Radiating element of antenna and antenna

• US 10,553,939 B2
• Filed: 03/22/2018
• Issued: 02/04/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Daojian, Dingjiu, Xiao, Weihong, Yu, Yanmin, Luo, Wei
• Primary Examiner(s): Mancuso, Huedung X
• Application Number:
  US15/928,441
• Publication Number:
  US 20180212323A1
• Time in Patent Office: 684 Days
• Field of Search: 343834
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/246 specially adapted for base stations
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/38 formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support patch antennas H01Q9/0407; microstrip dipole antennas H01Q9/065; microstrip slot antennas H01Q13/106; transmission line microstrip antennas H01Q13/206; manufacturing reflecting surfaces using insulating material for supporting the reflecting surface H01Q15/142
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/48 Earthing means; Earth screens; Counterpoises
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/523 between antennas of an array
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 19/10 using reflecting surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/0025 Modular arrays

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention relate to the communications field, and provide a radiating element of an antenna and an antenna. The radiating element includes: a reflection module, a power feed PCB disposed on the reflection module and electrically connected to the reflection module, and a radiating module disposed on the power feed PCB and electrically connected to the power feed PCB. A first surface of the power feed PCB includes a first signal cable and a grounding area of the radiating module. A second surface of the power feed PCB includes a grounding area of the power feed PCB and a second signal cable. The first signal cable is electrically connected to the second signal cable. The grounding area of the radiating module is electrically connected to the grounding area of the power feed PCB.

Claims

1. A radiating element of an antenna, comprising:

a reflection module;

a power feed printed circuit board (PCB) disposed on the reflection module and electrically connected to the reflection module; and

a radiating module disposed on the power feed PCB and electrically connected to the power feed PCB;

wherein a first signal cable and a grounding area of the radiating module extend along a first surface of the power feed PCB, a grounding area of the power feed PCB and a second signal cable extend along a second surface of the power feed PCB, the first signal cable is electrically connected to the second signal cable, the grounding area of the radiating module is electrically connected to the grounding area of the power feed PCB, the radiating module directly physically contacts the grounding area of the radiating module, and the grounding area of the radiating module comprises a conductive material laterally extending along the first surface of the power feed PCB at a same level as the first signal cable.

2. The radiating element according to claim 1, wherein a grounding electrode of the radiating module is electrically connected to the grounding area of the radiating module, and a signal cable of the radiating module is electrically connected to the second signal cable.

3. The radiating element according to claim 2, wherein the second signal cable is electrically insulated from the reflection module.

4. The radiating element according to claim 3, wherein a location that is on the reflection module and that corresponds to a location of the second signal cable comprises a hole.

5. The radiating element according to claim 3, wherein an insulation layer is disposed in a location that is on the reflection module and that corresponds to a location of the second signal cable.

6. The radiating element according to claim 1, wherein the first signal cable is electrically connected to the second signal cable directly by using a first through hole of the power feed PCB;

and the grounding area of the power feed PCB is electrically connected to the grounding area of the radiating module directly by using a second through hole of the power feed PCB.

7. The radiating element according to claim 1, wherein a correspondence exists between a length of an edge track of the grounding area of the radiating module and a wavelength corresponding to a center frequency in a frequency band of a signal needing to be suppressed on the radiating element:

L=0.5λ

;

5λ

,

wherein L is the length of the edge track of the grounding area of the radiating module, and λ

is the wavelength corresponding to the center frequency in the frequency band of the signal needing to be suppressed on the radiating element.

8. The radiating element according to claim 1, wherein the radiating module comprises at least one radiator group and a balun feeding power to the at least one radiator group, the at least one radiator group is connected to the power feed PCB using the balun, each radiator group corresponds to at least one first signal cable and at least one second signal cable, the at least one first signal cable includes the first signal cable and the at least one second signal cable includes the second signal cable, and each first signal cable is electrically connected to one second signal cable.

9. An antenna, comprising a radiating element, wherein the radiating element comprises:

a reflection module;

a power feed printed circuit board (PCB) disposed on the reflection module and electrically connected to the reflection module, wherein a second surface of the power feed PCB directly physically contacts the reflection module; and

a radiating module disposed on the power feed PCB and electrically connected to the power feed PCB, wherein a first surface of the power feed PCB directly physically contacts a first surface of the radiating module, and the first surface of the power feed PCB is opposite to the second surface of the power feed PCB;

wherein a first signal cable and a grounding area of the radiating module extend along the first surface of the power feed PCB, a grounding area of the power feed PCB and a second signal cable extend along the second surface of the power feed PCB, the first signal cable is directly electrically connected to the second signal cable, the grounding area of the radiating module is electrically connected to the grounding area of the power feed PCB, and the grounding area of the radiating module laterally extends beyond the first surface of the radiating module along the first surface of the power feed PCB.

10. The antenna according to claim 9, further comprising

a second radiating element, wherein grounding areas of radiating modules of the radiating element and the second radiating element are different.

11. The antenna according to claim 9, wherein a grounding electrode extends along the first surface of the radiating module, and the grounding electrode physically contacts the grounding area of the radiating module.

12. The antenna according to claim 11, wherein the reflection module is electrically isolated from the second signal cable.

13. The antenna according to claim 9, wherein the grounding area of the radiating module comprises a conductive material that extends from a first sidewall of the power feed PCB to a second sidewall of the power feed PCB, the first sidewall being opposite to the second sidewall.