ANTENNA DEVICE AND A COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE SAME

• US 20150091762A1
• Filed: 06/06/2014
• Published: 04/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Qisda Corporation, Qisda Suzhou Company Limited (Qisda Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Qisda Corporation, Qisda Suzhou Company Limited (Qisda Corporation)
• Inventors: Hsiao, Ho-Chen
• Application Number:
  US14/297,634
• Publication Number:
  US 20150091762A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/702
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/526 Electromagnetic shields

Abstract

An antenna device and a communication device using the same are provided. The communication device includes a circuit board, a first antenna and a metal plate. The circuit board has a first feed point electrically connected to a high frequency unit. The first antenna has a first radiation part electrically connected to the first feed point. The metal plate is electrically connected to ground and is configured to correspond to a shape of the projection of the first radiation part. There is a space between the metal plate and the first radiation part. The area of the metal plate is bigger than or substantially equal to the area of the projection of the first radiation part.

Claims

1. A communication device, comprising:

a circuit board having a first feed point electrically connected to a high frequency unit;

a first antenna having a first radiation part electrically connected to the first feed point; and

a metal plate electrically connected to ground and configured to correspond to a shape of the projection of the first radiation part, a space existing between the metal plate and the first radiation part, the metal plate bigger than or substantially equal to the area of the projection of the first radiation part.

2. The communication device of claim 1, further comprising:

a first surface; and

a display module having a display unit to be displayed on the first surface, wherein the metal plate is disposed between the first surface and the first antenna.

3. The communication device of claim 2, wherein the display module further comprising a metal frame for containing the display unit, wherein the metal plate is an extension of the metal frame.

4. The communication device of claim 3, wherein the metal frame comprises four sides connected to a metal bottom side, and the metal plate is the extension of the metal bottom side.

5. The communication device of claim 2, wherein the circuit board comprises a first clearance area, and the first antenna and the metal plate are disposed corresponding to the first clearance area.

6. The communication device of claim 5, wherein the circuit board further comprises a metal ground plane, and the metal plate is an extension of the metal ground plane at the first clearance area.

7. The communication device of claim 6, wherein the first antenna further comprises a first ground part electrically connected to the metal ground plane, and the first ground portion is electrically connected to the first radiation part.

8. The communication device of claim 5, wherein the circuit board is a multilayer printed circuit board, wherein the metal plate is an extension of one layer of the multilayer printed circuit board at the clearance area.

9. The communication device of claim 1, further comprising a speaker wherein the first antenna is close to the speaker.

10. The communication device of claim 9, wherein the circuit board further comprises a second feed point electrically connected to the high frequency unit, the communication device further comprising:

a second antenna having a second radiation part electrically connected to the second feed point; and

a microphone, wherein the second antenna is close to the microphone.

11. The communication device of claim 10, wherein the circuit board further comprises a first side and a second side at two ends of the circuit board, wherein the first feed point is disposed at the first side and the second feed point is disposed at the second side.

12. The communication device of claim 11, further comprising:

a housing having a first surface;

a display module having a display unit to be displayed on the first surface; and

a battery wherein the display module is disposed between the housing and the battery, the circuit board is disposed between the display module and the battery, and the first antenna and the second antenna are disposed at two ends of the circuit board positioned not overlapped with the battery or the display module.

13. The communication device of claim 9, further comprising a microphone, wherein the first antenna is away from the microphone.

14. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the first radiation part comprises a resilient portion and a main portion, the resilient portion electrically connected to the first feed point, at least part of the resilient portion extending along a substantially perpendicular direction relative to a top surface of the circuit board, the main portion being strip-like with the middle connected to the resilient portion and thus the resilient portion and the main portion forming a T-shaped structure.

15. The communication device of claim 14, wherein the metal plate is planar T-shaped.

16. An antenna device, disposed on a circuit board having a first feed point electrically connected to a high frequency unit, the antenna device comprising:

a first antenna having a first radiation part electrically connected to the first feed point; and

a metal plate electrically connected to ground and configured to correspond to a shape of the projection of the first radiation part, a space existing between the metal plate and the first radiation part, the metal plate bigger than or substantially equal to the area of the projection of the first radiation part.

17. The antenna device of claim 16, wherein the metal plate is an extension of a metal frame, and the metal frame contains a display unit and is disposed on the circuit board.

18. The antenna device of claim 17, wherein the circuit board comprises a first clearance area, and the first antenna and the metal plate are disposed corresponding to the first clearance area.

19. The antenna device of claim 18, wherein the circuit board further comprises a metal ground plane, and the metal plate is an extension of the metal ground plane at the first clearance area.

20. The antenna device of claim 18, wherein the circuit board is a multilayer printed circuit board, the circuit board further comprises a metal ground plane, wherein the metal plate is an extension of one layer of the multilayer printed circuit board at the clearance area and the metal plate is electrically connected to the metal ground plane through a via.