Light-transmissive antenna, window affixing type communication module, and periphery monitoring unit

• Main Authors: Goto, Tsutomu, Koide, Shiro, Kakuya, Yuuji, Omura, Katsuyuki, Suzuki, Yukikazu
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 05.10.2021
• Subjects: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CABLES; CONDUCTORS; ELECTRICITY; INSULATORS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING ORDIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR

A light-transmissive antenna includes: a transparent base made of a transparent insulating material; and an antenna pattern formed on the transparent base. The antenna pattern is made of a transparent electrically conductive film that is a film-like member having a predetermined transmittance and a predetermined electrical conductivity. The light-transmissive antenna includes a plurality of highly electrically conductive patterns arranged on the antenna pattern, each of the highly electrically conductive patterns being made of an electrically conducive member having a higher electrical conductivity than the transparent electrically conductive film and formed in a linear shape. Each of the plurality of highly electrically conductive patterns has a predetermined width set equal to or smaller than a value assumed as a resolution of human eyes.