MULTI-BAND ANTENNA

• US 20080150807A1
• Filed: 12/20/2006
• Published: 06/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cheng UEI Precision Industry Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Cheng UEI Precision Industry Company Limited
• Inventors: Wu, Yu-Yuan, Shih, Kai, Lin, Ching-Chi
• Granted Patent: US 7,382,326 B1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/702
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2266 disposed inside the computer
• 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 5/335 at the feed, e.g. for impedance matching
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/371 Branching current paths

Abstract

A multi-band antenna configured in a portable electrical device capable of operating in a low frequency bandwidth and a high frequency bandwidth has an elongated radiating body and a feeding conductor connecting the elongated radiating body. The feeding conductor has opposite side arms respectively connecting the elongated radiating body and a connecting portion connecting the side arms. A feeding point is arranged at a corner where one of the side arms connects to the connecting portion. The elongated radiating body and the feeding conductor are located on different planes of the portable electronic device. According to the position where the feeding conductor connects to the elongated radiating body and the position where the feeding point is arranged at, the multi-band antenna has a preferred low frequency bandwidth and a preferred high frequency bandwidth. Therefore, the portable electrical device can operate at different wireless bandwidths.

Claims

1. A multi-band antenna comprising:

an antenna body having a first radiating branch having opposite elongated edges, a second radiating branch extending from one end of said first radiating branch, a third radiating branch extending from the other end of said first radiating branch and perpendicular to said first radiating branch, said second and third radiating branches projecting to the same direction;

a feeding conductor substantially formed U-shape and connecting to said antenna body, said feeding conductor and said second radiating branch projecting to opposite directions, said feeding conductor extending from an area where said first radiating branch connecting said second radiating branch; and

a feeding point arranged at a corner of said feeding conductor.

2. The multi-band antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein the length of said first radiating branch is longer than the length of said second radiating branch, the width of said first radiating branch is narrower than the width of said second radiating branch, the length of said third radiating branch is shorter than said length of said first radiating branch, the width of third radiating branch is wider than said width of said first radiating branch.

3. The multi-band antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein said feeding conductor has a first side arm, a second side arm which is opposite to said first side arm, and a connecting portion, said first and second side arms respectively have an inner edge facing each other and an outer edge opposite to said inner edge, one end of said first and second side arms respectively connects to said second radiating branch and the other end of said first and said second side arms respectively connects to both ends of said connecting portion, said outer edge of said first side arm is at the same level with said area, said feeding point is arranged at said corner where said first side arm connects to said connecting portion.

4. The multi-band antenna as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a grounding portion arranged around said feeding conductor.

5. The multi-band antenna as claimed in claim 4, wherein said antenna body is located on a top of a display of a laptop, a free end portion of said third radiating branch is located on a front surface of said display of said laptop, said feeding conductor and said grounding portion are located on a back surface of said display of said laptop, said laptop operates said multi-band antenna through a cable connecting to said feeding point and said grounding portion.

6. The multi-band antenna as claimed in claim 5, wherein said grounding portion electronically connects to a ground of said laptop.

7. A multi-band antenna operating at a low frequency bandwidth and a high frequency bandwidth two to three frequency higher than said lower frequency bandwidth comprising:

an elongated antenna body having a first end and a second end, said antenna body having a first radiating branch, a second radiating branch having said first end and extending from one end of said first radiating branch and a third radiating branch having said second end and extending from the other end of said first radiating branch;

a feeding conductor connecting to said antenna body having a first side arm, a second side arm opposite to said first side arm and a connecting portion, one end of said first and second side arms respectively connecting both ends of said connecting portion, the other end of said first and second side arms respectively connecting said antenna body, a length from said feeding conductor connecting said antenna body to said first end substantially a quarter of the wavelength of said high frequency bandwidth, a length from said feeding conductor connecting said antenna body to said second end substantially a quarter of the wavelength of said low frequency bandwidth; and

a feeding point arranged at a corner where said first side arm connects to said connecting portion.

8. The multi-band antenna as claimed in claim 7, wherein the length of said first radiating branch is longer than the length of said second radiating branch, the width of said first radiating branch is narrower than the width of said second radiating branch, the length of said third radiating branch is shorter than said length of said first radiating branch, the width of said third radiating branch is wider than said width of said first radiating branch.

9. The multi-band antenna as claimed in claim 7, wherein said first and second side arms respectively have an outer edge opposite to each other, said outer edge of said first side arm is at same level with an area where said first radiating branch connects to said second radiating branch.

10. The multi-band antenna as claimed in claim 9, further comprising a grounding portion arranged around said feeding point.

11. The multi-band antenna as claimed in claim 10, wherein said multi-band antenna is folded to fit for being configured in a portable electronic device, said antenna body and said feeding conductor is substantially located on different planes of said portable electronic device.

12. The multi-band antenna as claimed in claim 11, wherein said grounding portion is a ground of said portable electronic device.