Antenna system and mobile terminal

• US 10,601,112 B2
• Filed: 12/01/2017
• Issued: 03/24/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte Limited (AAC Technologies Holdings Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte Limited (AAC Technologies Holdings Inc.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Liwan, Dong, Kai
• Primary Examiner(s): Munoz, Daniel
• Assistant Examiner(s): Holecek, Patrick R
• Application Number:
  US15/828,627
• Publication Number:
  US 20180375194A1
• Time in Patent Office: 844 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• 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 1/521 reducing the coupling between adjacent antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 13/10 Resonant slot antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/28 Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting antenna units or systems multiple beam H01Q25/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/328 between a radiating element and ground
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/335 at the feed, e.g. for impedance matching
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/35 using two or more simultaneously fed points
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/40 Imbricated or interleaved structures; Combined or electromagnetically coupled arrangements, e.g. comprising two or more non-connected fed radiating elements
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/50 Feeding or matching arrangements for broad-band or multi-band operation
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/42 with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength

Abstract

An antenna system and a mobile terminal, the antenna system includes a metal shell, a system ground, a mainboard and an antenna unit, the system ground is connected with the metal shell; the mainboard is provided with a mainboard ground connected with the system ground, a main circuit and a matching network, the matching network includes a first and second matching element; the main circuit includes a first radio frequency source, a first antenna terminal, a second antenna terminal and a second radio frequency source which are successively connected in series, and at least one matching network is provided between any adjacent two of them, the antenna unit is connected with the mainboard through the first and/or the second antenna terminal, so that the antenna unit is coupled with the top frame or the bottom frame to form a first antenna, a second antenna and a third antenna.

Claims

1. An antenna system, comprising:

a metal shell comprising a top frame, a bottom frame and a middle back cover;

a notch is defined respectively between the middle back cover and the top frame and between the middle back cover and the bottom frame, the top frame is connected with the middle back cover by a connecting rib;

a system ground connected with the metal shell;

a mainboard comprising a mainboard ground connected with the system ground and a main circuit;

an antenna unit adjacent to the top frame or bottom frame;

the mainboard circuit comprises a first radio frequency source, a first antenna terminal, a second antenna terminal, a second radio frequency source and a few matching networks, at least one of the matching networks is provided between the first radio frequency source and the first antenna terminal, at least another one of the matching networks is provided between the second radio frequency source and the second antenna terminal, at least a further one of the matching networks is provided between the first antenna terminal and the second antenna terminal;

the antenna unit is connected with the mainboard by the first antenna terminal and/or the second antenna terminal, so that the antenna unit is coupled with the top frame or the bottom frame to form a first antenna, a second antenna and a third antenna;

each one of the matching networks comprises a first matching element and a second matching element;

the first matching element of the matching network is connected in series in the main circuit, one end of the second matching element is connected with the main circuit while the other end of the second matching element is connected with the mainboard ground;

each first matching element and each second matching element can be chosen from one of a capacitance, an inductance, a resistance and a switch to form different connection manners of the antenna unit,

wherein the first radio frequency resource, the first antenna terminal, the second antenna terminal and the second radio frequency source are successively arranged, two matching networks are provided in series between the first antenna terminal and the first radio frequency source;

another one matching network is arranged between the first antenna terminal and the second antenna terminal;

a further one matching network is arranged between the second antenna terminal and the second radio frequency source, and both of the first antenna terminal and the second antenna terminal are directly connected to the mainboard ground through a second matching element.

2. The antenna system as described in claim 1, wherein in the matching network between the first radio frequency resource and the first antenna terminal, one first matching element is a capacitance, and the other first matching element is a resistance of 0Ω

;

each second matching element is a switch in a disconnected state;

in the matching network between the first antenna terminal and the second antenna terminal, the first matching element is a switch in a disconnected state; and

the second matching element is a switch in a disconnected state;

in the matching network between the second antenna terminal and the second radio frequency source, the first matching element is a switch in a disconnected state, and the second matching element is a switch in a disconnected state;

the antenna unit comprises a first metal wiring connected with the first antenna terminal and a second metal wiring connected with the first metal wiring, the first metal wiring is perpendicular to the top frame;

the second metal wiring is at least partially facing and spaced from the top frame, so that the antenna unit is coupled with the top frame to form the first antenna, the second antenna and the third antenna.

3. The antenna system as described in claim 2, wherein one end of the top frame is closer to the antenna unit than the other end of the top frame, a main radiator of the first antenna is a portion of the top frame, and the portion of the top frame is from the end of the top frame closer to the antenna unit to the connecting rib along a circumferential direction of the top frame;

a main radiator of the second antenna is the second metal wiring;

main radiators of the third antenna include the first metal wiring, and the portion of the top frame from the end of the top frame closer to the antenna unit to the connecting rib along the circumferential direction of the top frame.

4. The antenna system as described in claim 1, wherein in the matching network between the first antenna terminal and the first radio frequency source, one first matching element is a capacitance, and the other first matching element is a resistance of 0Ω

;

one second matching element is an inductance, and the other second matching element is a switch in a disconnected state;

in the matching network between the first antenna terminal and the second antenna terminal, the first matching element is a switch in a disconnected state, and the second matching element is a switch in a disconnected state;

in the matching network between the second antenna terminal and the second radio frequency source, the first matching element is a switch in a disconnected state, the second matching element is a resistance of 0Ω

;

the antenna unit comprises a third metal wiring connected with the first antenna terminal and a fourth metal wiring connected with the second antenna terminal;

the third metal wiring is connected with the fourth metal wiring, and the third metal wiring is partially facing and spaced from the fourth metal wiring;

the third metal wiring is at least partially facing and spaced from the top frame, so that the antenna unit is coupled with the top frame to form the first antenna, the second antenna and the third antenna.

5. The antenna system as described in claim 4, wherein one end of the top frame is closer to the antenna unit than the other end of the top frame, a main radiator of the first antenna is a portion of the top frame, and the portion of the top frame is from the end of the top frame closer to the antenna unit to the connecting rib along a circumferential direction of the top frame;

a main radiator of the second antenna is a connection structure formed by the third metal wiring and the fourth metal wiring connected with the third metal wiring;

main radiators of the third antenna include a gap between the third metal wiring and the fourth metal wiring, and the portion of the top frame which is from the end of the top frame closer to the antenna unit to the connecting rib along the circumferential direction of the top frame.

6. The antenna system as described in claim 1, wherein in the matching network between the first antenna terminal and the first radio frequency source, one first matching element is a capacitance, and the other first matching element is a resistance of 0Ω

;

each second matching element is a switch in a disconnected state;

in the matching network between the first antenna terminal and the second antenna terminal, the first matching element is a switch in a disconnected state, and the second matching element is a switch in a disconnected state;

in the matching network between the second antenna terminal and the second radio frequency source, the first matching element is a resistance of 0Ω

;

the second matching element is a capacitance;

the antenna unit comprises a fifth metal wiring connected with the first antenna terminal and a sixth metal wiring connected with the second antenna terminal, the fifth metal wiring is connected with the sixth metal wiring, and the fifth metal wiring is partially facing and spaced from the sixth metal wiring;

the fifth metal wiring is at least partially facing and spaced from the top frame, so that the antenna unit is coupled with the top frame to form the first antenna, the second antenna and the third antenna.

7. The antenna system as described in claim 6, wherein one end of the top frame is closer to the antenna unit than the other end of the top frame, a main radiator of the first antenna is a portion of the top frame, and the portion of the top frame is from the end of the top frame closer to the antenna unit to the connecting rib along a circumferential direction of the top frame;

a main radiator of the second antenna is the fifth metal wiring;

main radiators of the third antenna include the sixth metal wiring, the fifth metal wiring, and the portion of the top frame from the end of the top frame closer to the antenna unit to the connecting rib along the circumferential direction of the top frame.

8. A mobile terminal, comprising the antenna system as described in claim 1.