed line electromagnetically coupled to the conductive resonator and configured to operate the conductive resonator in at least two frequency bands; a faraday cage operable to shield the conductive resonator and the feedline, the faraday cage comprising an electromagnetically-shielding ground plane; and a shorting pin coupled to the conductive resonator and the electromagnetically-shielding ground plane, and operable to electrically couple the conductive resonator to the electromagnetically-shielding ground plane.