公开(公告)号：US10170824B1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-01

申请号：US15496411

申请日：2017-04-25

Applicant: Waymo LLC.

Inventor： Vijay Asrani ,  Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera ,  Douglas Blake Kough

IPC: H01Q1/48 ,  H01Q1/32 ,  H01Q1/12 ,  H01Q21/24 ,  H04B7/0413

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to an antenna system for a vehicle, such as a vehicle that has a non-metallic roof. The antenna system includes two metallic supports coupled to the roof. Additionally, the antenna system includes a first MIMO antenna pair. A first antenna of the first MIMO antenna pair is coupled to a first support of the two metallic supports, and a second antenna of the first MIMO antenna pair is coupled to a second support of the two metallic supports. The antenna system further includes a second MIMO antenna pair. A first antenna of the second MIMO antenna pair is coupled to the first support of the two metallic supports, and a second antenna of the second MIMO antenna pair is coupled to the second support of the two metallic supports. Yet further, the two metallic supports of the antenna system are physically separated from each other.