Miniaturized antenna-coupled module

• US 20050122268A1
• Filed: 11/30/2004
• Published: 06/09/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ALPS Electric Company Limited (Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: ALPS Electric Company Limited (Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Tomotaka
• Granted Patent: US 7,123,197 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/702
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/44 using equipment having another main function to serve additionally as an antenna , e.g. means for giving an antenna an aesthetic aspectH01Q1/27 - H01Q1/34 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/526 Electromagnetic shields
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 23/00 Antennas with active circuits or circuit elements integrated within them or attached to them
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/0421 with a shorting wall or a shorting pin at one end of the element H01Q9/0414 takes precedence

Abstract

A circuit component group of a high frequency circuit is mounted on an upper surface of a circuit board. The circuit board contains a multilayered dielectric board having a ground conductor therein. An antenna element 6 made of a metal plate is mounted so as to cover a portion of the circuit component group. The antenna element contains a radiating conductive plate arranged opposite to and parallel to the circuit board, a feeding terminal piece bent from a peripheral portion of the radiating conductive plate, a ground terminal piece, and three leg pieces. The feeding terminal piece is connected to a feeding line of a wiring pattern, the ground terminal piece is connected to the ground conductor, and the leg pieces are soldered to the connecting lands formed on an upper surface of the circuit boards, respectively.

Claims

1. An antenna-coupled module comprising:

a dielectric board provided on a ground conductor;

connecting lands provided on the dielectric board;

a circuit component group of a high frequency circuit mounted on the dielectric board; and

a radiating conductive plate, made of a metal plate, which covers at least a portion of the circuit component group,

wherein a feeding terminal piece, a ground terminal piece, and leg pieces are bent from the radiating conductive plate, the feeding terminal piece is connected to a feeding line of the high frequency circuit, the ground terminal piece is connected to the ground conductor, and each of the leg pieces are soldered to each of the connecting lands to support the radiating conductive plate.

2. The antenna-coupled module according to claim 1,

wherein the leg pieces are bent from a plurality of locations of the radiating conductive plate, and the radiating conductive plate is supported on the dielectric board by the leg pieces.

3. The antenna-coupled module according to claim 1,

wherein the feeding terminal piece and the ground terminal piece are arranged adjacent to each other at one end of the dielectric board in a longitudinal direction and a connector is arranged at the other end of the dielectric board in the longitudinal direction.

4. The antenna-coupled module according to claim 1,

wherein the dielectric board is a multilayered board having the ground conductor therein, and another circuit component group is mounted on a bottom surface of the multilayered board.