COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND ANTENNA ELEMENT THEREIN

• US 20140320358A1
• Filed: 07/25/2013
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Acer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Acer, Inc.
• Inventors: WONG, Kin-Lu, HSIEH, Yi-Ting
• Granted Patent: US 9,112,269 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/749
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/35 using two or more simultaneously fed points
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/30 with feed to end of elongated active element, e.g. unipole H01Q9/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/42 with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength

Abstract

A communication device including a ground element and an antenna element is provided. An edge of the ground element has a notch, and the antenna element includes a metal element disposed inside the notch. The metal element of the antenna element has a first end and a second end. The first and second ends are spaced away from each other and are respectively positioned adjacent to two ends of a diagonal line of the notch. The first end is used as a first feeding point of the antenna element, and the second end is used as a second feeding point of the antenna element. The first feeding point is coupled through a switch and a first matching circuit to a first signal source, and the second feeding point is coupled through an inductive element and a second matching circuit to a second signal source.

Claims

1. A communication device, comprising:

a ground element, wherein an edge of the ground element has a notch; and

an antenna element, comprising a metal element, wherein the metal element is disposed inside the notch, the metal element has a first end and a second end, the first end and the second end are spaced away from each other and are respectively positioned adjacent to two ends of a diagonal line of the notch, the first end of the metal element is used as a first feeding point of the antenna element, and the second end of the metal element is used as a second feeding point of the antenna element;

wherein the first feeding point is coupled through a switch and a first matching circuit to a first signal source, and the second feeding point is coupled through an inductive element and a second matching circuit to a second signal source.

2. The communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the switch is closed, the antenna element is fed from the first feeding point and operates in a first band.

3. The communication device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first matching circuit provides a first reactance, and a total length of the metal element is smaller than 0.15 wavelength of the lowest frequency in the first band.

4. The communication device as claimed in claim 2, wherein when the switch is open, the antenna element is fed from the second feeding point and operates in a second band, wherein frequencies of the second band are lower than frequencies of the first band.

5. The communication device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the second matching circuit provides a second reactance, and a total length of the metal element is smaller than 0.15 wavelength of the lowest frequency in the second band.

6. The communication device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the first band at least covers bands which are approximately from 1710 MHz to 2690 MHz, and the second band at least covers bands which are approximately from 824 MHz to 960 MHz.

7. The communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inductive element is a chip inductor, a distributed inductor, or a combination of the chip inductor and the distributed inductor.

8. The communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the metal element substantially has an inverted L-shape or a triangular shape.

9. The communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the notch of the ground element substantially has a rectangular shape or substantially has a smoothly curved edge.

10. The communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the notch of the ground element is substantially formed at a corner of the ground element.