PORTABLE RADIO

• US 20120013511A1
• Filed: 12/03/2010
• Published: 01/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Sumi, Shingo, Asahina, Toshihiro
• Application Number:
  US13/259,979
• Publication Number:
  US 20120013511A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/702
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/28 Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting antenna units or systems multiple beam H01Q25/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/378 Combination of fed elements with parasitic elements
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/0421 with a shorting wall or a shorting pin at one end of the element H01Q9/0414 takes precedence
• 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

An object of the invention is to provide a portable radio apparatus capable of attaining a higher level of antenna performance in each of a plurality of frequency bands, without making the portable radio apparatus larger. A ground wire, which is set with an electrical length resonating at a second frequency band, which is different from that of an antenna element 14, of two or more carrier frequency bands in which a wireless circuit on a circuit board 11 operates, is arranged between a ground pattern of the circuit board 11 and the antenna element 14 and the operating states of the ground wire 15 are switched by a line switching switch 16, depending on the using frequency band. Thereby, it is possible to attain the higher level of antenna performance in each of the first frequency band with which the antenna element 14 resonates and the second frequency band with which the ground wire 15 resonates. In addition, the ground wire 15 is arranged in a space that is required to secure the characteristics of the antenna element 14. Accordingly, it is not necessary to secure a new mount space for the ground wire 15, so that the portable radio apparatus 1 is not enlarged.

Claims

1. A portable radio apparatus comprising:

a circuit board having a ground pattern;

a first feed part connected to a wireless circuit on the circuit board;

a first antenna element connected to the first feed part and arranged so as to face the ground pattern;

a passive element arranged between the ground pattern and the first antenna element; and

a line switching section that connects the ground pattern and one end of the passive element,

wherein the wireless circuit operates in two or more carrier frequency bands;

wherein the first antenna element is set with an electrical length resonating in at least one frequency band of the carrier frequency bands;

wherein the passive element is set with an electrical length resonating in a frequency band, which is different from the frequency band of the first antenna element, of the carrier frequency bands; and

wherein the line switching section electrically separates the ground pattern from the passive element in the frequency band with which the first antenna element resonates, and electrically connects the ground pattern to the passive element in the frequency band with which the passive element resonates.

2. The portable radio apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a metal conductor connected to the ground pattern and provided to a ground pattern side.

3. The portable radio apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the passive element is configured as a circuit pattern formed on the circuit board.

7. The portable radio apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a reactance element provided between the line switching section and the ground pattern.

8. The portable radio apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a reactance element provided between the passive element and the line switching section.

9. The portable radio apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a second feed part connected to the wireless circuit on the circuit board; and

a second antenna element connected to the second feed part,

wherein the second antenna element is set with an electrical length resonating in a frequency band, which is different from the frequency bands of the first antenna element and the passive element, of the carrier frequency bands.

4. A portable radio apparatus comprising:

a circuit board having a ground pattern;

a first feed part connected to a wireless circuit on the circuit board;

a first antenna element connected to the first feed part and arranged so as to face the ground pattern;

a passive element that arranged between the ground pattern and the first antenna element;

a line switching section that connects the ground pattern and one end of the passive element;

a first housing that includes the circuit board, the first feed part, the first antenna element, the passive element and the line switching section; and

a second housing slidably connected to the first housing,

wherein the wireless circuit operates in two or more carrier frequency bands;

wherein the first antenna element is set with an electrical length resonating in at least one frequency band of the carrier frequency bands;

wherein the passive element is set with an electrical length resonating in a frequency band, which is different from the frequency band of the first antenna element, of the carrier frequency bands; and

wherein the line switching section electrically separates the ground pattern from the passive element in the frequency band with which the first antenna element resonates, and electrically connects the ground pattern and the passive element in the frequency band with which the passive element resonates.

5. The portable radio apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:

a metal conductor connected to the ground pattern and provided in the second housing.

6. The portable radio apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the passive element is configured as a circuit pattern formed on the circuit board.

10. The portable radio apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:

a reactance element provided between the line switching section and the ground pattern.

11. The portable radio apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:

a reactance element provided between the passive element and the line switching section.

12. The portable radio apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:

a second feed part connected to the wireless circuit on the circuit board; and

a second antenna element connected to the second feed part,

wherein the second antenna element is set with an electrical length resonating in a frequency band, which is different from the frequency bands of the first antenna element and the passive element, of the carrier frequency bands.