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In light of the recent character designs I seen of the Gotham High stuff, I thought it be fun to show my character design for a certain game. I based mine on Uncharted, a great series we all know and love. I just did some straight pin up and turnaround for Drake and some extra content. I think it be fun to see something like this be made one day.
My version of a Uncharted Animated SeriesMarch 10, 2011 by jsn_bristol
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An antenna system for a satellite-supported navigation device in a vehicle includes a part which is to be arranged on the exterior of a mounting surface of the vehicle body and which contains an antenna component, a system part to be arranged on the interior, and a coupling device for coupling on antenna signal and a power supply between the exterior part and the interior part. The coupling devices includes signal transmission devices which transmit power supply signals and, as required, also data signals in a wireless manner through the mounting surface between the exterior and the interior parts.
1. Antenna system for a data communication unit in a vehicle, comprising:
an exterior part adapted to be arranged on an exterior side of a mounting surface of a vehicle body, and containing an antenna component and at least one energy-consuming active circuit component;
an interior part adapted to be arranged on an interior side of said mounting surface; and
coupling devices for signal coupling of the exterior and interior parts, said coupling devices including at least one signal transmission device which transmits electric power from a power supply signal generator, for powering said exterior energy consuming active circuit component, in a wireless manner through the mounting surface from the interior part to the exterior part.
2. The antenna system according to
3. The antenna system according to
4. The antenna system according to
the inductive closed-field structure has several current path windings; and
the inductive closed-field structure comprises a structure-encompassing short-circuit mask.
5. The antenna system according to
6. The antenna system according to
7. The antenna system according to
8. The antenna system according to
9. The antenna system according to
the exterior part includes an antenna amplifier; and
the at least one signal transmission device comprises a capacitive coupling unit for transmission of data signals from the antenna component and a coupling coil unit for transmission of power supply alternating-voltage signals fed from the interior part.
10. The antenna system according to
11. The antenna system according to
the exterior part contains a signal processing unit; and
the at least one signal transmission device has a coupling coil unit for transmitting both data signals and said power supply alternating-voltage signals between the signal processing unit and the interior-side system part.
12. The antenna system according to
13. The antenna system according to
the interior part contains at least one of an antenna amplifier and a signal processing unit; and
the at least one signal transmitting device has a capacitive coupling unit for transmission of antenna signals between the antenna component, and one of the antenna amplifier and the signal processing unit.
14. The antenna system according to
This application claims the priority of German patent document 198 58 299.4, filed Dec. 17, 1998, the disclosure of which is expressly incorporated by reference herein.
The invention relates to an antenna system for communication between vehicle-mounted navigation systems and satellites for determining the vehicle position, such as the so-called GPS (Global Positioning System).
U.S. Pat. No. 5,105,201 discloses an antenna system for a car radio in which the antenna is arranged on the rear window of a motor vehicle, and a resonant oscillating circuit situated on the exterior side of the rear window is assigned to the antenna. Another resonant oscillating circuit is situated on the interior of the rear window opposite the first resonant oscillating circuit and is electromagnetically coupled with the exterior resonant oscillating circuit and feeds the signals coupled into it to a radio receiver. As the result, the radio receiver can receive radio signals without a direct line connection to the antenna.
In conventional antenna systems of the initially mentioned type, the antenna itself (which, for the purposes of the present application) is frequently constructed as a so-called patch antenna, is provided for the exterior-side mounting on a given mounting surface, for example, on a vehicle rear window. For optimal communication with the satellites situated above the horizon, the selection of a vehicle body part which extends as nearly horizontally as possible is preferred as the mounting surface. The present exterior mounting of the antenna component, in comparison to the alternatively customary systems in which the antenna component is mounted on the inside of the vehicle body, has the advantage that it does not require such precise tuning of the antenna and such an exact mounting of the antenna. It is therefore highly suitable for retrofitting; and in series applications, the need for separate tuning of the antenna to accommodate the material and geometry of the mounting surface for different vehicle types is eliminated.
The antenna systems, for example, for the GPS, usually contain an antenna amplifier (to compensate for line losses and for the impedance matching) which normally forms a common constructional unit with the antenna component and is fed by a direct voltage supply. Furthermore, the antenna system has a signal processing unit, for example, in the form of a receiver and analysis unit; that is, a receiver which demodulates high-frequency locating signals received from the satellite by way of the antenna components, decodes them and determines therefrom the actual vehicle position therefrom, which it then sends as a position data signal with a standardized serial data protocol to a navigation unit.
In addition to the satellite-supported vehicle position determination, conventional antenna systems of the initially mentioned type may also have other functions, for example, for a mobile telephone and/or a car radio, as described in the essays "Dynamic Traffic Control Systems", Funkschau 13/1997, Page 26, and "Microstrip Antennas", Funkschau 6/1998, Arbeitsblätter Antennen, Part 10, as well as G. Splitt, H. Forster, "Multi-Element Satellite Mobile Radio Antennas for GPS and Communication Applications in Microstrip Technology", Special Committee "Antennas" of the ITG, Discussion Conference of Apr. 1, 1992. These antenna systems and additional antenna systems of this type which are commercially available must penetrate the mounting surface in order to implement the direct-voltage supply line for the antenna amplifier and/or the signal line, by means of which the amplifier output signal is provided to the interior-side signal processing unit. For this purpose, it is known to use a single coaxial cable and by way of this signal cable achieve the power supply as a so-called phantom powering.
German Patent Document DE 43 29 697 A1 describes an access control device (for example, a central locking system of a motor vehicle) which comprises a vehicle-fixed sending and receiving unit. The sending and receiving unit is capable of exchanging information signals with a portable transponder unit in order to permit remote operation of a central locking system outside the vehicle. In a normal operating mode, the transponder unit receives its electric energy from a button cell. In an emergency operating mode, it can draw the energy required for operating the transponder from a prolonged or repeated inquiry code signal which is emitted from the vehicle-fixed sending and receiving unit.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,557,270 discloses a capacitive coupling device for two coaxial cables, which comprises a dielectric plate (for example, a glass plate) with electrodes arranged on opposite sides thereof. The electrodes are each connected by way of an inductance with the line core of the two coaxial cables. On both sides of the dielectric plate, a conductive housing is provided which is connected to the conductive sheath of the coaxial conductors.
One object of the invention is to provide an antenna system of the initially mentioned type which requires no holes in the mounting surface and is largely independent of the material and the geometry of the mounting surface and is therefore well suited also for retrofitting.
This and other objects and advantages are achieved by antenna system according to the invention, which includes a part which is to be arranged on the interior, and a coupling device for coupling an antenna signal and a power supply between the exterior part and the interior part. The coupling devices between the exterior and the interior system parts consist of signal transmission devices which achieve current supply and preferably also the data communication through the mounting surface in a wireless manner, and therefore without requiring breakthroughs or holes in the mounting surface. Current supply preferably takes place inductively.
The antenna system according to the invention is suitable for the mounting on glass and on all other non-conductive mounting surfaces. Because of the exterior arrangement of the antenna component, the difficulties encountered by prior art antennas with respect to damping, disconnecting and tuning of the antenna (inherent, for example, to a behind-the-glass mounting) do not occur. The design of the antenna system remains largely independent of the material and the geometry of the mounting surface and therefore of the vehicle type.
In one embodiment of the invention, the transmission of the data signals received or sent by way of the antenna system (in the following also called antenna signals or useful signals) through the mounting surface takes place capacitively (that is, by means of electric fields), inductively or optically (that is, by means of corresponding electromagnetic waves).
In another embodiment of the antenna system according to the invention, an current is supplied inductively by means of primary and secondary inductive open-field or closed-field helical-path structures which can be implemented in a flat shape and permit the transmission of sufficient energy also, for example, for sending data.
In a further embodiment of the invention, the inductive helical-path structures are implemented in closed-field construction, with a course which at least once changes the looping direction and/or are provided with an encompassing short-circuit mask on their primary and/or secondary side. This permits the transmission of comparatively high energies without an interfering far-field effect. In still a further embodiment of the invention, the short-circuit mask is simultaneously constructed as a heating element, whereby the exterior-side system part can always be maintained at a defined minimum temperature.
In another embodiment, the primary and/or the secondary inductive closed-field structure has on its back side a covering, magnetically conductive field guiding layer, in which the transmitting magnetic field or fields can be guided. The magnetically conductive field guiding layer may be coated in an electrically highly conductive manner on its surface away from the structure so that a magnetic blocking surface is formed, whereby, for example, exterior-side sending and/or receiving components for data signals can be uncoupled with respect to an electromagnetic energy transmission field.
According to a further feature of the invention, an optical transmission of the data signals may take place by means of separate light transmission routes for received data signals and data signals to be sent.
In yet another embodiment of the antenna system according to the invention, an antenna amplifier is assigned to the exterior antenna component. To supply this antenna amplifier with power, corresponding alternating-voltage signals are fed by a coupling coil unit in a wireless manner from the interior through the mounting surface. In addition, a capacitive coupling unit is provided by means of which the amplified antenna signals are transmitted. Further the antenna component, the antenna amplifier and an exterior-side coupling surface of the capacitive coupling unit may be arranged next to or within an exterior-side coupling coil of the coupling coil unit. The last-mentioned variant of a concentric arrangement of the exterior-side system components in the interior of the exterior-side coupling coil minimizes the surface requirement of the antenna construction.
In an antenna system further developed according to the invention, a signal processing unit is assigned to the external antenna component, which signal processing unit comprises a suitable receiving and/or sending part and a pertaining signal processing part, optionally with a signal analyzing function. For their voltage supply, corresponding alternating-voltage signals are guided in a wireless manner from the interior by way of a coupling coil unit through the mounting surface. The coupling coil unit is simultaneously used for the transmission of the antenna signals processed by the signal processing unit.
In a further development of the invention, the antenna component and the signal processing unit are positioned next to or within an exterior coupling coil of the coupling coil unit on the exterior of the mounting surface. The variant with the concentric arrangement of the exterior-side system components in the interior of the exterior-side coupling coil is again particularly suitable for achieving a minimum surface requirement.
In still another embodiment of the invention, an antenna amplifier and/or a signal processing unit is provided in the interior of the vehicle, and not on the exterior side of the vehicle. The antenna signals (the signals supplied by or fed to the antenna component) are transmitted by a capacitive coupling unit in a wireless manner through the mounting surface between the antenna component and the amplifier or the signal processing unit.
Finally, according to another feature of the invention, the interior-side system part contains a coaxial line which carries the antenna signals as well as the power supply alternating-voltage signals. For this purpose, the two signal types are situated in preferably considerably different frequency ranges.
Other objects, advantages and novel features of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of the invention when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of a first mounted GPS antenna system in a side-by-side arrangement with an exterior amplifier;
FIG. 2 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of a second antenna system, which functionally corresponds to the first system, in a concentric arrangement;
FIG. 3 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of a third mounted GPS antenna system in a side-by-side arrangement, with the exterior receiver;
FIG. 4 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of a fourth antenna system, which functionally corresponds to the third system, in a concentric arrangement;
FIG. 5 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of a fifth mounted GPS antenna system with an interior amplifier;
FIG. 6 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of an antenna system with a closed-field structure;
FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view of an interior-side system part of an antenna system with an inductive closed-field helical structure;
FIG. 8 is a schematic top view of an interior-side system part of an antenna system with an inductive closed-field power supply coupling and an opto-electronic data signal coupling;
FIG. 9 is a schematic sectional view of an exterior-side multi-layer system part of another antenna system; and
FIG. 10 is a schematic block-diagrammatic sectional view of the construction of an antenna system suitable, for example, for a telecommunication system.
In FIGS. 1 to 5, which illustrate various embodiments of an antenna system for a GPS navigation system in an automobile, functionally corresponding elements are designated by the same reference numbers. In each embodiment, the antenna structures are mounted in an upper area of a vehicle rear window 1, which acts as the mounting surface. An external antenna part is arranged on the outside on the rear window 1, while components of an interior part are situated on the inside of the rear window. From the latter, line connections lead to antenna and/or navigation system components arranged farther away in the vehicle interior, such as a GPS receiver and/or a navigation unit. The illustrated implementations share the common feature that signal transmission between the exterior and interior parts takes place in a wireless manner through the rear window 1, without need for breaking through the rear window 1 for this purpose. The various embodiments differ mainly with respect to the placement of the various system components, which will be discussed in detail in the following.
As in all other embodiments, in the embodiment of FIG. 1, the exterior part contains an antenna component in the form of a GPS antenna 2 (preferably a conventional patch antenna) applied to the outside of the rear window, with a grounding surface 3 inserted between the antenna 2 and the rear window 1 as the reference ground. The exterior part also includes an antenna amplifier 4 which is positioned next to the antenna 2 and which taps and amplifies the GPS satellite signals received by the antenna 2. Amplified antenna signals are transmitted through the rear window 1 to the interior via a capacitive coupling unit which consists of an exterior coupling surface 5 a and an interior coupling surface 5 b. The exterior coupling surface 5 a is applied to the outside of the rear window under the structure of the antenna amplifier 4 and is conductively connected with the latter. The interior coupling surface 5 b is placed opposite the exterior coupling surface 5 a, on the inside of the rear window. From there, an antenna signal line 6 leads to components which follow (not shown), such as a conventional GPS receiver. The latter operates as a receiving and analyzing unit in that it demodulates and decodes the fed high-frequency GPS signals and determines the momentary vehicle position therefrom. This receiver then emits this position information as a corresponding position data signal with a standardized serial data protocol to a connected navigation unit of the automobile.
In order to also supply the necessary power to the outside antenna amplifier 4 without any rear window breakthrough, the electric energy, in the form of a corresponding alternating-voltage signal, is fed from an alternating current source (not shown), via a power supply line 7 to a coupling coil unit in the form of a loosely coupled transmitter, which consists of an exterior coupling coil 8 a and an interior coupling coil 8 b. The exterior coupling coil 8 a is applied to the outside of the rear window opposite the antenna 2, next to the amplifier 4, and is conductively connected with the latter. The interior coupling coil 8 b is positioned on the inside of the rear window, opposite the exterior coupling coil 8 a. The two coupling coils 8 a, 8 b of the transmitter can be constructed as printed coils, and transmit electric energy fed in the vehicle interior in a wireless manner, through the rear window 1 for feeding the amplifier 4.
For the power supply alternating-voltage signal, a frequency, such as 100 kHz, is selected, which differs sufficiently from the high-frequency GPS signal (whose frequency is typically at 1.575 GHz) so that no mutual interferences will occur between the antenna signal transmission from the outside to the inside, on the one hand, and the power supply signal transmission in the opposite direction, on the other hand. In addition, because of the significant frequency differences, as required, the antenna signal line 6 and the power supply line 7 can be integrated into a single coaxial cable instead of using separate lines. The antenna 2 is constructed such that it is sufficiently uncoupled from the capacitive coupling unit 5 a, 5 b, by means of corresponding shielding.
As illustrated in FIG. 1, the system components arranged on the inside of the rear window (the interior coupling surface 5 b and the interior coupling coil 8 b with their line connection), are hidden from view behind an interior covering 9, with the antenna signal line 6 and the power supply line 7 being continued between the interior covering 9 and a vehicle body flange 10 framing the rear window 1.
The embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2 corresponds functionally to that of FIG. 1, differing only in the concentric placement of the components, instead of the side-by-side arrangement of FIG. 1. Specifically, in the embodiment of FIG. 2, the amplifier 4 is arranged below the structure of the GPS antenna 2, the exterior coupling surface 5 a being situated within the amplifier 4 on the rear window 1, specifically within an exterior-side ground surface 3 a which is modified to this extent to a ring shape. (The ground surface 3 a is opposite a corresponding inside ground surface 3 b, within which the interior coupling surface 5 b is situated). All these above-mentioned components are concentrically surrounded by the exterior or interior coupling coil 8 b, 8 b. By means of this concentric arrangement, the surface space requirement can be minimized, so that the whole structure can be accommodated in the rear window area which is covered by the interior covering 9 anyhow. For reference grounding, the interior side ground surface 3 b is connected to a grounding conductor 11.
In the embodiment of FIG. 3, the above-mentioned GPS receiver 12 is arranged not in the vehicle interior, but next to the GPS antenna 2 on the outside of the rear window 1. The antenna amplifier 4 of FIGS. 1 and 2, which is otherwise used to compensate line losses and for the impedance matching, can be eliminated in this case, or can be integrated in the GPS receiver 12.
In this case, the coupling coil unit 8 a, 8 b is used to supply power to the GPS receiver 12; for this purpose, the receiver is conductively connected with the outside coupling coil 8 a. In this embodiment, the coupling coil unit 8 a, 8 b is simultaneously used for the antenna signal transmission; more precisely, for transmitting the position signal with the serial data protocol emitted by the GPS receiver 12, which operates as the receiving and analyzing unit. For this purpose, the power supply alternating-voltage signal is applied to the inside coupling coil 8 b only at defined intervals, for example, only for a duration of 500 ms during a second, while, in the power supply pauses, the serial data protocol with the locating information is transmitted via the same signal path, but in the opposite direction in that it is applied to the exterior-side coupling coil 8 a.
For transmission of both signal types, a common coaxial cable 7 a can be used, without need of special shielding. In this embodiment, the capacitive coupling unit can be eliminated. An exterior ground surface 3 c modified to this extent extends not only under the antenna 2 but, in addition, under the receiver 12. The antenna 2, the receiver 12 and the outside coupling coil 8 a are situated side-by-side on the outside of the rear window, and the remaining inside system component (the interior coupling coil 8 b), is covered by the interior covering, and is thus protected from view. From there, the coaxial cable 7 a leads between the interior covering 9 and the vehicle body flange 10 to a navigation unit (not shown).
The embodiment illustrated in FIG. 4 corresponds functionally to that of FIG. 3 but, instead of the side-by-side component arrangement, has a concentric component arrangement analogous to FIG. 2. Specifically, in the embodiment of FIG. 4, the GPS receiver 12 is positioned on an exterior ground surface 3 b modified to this extent below the structure of the GPS antenna 2. The above-mentioned components are situated concentrically within the exterior coupling coil 8 a, which is opposed by the interior coupling coil 8 b (protected from view by the interior covering 9).
It is demonstrated that this concentric arrangement again minimizes the demand for rear window mounting surface space, and the antenna system as a whole can be accommodated in the rear window area framed by the interior covering 9.
FIG. 5 shows an embodiment which only the passive part of the antenna system (that is, the GPS antenna component 2) is mounted on the outside of the rear window 1. The antenna amplifier 4, optionally additionally or instead, the GPS receiver, is arranged opposite the antenna 2 on the inside of the rear window. The signal tapped from the antenna 2 is directly transmitted in a wireless manner through the rear window 1 to the amplifier 4 and receiver. For this purpose, the corresponding capacitive coupling unit 5 a, 5 b is provided, however an exterior coupling surface 5 a situated under the structure of the antenna 2, while its interior coupling surface 5 b is situated under the structure of the amplifier 4 or receiver. Since no power has to be supplied to exterior system components, the coupling coil unit can be eliminated here. A line 13 continued between the interior covering 9 and the vehicle body flange 10 is used to transmit the amplified antenna signal to a GPS receiver which follows. When the receiver is placed on the inside of the rear window, it transmits the position data signal emitted by the latter to a navigation unit which follows. For the purpose of a reference grounding, suitable interior and exterior ground surfaces 3 e, 3 f are provided again.
As illustrated in FIG. 5, the entire antenna system structure in this embodiment can also be arranged with a very low surface demand on the rear window 1, within the window area framed by the interior covering 9. In addition, this embodiment has analogous characteristics and function, as indicated above with respect to the example of FIG. 1, which also applies to the examples of FIGS. 2 to 4.
FIGS. 6 to 10 illustrate embodiments according to the invention of advantageous wireless transmission structures coupling the interior and exterior system parts of a vehicle antenna system, with energy transmission from the interior to the exterior and a unidirectional or bidirectional data signal transmission, in each case, through a mounting surface, such as a vehicle window surface. The application of coupling structures is shown in particular which use electric and/or electromagnetic fields and/or waves, in a so-called closed-field construction. In this case, as a result of the corresponding construction, the electric and/or magnetic field lines are kept contained within a limited range, and therefore do not significantly extend into a far-field range. This has the advantage that such coupling structures are insensitive to far-field coupling and decoupling; therefore, they offer a corresponding EMV (electromagnetic compatibility) protection, for example, against an emission and against other radiation-sensitive or radiation-emitting components in the vehicle. Such inductive closed-field structures can be achieved, for example, by oppositely disposed (reversed) conductor windings which are situated above one another or side-by-side, and through which current flows. It can also be achieved by a short-circuit winding surrounding the inductive winding structure (a so-called short-circuit mask). These structures can be provided on the primary side (the sending side) and/or on the secondary side (the receiving side), in which case, depending on the application, the sending part is arranged on the interior or exterior antenna system part and the receiving part is arranged on the respective other antenna system part. Possible inductive winding structures for a coupling through a vehicle window include, for example figure-eight-shaped windings, meander-shaped windings and helical windings.
FIG. 6 shows such an inductive closed-field structure between an interior system part 14 and an exterior system part 15, which can be utilized for the wireless transmission of power supply signals from the interior system part 14 to the exterior system part 15 through a glass window 16. In this case, the exterior system part 15 can form the antenna base of an antenna, which is otherwise not shown. On their sides facing the window, the two antenna system parts 14, 15 each have one inductive closed-field structure 17, 18, which are arranged to match one another and each consist, for example, of a combined helical meander-type winding structure. On the sides of the inductive coupling structures 17, 18 facing away from the window, respective magnetically conductive field guiding layers are provided in the form of a ferrite foils 19, 20. In turn, on its side facing away from the coupling structure, each of the latter is provided with an electrically highly conductive coating 21, 22. This coupling structure permits electromagnetic energy transmission between the two system parts 14, 15, in which the magnetic field flux lines 23 remain virtually completely limited to the area between the electrically highly conductive coatings 21, 22, without extending beyond it into a far-field range. Optionally, a short-circuit mask, which surrounds the pertaining inductive coupling structure 17, 18, can be provided for each system part.
In a perspective top view shown in FIG. 7, an inductive coupling structure in the form of two spirals 25 a, 25 b, which are also suitable for the embodiment of FIG. 6, is provided on the coupling side of the system part 24, the other components of the interior system part 24 (not shown) being accommodated in its housing. The coupling structure 25 a, 25 b is carried on a contact surface 26. The interior part 24 can be fixed, for example, on a vehicle window, by means of an adhesive coating 27. As required, if the pertaining mounting surface is curved, the structure-bearing contact surface 26 may be provided with a compensating layer which, after mounting of the antenna part, remains in a shape compensating the mounting surface curvature. The coupling structure 25 a, 25 b is optionally surrounded by a short-circuit winding 28 which is only partially outlined by a broken line.
In order to permit simple and precise adjustment of the coupling structure 25 a, 25 b of the interior system part with that of the exterior system part (not shown), an adjusting marking is constructed at one point on an edge of the housing of the interior system part 24. This adjusting marking 29 can then be aligned with a corresponding adjusting marking, so that then the interacting coupling structures are precisely adjusted. A connection cable 30 is used to feed and transmit power supply and data signals.
FIG. 8 is a top view of the underside (the contact side), of an interior part of an antenna system with an optical data signal transmission. The coupling structure provided here for the wireless transmission of power supply and data signals contains an inductive closed-field structure 31 for energy transmission from the interior system part 32 to a corresponding exterior system part (not shown), a receiving LED 33, a sending LED 34 and a status LED 35. The coupling structure is surrounded by a ground mask 36. Analogously to the embodiment of FIG. 6, the carrier of the coupling structure may contain a ferrite foil with an exterior-side metalization, in which case the foil may be applied to a PCB laminate. By means of an adhesive contact foil, the interior system part 32 can be mounted, for example, on a vehicle window, in which case the adhesive contact foil has a gap-filling effect between the window and the inductive structure 31. At the points of the LEDs, the ferrite foil is provided with corresponding openings for the purpose of light transfer. By way of the sending and receiving LEDs 33, 34 of the interior system part 32 which are opposite corresponding receiving and sending LEDs on the exterior system part, data signals can be transmitted bidirectionally between the interior and the exterior system parts in a wireless optical manner. By way of the status LED, status information can be optically transmitted between the system parts.
The inductive coupling structures illustrated in FIGS. 6 to 8 permit the transmission of the total energy required for operation of the exterior system part, even if the associated antenna operates as a transmitting antenna (and for this purpose requires transmitting energies of, for example, 5 W).
FIG. 9 is a schematic view of another advantageous construction of the exterior part of an antenna system which can be mounted, for example, on the outside on a vehicle window 37. Here, the exterior part is constructed as a layer laminate with an exterior antenna carrier layer 38, a data receiving and/or data sending layer 39 situated underneath, an energy conversion and frequency processing layer 40 and a window-side coupling layer 41. The individual layers 38 to 41 have, for example, a circular design of a diameter which decreases from the window 37 to the outside, and are connected with one another by stripshaped folding zones 42 a, 42 b, 42 c. Between respective adjacent layers, insulating layers 43 a, 43 b, 43 c are inserted. The intermediate layer 43 c adjoining the coupling layer 41 may be constructed as a ferrite foil packing, which is provided with a metal layer 44 on its side facing away from the coupling layer. The one-piece formation of this exterior part by way of the folding zones 42 a, 42 b, 42 c permits a multi-layer implementation which requires no separate bonding between the individual layers 38 to 41; on the contrary, these may be guided by way of the folding zones 42 c, 42 b, 42 c. This facilitates exterior mounting, and increases functional reliability.
FIG. 10 is a schematic view of an antenna system which is suitable for bidirectional data transmission, for example, as a component of a telecommunication system in the vehicle.
This antenna system contains an interior part 45 and an exterior part 46, which are mounted on the inside and the outside on a vehicle window 47 and comprise a coupling which permits energy transmission from the inside to the outside, as well as bidirectional data transmission. For this purpose, the interior part contains a power supply signal generator 48, a data sending part 49 and a data receiving part 50. These three components are connected to a sending/receiving control unit 51 with a suitable data interface, which control unit 51 is supplied by a fed voltage +UB and is connected to a bidirectional data line 52.
In a manner which matches the transfer components of the interior part 45, the exterior part 46 contains a power supply signal receiver 53, a data sending part 54 and a data receiving part 55, which are connected to a sending/receiving duplex switch 56 with which an antenna component 57 is connected. The data signal couplings 58, 59 between the respective sending and receiving part 49, 54 and 50, 55, according to the requirements, may be capacitively, inductively or optically implemented. The glass pane 47 can act as a separating point at any point in the signal processing path of the data transmission part 60, 61 formed in each case of a sending and a receiving part. One transmission part 61 operates as the sending transmission part—that is, for transmission of data to be sent from the antenna system—and the other transmission part 60 correspondingly operates as a receiving transmission part, for the transmission of data received from the antenna system. This means that, in the respective transmission part 60, 61, the components can be divided in an arbitrary manner most favorable with respect to the application into the interior and the exterior system part 45, 46.
Particularly when using flat patch antenna components, it is advantageous to prevent icing; that is, to be able to cause a fast defrosting. For this purpose, the exterior system part can be heated by a heating element which receives energy exclusively by transmission from the interior system component, so that no separate energy has to be externally supplied for heating purposes. For this purpose, an ohmic heat resistance element is preferably constructed on the exterior part, which heat resistance element is advantageously operated by direct current for the purpose of ensuring the electromagnetic compatibility. This direct current is provided by rectification of the required proportion at the transmitted power supply signals. An existing short-circuit mask can be used as the heating element which, for example, helically surrounds an inductive closed-field structure. In an implementation of a short-circuit mask which can be heated by means of direct current, the short-circuit mask can be disintegrated into fine heating coils which are capacitively short-circuited with respect to high frequency. In the embodiment of FIG. 9, for heating purposes, for example, the respective edge of each layer 38 to 41 can be constructed as an ohmic heating zone. As a result, a large heat-emitting surface can be achieved which can be occupied by appropriately meander-shaped heating paths. The larger the heat-emitting surface, the lower the required temperature rise, and thus the lower the required heating current. Such a heating element can be implemented in a simple manner to be integrated with a PCB laminate, without any problematic separate bonding points, and therefore with a high functional reliability.
As illustrated by the above description of several embodiments, the antenna system according to the invention has the advantage that no holes are required in the mounting surface for its mounting on a vehicle rear window or another mounting surface of a sufficiently low conductivity, even if a power supply to components mounted on the exterior side is required. The outside mounting of the antenna component avoids problems with respect to damping, shading and tuning of the antenna on the basis of the mounting surface. On the contrary, the geometrical and material characteristics of the mounting surface can vary within wide limits, as long as its electric conductivity remains sufficiently low. As the result, the antenna system according to the invention is well suited for retrofitting, and can also be used without modification for different vehicle types.
The foregoing disclosure has been set forth merely to illustrate the invention and is not intended to be limiting. Since modifications of the disclosed embodiments incorporating the spirit and substance of the invention may occur to persons skilled in the art, the invention should be construed to include everything within the scope of the appended claims and equivalents thereof.
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Correction: Gunn defeated San Benito by the scores you reported (25-21, 25-19) and went 3-2 on the day. We did indeed finish 10th overall. I'm the varsity statistician at Gunn so I'm the one with the numbers.... :)
The M-A vs. Paly match was terrific and I was really impressed with how both teams played. The group I was sitting with all remarked that we were seeing a preview of the CCS Div I championship match. M-A has a lot of weapons and they play scrappy defense.
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Two men see a loaf of bread. One hasn't eaten anything for ten days. The other has eaten five times a day, every day.
He sees the shape of the loaf.
The other man with his urgent need sees inside into the taste, and into the nourishment the bread could give.
Be that hungry, to see within all beings the Friend.
- RUMI, translated by Coleman Barks with A.J. Arberry
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More Massive Layoffs at AOL 220
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Uh, support? LostCluster, I think you need to remember that we're talking about AOL here.
I'll bet you'd be a lot less glib about it (and way more pissed off) if it was your job on the line. Especially if you saw people making comments like that!
You're talking about displacing 5,000 other people from their job, their primary source of income (most likely), and you think that it warrants a "now that's more like it"? I'll bet you'd be a lot less glib about it (and way more pissed off) if it was your job on the line. Especially if you saw people making comments like that!
Actually, this is a prime example of why capitalism beats out other systems. Yea it sucks for those 5000, but it is the best thing in the long run. AOL is a dinosaur that has n
At least 45 people whose jobs involved ordering and distributing AOL's free promotional CDs were told last month to take paid leave and look for new jobs, according to one executive who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the news media.
A larger portion of the cuts are expected to come from AOL's business in Europe, where AOL has said it is negotiating to sell its dial-up-related business to European telecommunications firms.
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I interpretted this press release as follows.
We're giving away some of our services that you've enjoyed for years for free... to everyone who isn't currently an AOL customer! AOL customers will continue to pay $25.90/month [aol.com] for these features plus basic dial-up!
Man... I was about to say they were probably firing 5000 of their asshole customer retention specialists [insignific...oughts.com]. I guess I shouldn't make fun of customer retention to their face.
It's already spent, on gasoline. Basically we're funding our opposition in the global war on terror.*damn*, that's a lot of hard cash that will be freed up on the consumer side.
Which employees are these?
The people who work at the AOL booths giving away coasters(CDs)?
The Mexicans who work customer support in Spanish?
Coders and network admins?
Because the article doesn't give much details.
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Pancake Breakfast Fly In
EAA Chapter 260 is hosting their annual pancake breakfast fly in June 14th from 7:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. in the historical Ford Hangar.
Taste of Thornton Township
14th Annual Taste of Thornton, featuring top musical talent, free rides for kids, wide variety of food vendors & craft vendors. All are welcome!
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Bring your friends and neighbors out for a day of old fashion fun! This day will offer food vendors, live music, kiddie rides, bean bag tournaments, kids games, a petting zoo, and much more! Don't miss out on the fun!
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Montgomery Fest
Each summer, Montgomery Fest brings together neighbors and friends from throughout the area to enjoy a weekend of old-fashioned family fun. Held the second weekend in August along the banks of the Fox River, highlights of the Fest include musical performances, carnival rides, a wide range of food vendors, free pony rides and petting zoo, a fishing derby, a car show and a parade.
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Legacy's Kansas City BBQ Championship is back! Be sure to bring out the family and bring along friends for some good ol' BBQ! For a change of scenery, this event will be held in downtown Effingham on Friday night.
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Sprint : 1/4 mile swim, 13 mile bike, 3.1 mile run. Out and back on the bike and run. A few rolling hills on the bike, but the run is completely flat. Fast course on Lake Sara! $100 Cash Prize to Overall Male and Female. $75 Cash Prize to 2nd Overall Male and Female. $50 Cash Prize to 3rd Overall Male and Female
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Sample craft beer from Midwestern microbreweries at this zero-waste event presented by Seven Generations Ahead. Join us in Downtown Oak Park August 15th from 3-7 p.m.
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June 6, SATURDAY IN THE PARK. Dakota Park, Main Street, Dakota. 7 am to Dusk. Enjoy a special day at the Park with a Car Show, parade, pancake breakfast, dinner, and fireworks at dusk. Plus enjoy the Route 75 Garage Sales along the Highway from 8 am to 5 pm. Schedule: 7 am to 11 am: Firemen's Breakfast – at the fire station 9 am to 4 pm: Pony Rides – $3 10 am: Team Horse Shoe Contest – $5 entry fee 10 am to 3 pm: 4th Annual Car Show – $10 entry fee; music by 3-D Sound 2 pm: Parade and Children's Parade 3:15 pm: Variety/Talent Show 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm: Dakota Lions Evening Meal – Menu includes pulled pork sandwich, chips, baked beans, cheese, applesauce, brownie and beverage. Children's Hot dog meal (12 and Under): $3; Sandwich Meal: $7 – at the fire station 7 pm: Pie Auction – at the fire station Dusk: Fireworks (Rain date: June 7) Also over 35 Crafters, Vendors, and Artists until 3:30 pm and food available in the Park and at Dakota United Methodist Church


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One Month to Love is a self help book to guide you along the pat
One Month to Love is a self help book to guide you along the path towards closer relationships with the people that mean the most to you. The book is broken down into 30 individual readings with the intent that you will read and focus on one reading each day for a month.Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.
The 30 day timeframe is too short. There is so much information in this book that I would suggest that one take 60 or 90 days rather than 30 to go through the book. The suggestions are so in depth and helpful that it would be best to read the chapter one day and then spend the next day or two practicing what you read and journaling about it. Each day includes questions at the end to challenge you to put into practice what you read.
I also thoroughly enjoyed the quotes at the beginning of each day. They give quotes by various authors, poets, politicians, etc. The quotes align perfectly with the topic of the day and provoke further thought from the reader.
The authors cover the three most important human relations that one is likely to encounter: friends, marriage and parenting. The title is a bit deceiving; I thought that the book was a marriage self-help. I was excited when I began reading to see that the book focused on other important relationships.
The back of the book contains a helpful index that guides you to the sections of the book that cover the type of relationship that you are focusing. So if you are looking for some encouragement as a parent, you can use the index to direct you to the relevant pages.
I recommend this book to everyone because there is not one person out there that has perfect relationships. We all have areas that could be improved.
Posted January 31, 2013
A few weeks ago I asked to review the book One Month to Love: 30
A few weeks ago I asked to review the book One Month to Love: 30 Days to Grow and Deepen Your Closest Relationships. I figured February would be a great month to work on becoming closer to my family and other loved ones that are meaningful and essential to my life and I can tell you this isn't something I can do on my own.Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.
I was a little leery of the book, thinking that it would be a little hokey or, like those diet books that guarantee results, a little too big on the hype and too focused at the results at the end of a certain amount of days. I am glad that it is not. I am glad that it seems approachable and contradicts those books that want to be quick fixes.
The book is divided up into 4 week segments:
The Art of Being Free
The Art of Acting Intentionally
The Art of Risking Awkwardness
The Art of Letting Go
The authors of the book want you to approach the book as a challenge.
"Just read a chapter each day....At the end of each chapter you'll find the Lasting Love Relationship Challenge, which is designed to help you take the insights from that day and apply them to your key relationships."
They even have a website where you can log on and monitor your own progress. I look forward to delving into this easy to understand and purposeful book as I grow deeper into my relationships with those that matter the most.