Communication device

• US 10,644,407 B2
• Filed: 07/16/2018
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation (Wistron Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation (Wistron Corporation)
• Inventors: Wu, Yan-Ting, Yang, Cheng-Da, Chiang, Yu-Yu
• Primary Examiner(s): Mancuso, Huedung X
• Application Number:
  US16/035,849
• Publication Number:
  US 20190221943A1
• Time in Patent Office: 659 Days
• Field of Search: 353700 MS
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2258 used with computer equipment
• 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 13/103 with variable reactance for tuning the antenna tuning resonant circuits H03J
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 13/106 Microstrip slot antennas patch antenna elements H01Q9/0407
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 13/16 Folded slot antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/371 Branching current paths
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/385 Two or more parasitic elements

Abstract

A communication device includes a metal mechanism element, a feeding radiation element, a tuning radiation element, and a dielectric substrate. The metal mechanism element has a closed slot. The feeding radiation element extends across the closed slot. The feeding radiation element has a feeding point. The tuning radiation element extends across the closed slot. The first end of the tuning radiation element is coupled to the metal mechanism element. The second end of the tuning radiation element is adjacent to the metal mechanism element or is coupled to the metal mechanism element. The dielectric substrate is adjacent to the metal mechanism element. The feeding radiation element and the tuning radiation element are both disposed on the dielectric substrate. An antenna structure is formed by the feeding radiation element, the tuning radiation element, and the closed slot of the metal mechanism element.

Claims

1. A communication device, comprising:

a metal mechanism element, having a closed slot;

a feeding radiation element, extending across the closed slot, wherein the feeding radiation element has a feeding point;

a tuning radiation element, extending across the closed slot, wherein a first end of the tuning radiation element is coupled to the metal mechanism element, and a second end of the tuning radiation element is adjacent to or is coupled to the metal mechanism element; and

a dielectric substrate, disposed adjacent to the metal mechanism element, wherein the feeding radiation element and the tuning radiation element are disposed on the dielectric substrate;

wherein an antenna structure is formed by the feeding radiation element, the tuning radiation element, and the closed slot of the metal mechanism element;

wherein the communication device further comprises;

a feeding extension element, wherein a first end of the feeding radiation element and a first end of the feeding extension element are coupled to the feeding point, and wherein a second end of the feeding radiation element and a second end of the feeding extension element are open ends.

2. The communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the feeding radiation element substantially has an L-shape.

3. The communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tuning radiation element substantially has a straight-line shape.

4. The communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the closed slot substantially has a straight-line shape with a first closed end and a second closed end.

5. The communication device as claimed in claim 4, wherein a distance between the feeding point and the first closed end is from 40 mm to 45 mm.

6. The communication device as claimed in claim 4, wherein a distance between the tuning radiation element and the second closed end is from 0.5 mm to 38 mm.

7. The communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the antenna structure covers a low-frequency band from 790 MHz to 890 MHz, and a high-frequency band from 1830 MHz to 2690 MHz.

8. The communication device as claimed in claim 7, wherein a length of the closed slot is from 0.25 to 0.5 wavelength of a central frequency of the low-frequency band.

9. The communication device as claimed in claim 7, wherein a length of the feeding radiation element is substantially equal to 0.25 wavelength of a central frequency of the high-frequency band.

10. The communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a combination of the feeding radiation element and the feeding extension element substantially has an S-shape.

11. The communication device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the S-shape has a width-varying structure.

12. The communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second end of the feeding radiation element and the second end of the feeding extension element have vertical projections on the metal mechanism element, and the vertical projections are inside the closed slot.

13. The communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the antenna structure covers a low-frequency band from 790 MHz to 960 MHz, and a high-frequency band from 1710 MHz to 2690 MHz.

14. The communication device as claimed in claim 13, wherein a length of the feeding extension element is substantially equal to 0.25 wavelength of a central frequency of the low-frequency band.

15. The communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tuning radiation element comprises:

a metal portion, disposed adjacent to or coupled to the metal mechanism element;

a circuit element;

a switch element, wherein the circuit element is coupled between the metal portion and the switch element; and

a plurality of impedance elements, having different impedance values, wherein the switch element selects one of the impedance elements, such that the metal portion and the circuit element are coupled through the selected impedance element to the metal mechanism element.

16. The communication device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the circuit element has a vertical projection on the metal mechanism element, and the vertical projection is inside the closed slot.

17. The communication device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the circuit element is a resistor, a capacitor, or an inductor.

18. The communication device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the switch element and the impedance elements have vertical projections on the metal mechanism element, and the vertical projections are outside the closed slot.

19. The communication device as claimed in claim 15, wherein any of the impedance elements is a resistor, a capacitor, or an inductor.