Abstract: A reflector system, an active reflector, and a method of positioning an active reflector are provided, whereby dead zones can be cancelled efficiently. The reflector system includes: a first active reflector having a first reflecting surface configured to reflect, at a variable reflecting angle, radio waves transmitted from a transmitter, at least a part of the first reflecting surface being in a boundary area located at a boundary between a line-of-sight area and a non-line-of-sight area formed by one or more obstacles that block the radio waves from the transmitter; and a second active reflector having a second reflecting surface configured to reflect, at a variable reflecting angle, the radio waves from the transmitter or the radio waves reflected by the first active reflector, the second reflecting surface being provided in the non-line-of-sight area, or at least a part of the second reflecting surface being provided in the boundary area.

Abstract: A protective plate-equipped reflective member includes a reflective member that reflects or re-radiates a radio wave incident thereon; and a protective plate that is installed on a radio wave-incident side of the reflective member, wherein d=?×?0/(1.75×?r0.555) and ? is greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 1.25, where a wavelength specified with respect to an operating center frequency f0 [Hz] is denoted by ?0 [mm], a plate thickness of the protective plate is denoted by d [mm], a relative permittivity of the protective plate at the operating center frequency f0 [Hz] is denoted by ?r, and a constant is denoted by ?.

Abstract: An antenna system for vehicle includes a vehicle and a MIMO antenna that is mounted on the vehicle and that transmits and receives radio waves of a predetermined frequency. The MIMO antenna includes antennas including a first antenna that mainly transmits and receives a first polarized wave and a second antenna that mainly transmits and receives a second polarized wave orthogonal to the first polarized wave, and the antennas are dispersedly arranged on the vehicle. One of the first antenna and the second antenna are arranged based on at least one of (1) a configuration in which one is arranged in a central region and another one is arranged in a first peripheral region or a second peripheral region and (2) a configuration in which one is arranged in a first region and another one is arranged in a second region.

Abstract: An antenna device including a transparent antenna element that can be provided at a position visible from outside of a transparent cover of an electronic apparatus is provided. An antenna device includes a flexible substrate that is transparent and that is to be provided on an inner surface side opposite to an outer surface of a transparent cover, made of glass or resin, of an electronic apparatus, and an antenna element that is transparent and that is to be provided at a position, of the flexible substrate, that is visible from outside of the transparent cover, the antenna element having a directivity oriented toward an outside of the electronic apparatus.

Abstract: A radio-wave transmitting substrate includes a dielectric substrate, and, on at least one main surface of the dielectric substrate, a heat-ray reflection film including an electroconductive film, and an opening where the electroconductive film is absent in a plan view. At least a part of the at least one main surface in a plan view is a radio-wave transmitting region. The radio-wave transmitting region is a region where every 1-cm square unit region in the region satisfies the following expression (a): L>802.6×S?503.7. L is an overall length (unit: mm/cm2) of a boundary between the heat-ray reflection film and the opening in the unit region, and S is a proportion of an area occupied by the heat-ray reflection film in the unit region.

Abstract: An antenna for vehicle for receiving electric waves from a vehicle front side is attached to an internal side of a window glass for vehicle. The antenna includes a first radiator having a shape of a plate, at least a part of the first radiator being arranged separated from the window glass for vehicle; and a second radiator arranged separated from the first radiator, and arranged so as to sandwich at least a part of the first radiator between the second radiator and the window glass for vehicle.

Abstract: A MIMO antenna includes a plurality of antenna elements respectively including a plurality of conductive elements that are connected to different feeding points from each other; and one or more base members each being directly or indirectly provided at an upper edge portion of a windshield of a vehicle, the conductive elements being provided at either of the base members, wherein D/W, where “W” is a width of an open portion of a window frame at which the windshield is provided and “D” is a minimum distance between the conductive elements of the antenna elements in a direction parallel to the direction of “W”, is less than or equal to 0.35.

Abstract: An antenna for vehicle for receiving electric waves from a vehicle front side is attached to an internal side of a window glass for vehicle. The antenna includes a first radiator having a shape of a plate, at least a part of the first radiator being arranged separated from the window glass for vehicle; and a second radiator arranged separated from the first radiator, and arranged so as to sandwich at least a part of the first radiator between the second radiator and the window glass for vehicle.

Abstract: A MIMO antenna includes a plurality of antenna elements respectively including a plurality of conductive elements that are connected to different feeding points from each other; and one or more base members each being directly or indirectly provided at an upper edge portion of a windshield of a vehicle, the conductive elements being provided at either of the base members, wherein D/W, where “W” is a width of an open portion of a window frame at which the windshield is provided and “D” is a minimum distance between the conductive elements of the antenna elements in a direction parallel to the direction of “W”, is less than or equal to 0.35.

Abstract: A first dielectric substrate an electromagnetically coupling conductor for a coplanar strip transmission line disposed on a surface close to a dielectric layer, a second dielectric substrate has a grounding conductor disposed on a surface close to the dielectric layer, the grounding conductor has an electromagnetic coupling slot formed in a substantially H-character shape therein, and the second dielectric substrate has an electromagnetically coupling conductor for a microstrip transmission line disposed on a surface remote from the dielectric layer so as to pass over or under the connecting slot.

Abstract: A first dielectric substrate 1 has an electromagnetically coupling conductor for a coplanar strip transmission line 4 disposed on a surface close to a dielectric layer 7, a second dielectric substrate 2 has a grounding conductor 12 disposed on a surface close to the dielectric layer, the grounding conductor 12 has an electromagnetic coupling slot 5 formed in a substantially H-character shape therein, and the second dielectric substrate 2 has an electromagnetically coupling conductor 10 for a microstrip transmission line disposed on a surface remote from the dielectric layer 7 so as to pass over or under the connecting slot 5.