Mobile Communication Device and Antenna Structure Therein

• US 20120218151A1
• Filed: 05/17/2011
• Published: 08/30/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Acer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Acer, Inc.
• Inventors: Wong, Kin-Lu, Chen, Shu-Chuan
• Granted Patent: US 8,836,582 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/700.MS
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/38 formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support patch antennas H01Q9/0407; microstrip dipole antennas H01Q9/065; microstrip slot antennas H01Q13/106; transmission line microstrip antennas H01Q13/206; manufacturing reflecting surfaces using insulating material for supporting the reflecting surface H01Q15/142
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/371 Branching current paths
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/392 the parasitic elements having dual-band or multi-band characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/42 with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength

Abstract

A mobile communication device having an antenna structure includes a grounding element and an antenna element. The antenna element includes an antenna ground plane, a radiation portion, and a shorted radiation portion, wherein the antenna ground plane is grounded to the grounding element. The radiation portion includes a signal feeding point, a first radiation section, and a second radiation section. First and second radiation sections are connected to the signal feeding point, and are extended toward the same direction. First end of the shorted radiation portion is electrically connected to the antenna ground plane, and second end is left open. There is a coupling gap between a designated section of the radiation portion close to the first end and the shorted radiation portion. Through the coupling gap, the shorted radiation portion is capacitively excited by the radiation portion and generates at least one resonant mode to increase antenna'"'"'s operating bandwidth.

Claims

1. A mobile communication device having an antenna structure, the antenna structure comprising:

a grounding element; and

an antenna element, disposed in one side of the grounding element, the antenna element comprising;

an antenna ground plane, electrically connected to the grounding element;

a radiation portion, disposed on a substrate, the radiation portion comprising;

a signal feeding point, disposed on one end close to the grounding element; and

a first radiation section and a second radiation section, wherein the first and second radiation sections are connected to the signal feeding point, and open ends of the first and second radiation sections are extended toward the same direction; and

a shorted radiation portion, disposed on the substrate, a first end of the shorted radiation portion being electrically connected to the antenna ground plane, and a second end of the shorted radiation portion being an open end, wherein there is a coupling gap between a designated section of the shorted radiation portion close to the first end and the radiation portion, and through the coupling gap, the shorted radiation portion is capacitively excited by radiation portion and generates at least one resonant mode to increase an operating bandwidth of the antenna element;

wherein the antenna element is a three-dimensional structure, and the antenna ground plane and the radiation portion are located on different planes of the three-dimensional structure.

2. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein the antenna element comprises a first operating bandwidth and a second operating bandwidth, the first operating bandwidth covers from about 704 MHz to 960 MHz, and the second operating bandwidth covers from about 1710 MHz to 2690 MHz.

3. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein the grounding element comprises a main ground and at least one protruded ground, the protruded ground is electrically connected to an edge of the main ground, and the protruded ground is close to the antenna ground plane.

4. The mobile communication device according to claim 3, wherein the protruded ground is used for accommodating an electronic element functioning as a data transmission port of the mobile communication device.

5. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein the coupling gap is less than 3 mm.

6. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein the antenna ground plane comprises a first antenna ground sub-plane and a second antenna ground sub-plane located on two adjacent sides of the antenna element, respectively.

7. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein an extended direction of the first radiation section of the radiation portion keeps the open end of the first radiation section away from the antenna ground plane, and an extended direction of the second radiation section of the radiation portion keeps the open end of the second radiation section away from the antenna ground plane.

8. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein a first length of the first radiation section is smaller than a second length of the second radiation section, and the first radiation section and the second radiation section provide two resonant paths with different lengths and extended toward the same direction in order to generate at least two resonant modes to increase the operating bandwidth of the antenna element.

9. The mobile communication device according to claim 8, wherein a length of the shorted radiation portion is at least twice the first length of first radiation section.

10. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein the shorted radiation portion comprises a plurality of bends.

11. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein the radiation portion and the shorted radiation portion of the antenna element are located on a first plane, the antenna ground plane is located on a second plane perpendicular to the first plane, and the grounding element is located on a third plane being parallel to the first plane and perpendicular to the second plane.

12. An antenna structure, comprising:

a grounding element; and

an antenna element, disposed in one side of the grounding element, the antenna element comprising;

an antenna ground plane, electrically connected to the grounding element;

a radiation portion, disposed on a substrate, the radiation portion comprising;

a signal feeding point, disposed on one end close to the grounding element; and

a first radiation section and a second radiation section, wherein the first and second radiation sections are connected to the signal feeding point, and open ends of the first and second radiation sections are extended toward the same direction; and

a shorted radiation portion, disposed on the substrate, a first end of the shorted radiation portion being electrically connected to the antenna ground plane, and a second end of the shorted radiation portion being an open end, wherein there is a coupling gap between a designated section of the shorted radiation portion close to the first end and the radiation portion, and through the coupling gap, the shorted radiation portion is capacitively excited by radiation portion and generates at least one resonant mode to increase an operating bandwidth of the antenna element;

wherein the antenna element is a three-dimensional structure, and the antenna ground plane and the radiation portion are located on different planes of the three-dimensional structure.

13. The antenna structure according to claim 12, wherein the antenna element comprises a first operating bandwidth and a second operating bandwidth, the first operating bandwidth covers from about 704 MHz to 960 MHz, and the second operating bandwidth covers from about 1710 MHz to 2690 MHz.

14. The antenna structure according to claim 12, wherein the grounding element comprises a main ground and at least one protruded ground, the protruded ground is electrically connected to an edge of the main ground, and the protruded ground is close to the antenna ground plane.

15. The antenna structure according to claim 12, wherein the coupling gap is less than 3 mm.

16. The antenna structure according to claim 12, wherein the antenna ground plane comprises a first antenna ground sub-plane and a second antenna ground sub-plane located on two adjacent surfaces of the antenna element, respectively.

17. The antenna structure according to claim 12, wherein an extended direction of the first radiation section of the radiation portion keeps the open end of the first radiation section away from the antenna ground plane, and an extended direction of the second radiation section of the radiation portion keeps the open end of the second radiation section away from the antenna ground plane.

18. The antenna structure according to claim 12, wherein a first length of the first radiation section is smaller than a second length of the second radiation section, and the first radiation section and the second radiation section provide two resonant paths with different lengths and extended toward the same direction in order to generate at least two resonant modes to increase the operating bandwidth of the antenna element.

19. The antenna structure according to claim 18, wherein a length of the shorted radiation portion is at least twice the first length of first radiation section.

20. The antenna structure according to claim 12, wherein the radiation portion and the shorted radiation portion of the antenna element are located on a first plane, the antenna ground plane is located on a second plane perpendicular to the first plane, and the grounding element is located on a third plane being parallel to the first plane and perpendicular to the second plane.