MULTI-BAND HAC COMPATIBLE ANTENNA MODULE

• US 20100164808A1
• Filed: 12/29/2008
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Auden Techno Corp.
• Original Assignee: Auden Techno Corp.
• Inventors: ZHAO, Yan-Wen, SHEN, Jianliang, CHANG, Daniel, TANG, Chia-Lun
• Granted Patent: US 8,115,682 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/700.MS
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/245 with means for shaping the antenna pattern, e.g. in order to protect user against rf exposure
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/526 Electromagnetic shields

Abstract

A multi-band HAC compatible antenna module having a metal shield arranged around the built-in antenna for resonant coupling with the antenna to lower electromagnetic interference and to improves hearing aids compatibility characteristic. When compared with a reference antenna without metal shield, the multi-band HAC compatible antenna module shows 3 dB˜4 dB HAC improvement in GSM850 and GSM900, and 1 dB HAC improvement in DCS and PCS bands.

Claims

1. A multi-band HAC compatible antenna module, comprising:

a dielectric substrate, said dielectric substrate comprising a first substrate part, a second substrate part, and a metal ground covered on at least a part of the surface of said first substrate part;

an antenna holder protruded from a first side of said second substrate part of said dielectric substrate, said antenna holder being electrically insulative;

a single-pole antenna mounted in said antenna holder and adapted to produce a radiation in GSM850, GMS900, DCS and PCS bands;

a microband feed line connected to said single-pole antenna for feeding in signals; and

a metal shield mounted in a second side of said second substrate part of said dielectric substrate opposite to said antenna holder for resonant coupling with said single-pole antenna to lower electromagnetic interference and to improve hearing aids compatibility characteristic.

2. The multi-band HAC compatible antenna module as claimed in claim 1, wherein said single-pole antenna is wound on said antenna holder.

3. The multi-band HAC compatible antenna module as claimed in claim 1, wherein said metal shield extends around said single-pole antenna.

4. The multi-band HAC compatible antenna module as claimed in claim 3, wherein said metal shield comprises a metal sheet covered on the second side of said second substrate part of said dielectric substrate opposite, a top metal strip connected to one side of said metal sheet at right angles, and two side metal strips perpendicularly extended from said metal sheet and respectively perpendicularly connected to two distal ends of said top metal strip, said top metal strip and said side metal strips being arranged around said single-pole antenna.

5. The multi-band HAC compatible antenna module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the distance between said single-pole antenna and said metal shield is 1 mm and equal to the thickness of said dielectric substrate.

6. The multi-band HAC compatible antenna module as claimed in claim 5, wherein said antenna holder is filled with a dielectric material, said dielectric material having parameters adjustable to have said single-pole antenna work in the desired frequency.

7. The multi-band HAC compatible antenna module as claimed in claim 6, wherein when adjusting the radiation length of said single-pole antenna and the parameters of said dielectric material in said antenna holder to have said single-pole antenna produce a resonant frequency above the desired working band and then adjusting the coupling between said metal shield and said single-pole antenna to shift the resonance toward the desired working frequency, the HAC characteristic of the antenna module is improved.

8. The multi-band HAC compatible antenna module as claimed in claim 7, wherein said dielectric substrate has a matching circuit installed therein to increase bandwidth.

9. The multi-band HAC compatible antenna module as claimed in claim 7, wherein said dielectric substrate has a slot formed therein to increase bandwidth.