HANDHELD DEVICE

• US 20150022404A1
• Filed: 10/07/2014
• Published: 01/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: CHEN, Chien-Chih, TSENG, Chun-Wei, KUO, Yen-Liang, CHEN, Wan-Ming
• Granted Patent: US 9,136,591 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/702
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/335 at the feed, e.g. for impedance matching
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/364 Creating multiple current paths
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/50 Feeding or matching arrangements for broad-band or multi-band operation
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/42 with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/006 using switches for selecting the desired band H04B1/0057 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A handheld device is provided, wherein the handheld device comprises a housing, a circuit board, a planar antenna and a switch. The housing comprising an outer surface is configured to define a receiving space. The circuit board is disposed in the receiving space. The planar antenna comprises a metal layer, wherein the metal layer comprising a first connecting point and a second connecting point is patterned on the outer surface. The switch comprising a first electrode and a second electrode is configured to control the electrical connection between the first connecting point and the second connecting point, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are electrically connected between the first connecting point and the second connecting point. The planar antenna operates at a first central band when the switch is turned on, and operates at a second central band when the switch is turned off.

Claims

1-9. -9. (canceled)

10. A handheld device, comprising:

a housing, having an outer surface and being configured to define a receiving space;

a circuit board, being disposed in the receiving space;

a planar antenna, comprising a single metal layer, wherein the single metal layer is patterned on the outer surface and comprises a first connecting point and a second connecting point; and

a switch, comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are electrically connected between the first connecting point and the second connecting point of the single metal layer and configured to control the electrical connection between the first connecting point and the second connecting point;

wherein the planar antenna operates in a first central frequency band when the switch is turned on, and operates in a second central frequency band when the switch is turned off.

11. The handheld device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the planar antenna further comprises a grounding connector and a feeding connector, the first connecting point is electrically connected to a grounding terminal of the circuit board via the grounding connector, and the second connecting point is electrically connected to a radio frequency (RF) signal terminal of the circuit board via the feeding connector, and the first electrode and the second electrode are electrically connected between the first connecting point and the second connecting point of the single metal layer via the grounding connector and the feeding connector respectively.

12. The handheld device as claimed in claim 11, further comprising a direct current (DC) blocking element and an RF blocking element disposed on the circuit board, wherein the switch is a diode element disposed on the circuit board, the second electrode of the diode element is electrically connected to the second connecting point via the DC blocking element and the feeding connector, the first electrode of the diode element is electrically connected to the first connecting point via the grounding connector, and the second electrode of the diode element is further electrically connected to a DC signal terminal of the circuit board via the RF blocking element to receive a DC signal, and the DC signal is configured to control an on/off state of the diode element.

13. The handheld device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the single metal layer is patterned into two blocks, the planar antenna further comprises a grounding connector, a feeding connector, a third connecting point and a first connector, the first connecting point is electrically connected to a grounding terminal of the circuit board via the grounding connector, the second connecting point is electrically connected to an RF signal terminal of the circuit board via the feeding connector, the first electrode is electrically connected to the first connecting point via the grounding connector, and the second electrode is electrically connected to the second connecting point via the first connector and the third connecting point so that the first electrode and the second electrode are electrically connected between the first connecting point and the second connecting point of the single metal layer.

14. The handheld device as claimed in claim 13, further comprising a DC blocking element and an RF blocking element disposed on the circuit board, the DC blocking element is electrically connected between the first connecting point and the third connecting point via the grounding connector and the feeding connector, the switch is a diode element disposed on the circuit board, the second connecting point is further electrically connected to a DC signal terminal of the circuit board via the feeding connector and the RF blocking element to receive a DC signal, and the DC signal is configured to control an on/off state of the diode element.

15. The handheld device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the planar antenna further comprises a grounding connector, a feeding connector, a third connecting point, a fourth connecting point, a first connector and a second connector, the second connecting point is electrically connected to an RF signal terminal of the circuit board via the feeding connector, the fourth connecting point is electrically connected to a grounding terminal of the circuit board via the grounding connector, the first electrode is electrically connected to the first connecting point via the first connector, and the second electrode is electrically connected to the second connecting point via the second connector and the third connecting point so that the first electrode and the second electrode are electrically connected between the first connecting point and the second connecting point of the metal layer;

and wherein the handheld device further comprises a DC blocking element and an RF blocking element disposed on the circuit board, the single metal layer is patterned into two blocks and further comprises a fifth connecting point, a sixth connecting point, a third connector and a fourth connector, the DC blocking element is electrically connected between the fifth connecting point and the sixth connecting point via the third connector and the fourth connector, the switch is a diode element disposed on the circuit board, the second connecting point is further electrically connected to a DC signal terminal of the circuit board via the feeding connector and the RF blocking connector to receive a DC signal, and the DC signal is configured to control an on/off state of the diode element.

16. The handheld device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the planar antenna further comprises:

an auxiliary metal layer, being electrically connected to the single metal layer and the second connecting point, and the auxiliary metal layer extending over the outer surface, wherein the planar antenna operates at a first low-frequency current path and a first high-frequency current path of the first central frequency band when the switch is turned on, and operates at a second low-frequency current path and a second high-frequency current path of the second central frequency band when the switch is turned off.