Patent ID: 11901644
Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. An antenna module comprising:
a substrate;
a ground plane provided in or on the substrate;
a composite antenna provided in or on the substrate;
a power feeding line configured to supply power to the composite antenna; and
a radio frequency integrated circuit element configured to supply a radio frequency signal to the composite antenna through the power feeding line, wherein:
the composite antenna includes:
a patch antenna comprising a power feeding element and the ground plane, and
an electric current source comprising at least one linear antenna configured to allow a flow of an electric current having a component in a vertical direction with respect to the ground plane, and

the power feeding line includes:
a main line connected to the power feeding element, and
a branch line branched from the main line and connected to the linear antenna.