Circuit board and telephone apparatus

• US 20090109100A1
• Filed: 10/23/2008
• Published: 04/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Inventors: Sato, Katsuhiro
• Granted Patent: US 8,106,831 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/702
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/145 by varying the electrical length
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/42 with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength

Abstract

A circuit board is provided. The circuit board including a dielectric substrate; a ground electrode formed on the dielectric substrate; a radiation line formed on the dielectric substrate, at least a part of the radiation line including an open end and opposed to the ground electrode; a feeding line connected to the other end of the radiation line, the feeding line configured to feed high frequency signals to the radiation line or receive high frequency signals generated in the radiation line; a short-circuit line formed on the dielectric substrate and connected to the radiation line; a short-circuit element configured to short-circuit the short-circuit line and the ground electrode; and a connection terminal provided on the short-circuit line, wherein the connection terminal connects one end of the short-circuit element to the short-circuit line at a connection position and is configured so that the connection position is changeable.

Claims

1. A circuit board comprising:

a dielectric substrate;

a ground electrode formed on the dielectric substrate;

a radiation line formed on the dielectric substrate, at least a part of the radiation line including an open end and opposed to the ground electrode;

a feeding line connected to the other end of the radiation line, the feeding line configured to feed high frequency signals to the radiation line or receive high frequency signals generated in the radiation line;

a short-circuit line formed on the dielectric substrate and connected to the radiation line;

a short-circuit element configured to short-circuit the short-circuit line and the ground electrode; and

a connection terminal provided on the short-circuit line, wherein the connection terminal connects one end of the short-circuit element to the short-circuit line at a connection position and is configured so that the connection position is changeable.

2. The circuit board according to claim 1,

wherein the connection terminal is configured so that a connectable position, at which the one end of the short-circuit element is capable of connecting to the connection terminal, extends continuously.

3. The circuit board according to claim 1,

wherein the connection terminal is configured so that a plurality of connectable positions are provided, at which the one end of the short-circuit element is capable of connecting to the connection terminal.

4. The circuit board according to claim 1,

wherein the connection terminal is formed by patterning a conductor at an outer edge of the short-circuit line.

5. The circuit board according to claim 1, further comprising an insulative coating film which coats the short-circuit line or the radiation line,

wherein the connection terminal is formed by removing the insulative coating film so that the short-circuit line is exposed.

6. The circuit board according to claim 1,

wherein the connection terminal includes a hole formed on the short-circuit line, and

wherein the short-circuit element is fitted into the connection terminal.

7. The circuit board according to claim 1,

wherein the short-circuit element includes a zero-ohm resistor element,

15. A telephone apparatus for carrying out a wireless communication, comprising:

a circuit board according to claim 1; and

a signal processing circuit configured to generate the high frequency signals fed to the circuit board and process the high frequency signals received from the circuit board.

8. A circuit board comprising:

a dielectric substrate;

a ground electrode formed on the dielectric substrate;

a radiation line formed on the dielectric substrate, at least a part of the radiation line including an open end and opposed to the ground electrode;

a feeding line connected to the other end of the radiation line, the feeding line configured to feed high frequency signals to the radiation line or receive high frequency signals generated in the radiation line;

a short-circuit element configured to short-circuit the radiation line and the ground electrode; and

a connection terminal provided on the radiation line, wherein the connection terminal connects one end of the short-circuit element to the radiation line at a connection position and is configured so that the connection position is changeable.

9. The circuit board according to claim 8,

wherein the connection terminal is configured so that a connectable position, at which the one end of the short-circuit element is capable of connecting to the connection terminal, extends continuously.

10. The circuit board according to claim 8,

wherein the connection terminal is configured so that a plurality of connectable positions are provided, at which the one end of the short-circuit element is capable of connecting to the connection terminal.

11. The circuit board according to claim 8,

wherein the connection terminal is formed by patterning a conductor at an outer edge of the radiation line.

12. The circuit board according to claim 8, further comprising an insulative coating film which coats the radiation line,

wherein the connection terminal is formed by removing the insulative coating film so that the radiation line is exposed.

13. The circuit board according to claim 8,

wherein the connection terminal includes a hole formed on the radiation line, and

wherein the short-circuit element is fitted into the connection terminal.

14. The circuit board according to claim 8,

wherein the short-circuit element includes a zero-ohm resistor element.