Antenna Device

• US 20160093939A1
• Filed: 09/25/2015
• Published: 03/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Yoon-Geon, HONG, Won-Bin, KO, Seung-Tae
• Granted Patent: US 10,326,196 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/22 by structural association with other equipment or articles
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/44 using equipment having another main function to serve additionally as an antenna , e.g. means for giving an antenna an aesthetic aspectH01Q1/27 - H01Q1/34 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/50 Structural association of antennas with earthing switches, lead-in devices or lightning protectors
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 15/006 Selective devices having photonic band gap materials or materials of which the material properties are frequency dependent, e.g. perforated substrates, high-impedance surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/065 Patch antenna array

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an antenna device implemented in a display device may comprise a dielectric layer provided in the display device, an antenna area disposed in a surface of the dielectric layer provided in a transparent area of the display device and having at least one or more antenna patterns transmitting or receiving an electromagnetic wave through a plurality of conductive grids, a power feeding area provided in at least one of the transparent area and an opaque area of the display device and having a power feeding pattern providing a signal current to the antenna pattern through the plurality of conductive grids, and a transmission line portion connecting a substrate portion provided in the display device with the power feeding pattern. Further, the antenna device according to the present disclosure may also be implemented in other various embodiments.

Claims

1. An antenna device implemented in a display device, the antenna device comprising:

a dielectric layer provided in the display device;

an antenna area disposed in a surface of the dielectric layer, provided in a transparent area of the display device, and having at least one or more antenna patterns transmitting or receiving an electromagnetic wave through a plurality of conductive grids;

a power feeding area provided in at least one of the transparent area and an opaque area of the display device and having a power feeding pattern providing a signal current to the at least one or more antenna patterns through the plurality of conductive grids; and

a transmission line portion connecting a substrate portion provided in the display device with the power feeding pattern.

2. The antenna device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of conductive grids provided in at least one of the power feeding area and the plurality of conductive grids provided in the antenna area are configured so that relatively more conductive grids are provided in a parallel direction with respect to a direction along which a signal current is applied, and relatively fewer conductive grids are provided in a series direction with respect to the direction along which the signal current is applied.

3. The antenna device of claim 1, wherein the power feeding pattern is provided as a direct feeding portion coupled with the antenna pattern to provide a signal current to the antenna pattern or as an indirect feeding portion separated from the antenna pattern to provide a signal current to the antenna pattern.

4. The antenna device of claim 3, wherein the power feeding pattern is provided as the direct feeding portion, and wherein the power feeding pattern is provided in one surface of the dielectric layer, which is a surface where the antenna pattern is mounted, or in another surface of the dielectric layer, which is a surface different from the surface where the antenna pattern is mounted and is connected to the antenna pattern through a via hole.

5. The antenna device of claim 4, wherein a plurality of antenna patterns are mounted, and wherein the power feeding pattern is provided in at least one of a loop type provided along a periphery of the transparent area to provide a signal current to the antenna pattern, and a parallel type provided between the antenna pattern and an antenna pattern neighboring the antenna pattern to provide a signal current to the antenna pattern.

6. The antenna device of claim 5, wherein the power feeding pattern is of the loop type to provide a signal current to the antenna pattern, and wherein the power feeding pattern includes a primary feeding line provided along a periphery of the transparent area and an individual feeding line connected from the primary feeding line to the antenna pattern.

7. The antenna device of claim 5, wherein the power feeding pattern is of the parallel type to provide a signal current to the antenna pattern, and wherein the power feeding pattern includes a primary feeding line passing through the antenna pattern and the antenna pattern neighboring the antenna pattern and an individual feeding line connected from the primary feeding line to the antenna pattern.

8. The antenna device of claim 3, wherein the power feeding pattern is provided as the indirect feeding portion, and wherein the power feeding pattern is provided as at least one of an electric coupling type power feeding pattern in which an end creating a relatively large electric field in the power feeding pattern is provided adjacent to the antenna pattern and a magnetic coupling type power feeding pattern in which a periphery portion of the power feeding pattern creating a relatively large magnetic field is provided adjacent to the antenna pattern.

9. The antenna device of claim 8, wherein a plurality of antenna patterns are mounted, and wherein the electric coupling type power feeding pattern is provided in at least one of a loop type provided along a periphery of the transparent area to provide a signal current to the antenna pattern and a parallel type provided between the antenna pattern and an antenna pattern neighboring the antenna pattern to provide a signal current to the antenna pattern.

10. The antenna device of claim 9, wherein the electric coupling type power feeding pattern is of the loop type to provide a signal current to the antenna pattern, and wherein the electric coupling type power feeding pattern includes a primary feeding line provided along a periphery of the transparent area and an individual feeding line provided adjacent to the antenna pattern from the primary feeding line.

11. The antenna device of claim 9, wherein the electric coupling type power feeding pattern is of the parallel type to provide a signal current to the antenna pattern, and wherein the electric coupling type power feeding pattern includes a primary feeding line provided between the antenna pattern and the antenna pattern neighboring the antenna pattern and an individual feeding line provided adjacent to the antenna pattern from the primary feeding line.

12. The antenna device of claim 8, wherein a plurality of antenna patterns are mounted, and wherein the magnetic coupling type power feeding pattern is provided in at least one of a loop type provided along a periphery of the transparent area to provide a signal current to the antenna pattern adjacent to the periphery of the magnetic coupling type power feeding pattern, and a parallel type provided between the antenna pattern and an antenna pattern neighboring the antenna pattern to provide a signal current to the antenna pattern adjacent to the periphery of the magnetic coupling type power feeding pattern.

13. The antenna device of claim 8, wherein the dielectric layer includes a first dielectric layer having the antenna pattern on a surface thereof and a second dielectric layer stacked on the first dielectric layer and having the power feeding pattern on a surface thereof, and wherein at least one or more openings are provided at a position where a relatively large electric field or magnetic field of the power feeding pattern occurs between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer, and wherein an electric field or magnetic field signal current of the power feeding pattern is provided to the antenna pattern through the openings.

14. The antenna device of claim 1, wherein an artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) is provided in a plurality of uniform cells on a surface of the dielectric layer on which the antenna area is not disposed.

15. The antenna device of claim 1, wherein a stop band area is provided having a plurality of conductive grids formed in uniform cells at a periphery of the antenna pattern.

16. The antenna device of claim 1, wherein the antenna pattern is provided as a planar, omni-directional antenna.

17. An antenna device implemented in a display device, the antenna device comprising:

a dielectric layer provided in the display device; and

an antenna module disposed on the dielectric layer and having a plurality of conductive grids transmitting or receiving an electromagnetic wave, wherein the plurality of conductive grids are configured so that relatively more conductive grids are provided in a parallel direction with respect to a direction along which a signal current is applied to the conductive grids, and relatively fewer conductive grids are provided in a series direction with respect to the direction along which the signal current is applied.