ANTENNA DEVICE AND ANTENNA UNIT

Abstract: provided is an antenna device that can be used in the quasi-millimeter wave band or millimeter wave band, and can suppress cracking of a window glass even when the antenna device is installed so as to face the window glass. the antenna device is configured to be connected to a digital control unit via a plurality of wires including a first wire and a second wire, the antenna device including: an array antenna; an analog beamformer; a frequency upconverter; and a frequency downconverter, wherein an intermediate-frequency signal that is input to the frequency upconverter is input from the digital control unit to the antenna device via the first wire, an intermediate-frequency signal that is output from the frequency downconverter is output to the digital control unit via the second wire, and a control signal for controlling the analog beamformer is input from the digital control unit to the antenna device.

Inventor(s): Yoshiyuki IKUMA, Ryuta SONODA, Yasushi HIGASHIDA

CPC Classification: H01Q1/1271 ({for mounting on windscreens})

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