PLANAR ANTENNA AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS

• US 20100045540A1
• Filed: 06/10/2009
• Published: 02/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Inventors: Chen, Hung-Hsiang, Wang, Chun-Hsiung, Chiu, Yang-Po, Lai, Ming-Iu
• Granted Patent: US 8,462,074 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/702
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2266 disposed inside the computer
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/48 Earthing means; Earth screens; Counterpoises
• 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 planar antenna disposed on a plate having a first surface and a second surface is provided. The planar antenna includes a metal layer, an antenna body, a stepped impedance device, a coupling device and a matching device. The metal layer is disposed on the first surface and has a slot line exposing the first surface. The antenna body, the stepped impedance device, the coupling device and the matching device are disposed on the second surface. The antenna body is corresponding to a surrounding of the metal layer except a feed end thereof, the stepped impedance device and the matching device are corresponding to the metal layer, and the coupling device is corresponding to the slot line. The matching device is coupled between the coupling device and the feed end. The stepped impedance device has a transmission zero in a radio frequency band operated by the antenna body.

Claims

1. A planar antenna, disposed on a plate having a first surface and a second surface, the planar antenna comprising:

a metal layer, disposed on the first surface, and having a slot line for exposing the first surface;

an antenna body, disposed on the second surface, and having a ground end and a feed end, wherein the antenna body is corresponding to a surrounding of the metal layer except a partial area of the feed end thereof;

a coupling device, disposed on the second surface, and a partial area of the coupling device corresponding to the slot line of the metal layer;

a matching device, disposed on the second surface in an approach of corresponding to the metal layer, and electrically connected to the coupling device and the feed end, wherein the matching device is used for impedance matching between the antenna body and the coupling device; and

a stepped impedance device, disposed on the second surface in the approach of corresponding to the metal layer, and electrically connected to the ground end of the antenna body, wherein the stepped impedance device has a transmission zero when being operated in a radio frequency band.

2. The planar antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein the radio frequency band is used for transmitting a signal having a first wavelength, and the stepped impedance device comprises:

a first impedance wire, having a first impedance Z₁, and a distance between two ends thereof being D₁; and

a second impedance wire, having one end electrically connected to the first impedance wire and another end electrically connected to the ground end of the antenna body, and having a second impedance Z₂, and a distance between two ends thereof being D₂, wherein when λ

₁ is the first wavelength, θ

₁ is a first phase angle, and r is a positive number, the aforementioned D₁, D₂, Z₁ and Z₂ are in accord with following equations;

tan θ

₁×

tan(r·

θ

₁)=Z₁/Z₂, D₁=(θ

₁×

λ

₁)/360 and D₂=r×

D₁.

3. The planar antenna as claimed in claim 2, wherein the radio frequency band is used for transmitting a signal having a second wavelength, and the stepped impedance device further comprises:

a third impedance wire, having a third impedance Z₃, and a distance between two ends thereof being D₃; and

a fourth impedance wire, having one end electrically connected to the third impedance wire and another end electrically connected to the ground end of the antenna body, and having a fourth impedance Z₄, and a distance between two ends thereof being D₄, wherein when λ

₂ is the second wavelength, θ

₂ is a second phase angle, and s is a positive number, the aforementioned D₃, D₄, Z₃ and Z₄ are in accord with following equations;

tan θ

₂×

tan(s·

θ

₂)=Z₃/Z₄, D₃=(θ

₂×

λ

₂)/360 and D₄=s×

D₃.

4. The planar antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein the coupling device comprises:

a first coupling wire, having nonadjacent a first side and a second side, wherein the first side is electrically connected to the feed end of the antenna body, and a position of the first coupling wire is corresponding to the slot line; and

a second coupling wire, electrically connected to the second side of the first coupling wire.

5. The planar antenna as claimed in claim 4, wherein a shape of the first coupling wire is a rectangle or a trapezoid.

6. The planar antenna as claimed in claim 4, wherein a shape of the second coupling wire is a rectangle or a trapezoid.

7. The planar antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein the slot line comprises:

a linear opening, penetrating the metal layer for exposing the first surface.

8. The planar antenna as claimed in claim 7, wherein the slot line further comprises:

a first opening, penetrating the metal layer, and communicated to a side of the linear opening; and

a second opening, penetrating the metal layer, and communicated to another side of the linear opening.

9. The planar antenna as claimed in claim 8, wherein shapes of the first opening and the second opening are rounds or triangles.

10. The planar antenna as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

a coaxial wire, having an inner conductor and an outer conductor, wherein the outer conductor is electrically connected to the metal layer, and the inner conductor is electrically connected to the metal layer by crossing the slot line.

11. The planar antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein the antenna body is an inverted-F antenna body.

12. The planar antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plate is a printed circuit board.

13. A wireless communication apparatus, comprising:

a first plate, having a first surface and a second surface;

a second plate, the first plate and the second plate forming a chamber to contain an inner circuit of the wireless communication apparatus; and

a plurality of planar antennas, disposed on the first plate, and each of the planar antennas comprising;

a metal layer, disposed on the first surface, and having a slot line for exposing the first surface;

an antenna body, disposed on the second surface, and having a ground end and a feed end, wherein the antenna body is corresponding to a surrounding of the metal layer except a partial area of the feed end thereof;

a coupling device, disposed on the second surface, and a partial area of the coupling device corresponding to the slot line of the metal layer;

a matching device, disposed on the second surface in an approach of corresponding to the metal layer, and electrically connected to the coupling device and the feed end of the antenna body, wherein the matching device is used for impedance matching between the antenna body and the coupling device; and

a stepped impedance device, disposed on the second surface in the approach of corresponding to the metal layer, and electrically connected to the ground end of the antenna body, wherein the stepped impedance device has a transmission zero when being operated in a radio frequency band.

14. The wireless communication apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the first surface is a part of inner wall of the chamber.

15. The wireless communication apparatus as claimed in claim 14 further comprising:

a display panel, disposed in the chamber, and a position thereof is fixed between the metal layer and a transparent block of the second plate.

16. The wireless communication apparatus as claimed in claim 13 further comprising:

an insulation layer, covering the antenna body, the stepped impedance device and the coupling device.

17. The wireless communication apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the radio frequency band is used for transmitting a signal having a first wavelength, and the stepped impedance device comprises:

a first impedance wire, having a first impedance Z₁, and a distance between two ends thereof being D₁; and

a second impedance wire, having one end electrically connected to the first impedance wire and another end electrically connected to the ground end of the antenna body, and having a second impedance Z₂, and a distance between two ends thereof being D₂, wherein when λ

₁ is the first wavelength, θ

₁ is a first phase angle, and r is a positive number, the aforementioned D₁, D₂, Z₁ and Z₂ are in accord with following equations;

tan θ

₁×

tan(r·

θ

₁)=Z₁/Z₂, D₁=(θ

₁×

λ

₁)/360 and D₂=r×

D₁.

18. The wireless communication apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the coupling device comprises:

a first coupling wire, having nonadjacent a first side and a second side, wherein the first side is electrically connected to the feed end of the antenna body, and a position of the first coupling wire is corresponding to the slot line; and

a second coupling wire, electrically connected to the second side of the first coupling wire.

19. The wireless communication apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the slot line comprises:

a linear opening, penetrating the metal layer for exposing the first surface.

20. The wireless communication apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the slot line further comprises:

a first opening, penetrating the metal layer, and communicated to a side of the linear opening; and

a second opening, penetrating the metal layer, and communicated to another side of the linear opening.