ANTENNA DEVICE AND PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME

• US 20110193753A1
• Filed: 09/09/2010
• Published: 08/11/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Yoon, Jung-Ho, Kim, Gyu-Won, Kim, Byung-Hoon, KIM, Woon-Chun, Choi, Won-Tae
• Application Number:
  US12/878,505
• Publication Number:
  US 20110193753A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/702
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/1271 for mounting on windscreens
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/241 used in mobile communications, e.g. GSM H01Q1/247, H01Q1/248 take precedence

Abstract

An antenna device and a portable terminal having the antenna device are disclosed. As an antenna device installed in a portable terminal in which a solar cell module or a display module is installed, the antenna device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can include a case, which has a housing part formed therein, a transparent protective window, which covers the housing part and allows a ray of light to pass through, and an antenna pattern, which is formed on the transparent protective window.

Claims

1. An antenna device installed in a portable terminal in which a solar cell module or a display module is installed, the antenna device comprising:

a case having a housing part formed therein;

a transparent protective window covering the housing part and allowing a ray of light to pass through; and

an antenna pattern formed on the transparent protective window.

2. The antenna device of claim 1, wherein the antenna pattern comprises a loop pattern formed along fringe areas of the transparent protective window.

3. The antenna device of claim 1, wherein the antenna pattern is formed on a surface of the transparent protective window that faces the housing part.

4. The antenna device of claim 1, wherein the antenna pattern is formed inside the transparent protective window.

5. The antenna device of claim 1, wherein the transparent protective window is made of a material comprising a heat-resistant material.

6. A portable terminal comprising:

a main body having a housing part formed therein;

a transparent protective window covering the housing part and allowing a ray of light to pass through; and

an antenna pattern formed on the transparent protective window.

7. The portable terminal of claim 6, further comprising a solar cell module installed in the housing part.

8. The portable terminal of claim 6, further comprising a display module installed in the housing part.

9. The portable terminal of claim 6, wherein the antenna pattern is used as an antenna for a radio-frequency identification (RFID) device.

10. The portable terminal of claim 6, wherein the antenna pattern is used as an antenna for a non-contact charging device.

11. The portable terminal of claim 6, wherein the antenna pattern comprises a loop pattern formed along fringe areas of the transparent protective window.

12. The portable terminal of claim 6, wherein the antenna pattern is formed on a surface of the transparent protective window that faces the housing part.

13. The portable terminal of claim 6, wherein the antenna pattern is formed inside the transparent protective window.

14. The portable terminal of claim 6, wherein the transparent protective window is made of a material comprising a heat-resistant material.