Antenna module

• US 20090179804A1
• Filed: 10/09/2008
• Published: 07/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Inventors: Liu, Ming-Yen
• Application Number:
  US12/285,590
• Publication Number:
  US 20090179804A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/700.MS
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/48 Earthing means; Earth screens; Counterpoises
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/40 Element having extended radiating surface

Abstract

An antenna module includes a dielectric substrate, a grounding element, a transmission element and a radiating element. The dielectric substrate has a first surface and a second surface. The grounding element is disposed on the first surface. The transmission element and the radiating element are disposed on the second surface. The radiating element includes a first sub-radiating element having a first side and a second side. The first sub-radiation element is connected to the transmission element at the first side, and the width of the first sub-radiating element gradually becomes larger from the first side toward the second side.

Claims

1. An antenna module comprising:

a dielectric substrate having a first surface and a second surface;

a grounding element disposed at the first surface;

a transmission element disposed at the second surface; and

a radiating element disposed at the second surface and including;

a first sub-radiating element having a first side and a second side, wherein the first sub-radiating element is connected to the transmission element at the first side, and the width of the sub-radiating element gradually increases from the first side toward the second side.

2. The antenna module according to claim 1, wherein the first surface is divided into a first area and a second area, the grounding element is disposed at the first area, the second area is the other area of the first surface except the first area, the transmission element is disposed above the first area, and the first sub-radiating element is disposed above the second area.

3. The antenna module according to claim 1, wherein the transmission element comprises a transmission edge, the first sub-radiating element has a first radiating edge, the first radiating edge connects the first side with the second side, and the first transmission edge is connected to the first radiating edge.

4. The antenna module according to claim 1, wherein the first sub-radiating element comprises a first radiating edge, the first radiating edge connects the first side with the second side, and the first radiating edge is a smooth curve in shape.

5. The antenna module according to claim 4, wherein the first sub-radiating element has two opposite first radiating edges, the two first radiating edges are symmetric with respect to a symmetric axis of the first sub-radiating element.

6. The antenna module according to claim 4, wherein the first radiating edge is part of an elliptical curve in shape.

7. The antenna module according to claim 4, wherein the radiating element further comprises a second sub-radiating element having a second radiating edge, and the second radiating edge is connected to the first radiating edge and is a straight line in shape.

8. The antenna module according to claim 7, wherein the second sub-radiating element is rectangular.

9. The antenna module according to claim 7, wherein the transmission element has a transmission edge, the transmission edge is connected to the first radiating edge and has a first length, the first radiating edge has a second length, the second radiating edge has a third length, and the sum of the second length and the third length is relative to the lowest operating frequency of the antenna module.

10. The antenna module according to claim 1, wherein the first sub-radiating element has a first radiating edge, the first radiating edge connects the first side with the second side and is a straight line in shape.

11. The antenna module according to claim 1, wherein the first sub-radiating element has a first radiating edge, the first radiating edge connects the first side with the second side and is a polygonal line in shape.

12. The antenna module according to claim 1, wherein the first sub-radiating element has a first radiating edge, the first radiating edge connects the first side with the second side and is stepped.

13. The antenna module according to claim 1, wherein the grounding element comprises:

a first sub-grounding element, the transmission element is disposed above the first sub-grounding element; and

as least a second sub-grounding element connected to the first sub-grounding element, wherein the second sub-grounding element has a grounding edge connected to the top of the first sub-grounding element, the first sub-radiating element has a first radiating edge, the first radiating edge connects the first side with the second side of the first sub-radiating element, and the grounding edge is adjacent to the first radiating edge.

14. The antenna module according to claim 13, wherein the grounding edge is a smooth curve in shape.

15. The antenna module according to claim 13, wherein the grounding edge is part of an elliptical curve in shape.

16. The antenna module according to claim 13, wherein the grounding edge is similar to the first radiating edge in shape.

17. The antenna module according to claim 13, wherein the grounding element comprises two second sub-grounding elements, and the two second sub-grounding elements are located at two sides of the first sub-radiating element, respectively.

18. The antenna module according to claim 13, wherein the first sub-grounding element is rectangular.

19. The antenna module according to claim 13, wherein the area of the first sub-grounding element is larger than the area of the transmission element.