Antenna apparatus for transceiver

• US 5,465,098 A
• Filed: 06/29/1993
• Issued: 11/07/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Fujisawa, Teruhiko, Ito, Koichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Hajec, Donald
• Assistant Examiner(s): LE, HOANGANH T
• Application Number:
  US08/081,380
• Time in Patent Office: 861 Days
• Field of Search: 343/718, 343/767, 343/768, 340/573, 340/539, 340/568, 340/693
• US Class Current: 343/718
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/273 Adaptation for carrying or wearing by persons or animals
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 13/10 Resonant slot antennas

Abstract

The present invention relates to an improvement of an antenna apparatus for a transceiver that is capable of obtaining a stable operation of an antenna without being affected by different sizes of wrist bands or by a durability of a metal clasp. An antenna unit (14) is comprised of a strip shaped conductive plate (13), whose slot (13a) is formed in the longitudinal direction of wrist band (12), which is connected to a casing (11) of the wrist type transceiver (10). One conductive section of slot (13a) of the conductive plate (13) provides a feeding point (131) in order to supply a positive potential. The other conductive section (130b) provides a second feeding point (132) in order to fix the other conductive section (130b) to the ground potential. A capacitance element (19) is attached between one conductive section (130a) and the other conductive section (130b) of the conductive plate (13).

Claims

1. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument comprising a wrist band fixed to an antenna element having a strip shaped conductive plate with a slot formed in a longitudinal direction of the conductive plate and a capacitance element attached between side sections of the conductive plate and extending across said slot.

2. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 1, wherein said capacitance element is variable and said side sections of said conductive plate oppose each other and traverse said slot.

3. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 2, wherein said conductive plate includes first and second side sections located on opposite sides of said slot, either side section of said conductive plate is provided with a feeding point for attachment to a wireless instrument circuit, which feeds either a positive or a negative potential, the other side section provided with a feeding point for attachment to a ground potential.

4. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 2, wherein said conductive plate is provided with a feeding point for a wireless instrument, in order that both side sections of said slot are fed with a balancing type circuit.

5. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 1, wherein said conductive plate includes first and second side sections located on opposite sides of said slot, either side section of said conductive plate is provided with a feeding point for attachment to a wireless instrument circuit which feeds either a positive or a negative potential, the other side section provided with a feeding point for attachment to a ground potential.

6. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 5, wherein said feeding point is shifted by a determined distance from a center portion of said conductive plate along the longitudinal direction of said conductive plate to an end portion of said conductive plate.

7. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 1, wherein said conductive plate includes first and second side sections located on opposite sides of said slot, and said conductive plate is provided with a feeding point for attachment to wireless instrument circuit, in order that both side sections of said slot are fed with a balancing type circuit.

8. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 7, wherein said feeding point is shifted by a determined distance from a center portion of said conductive plate along the longitudinal direction of said conductive plate to an end portion of said conductive plate.

9. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 1, wherein a dielectric material is filled in said slot.

10. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 1, wherein said slot includes an extended portion having a width greater than a width of a non-extended portion of said slot, in order to extend a peripheral length of said slot.

11. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 1, wherein a clasp is provided on a free end of said wrist band in order to couple said wrist band to a user, said clasp being insulated from said conductive plate.

12. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 1, wherein said capacitance element is attached to a substantially center portion of said conductive plate.

13. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 1, wherein said conductive plate is provided with a feeding point for the supply of electricity to said conductive plate, said feeding point being shifted a determined distance along the longitudinal direction of said conductive plate from the attachment position of said capacitance element.

14. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument comprising a wrist band having a first band and a second band connected to opposite sides of a casing, and at least one of said first and second bands is fixed to a slot antenna element having a strip shaped conductive plate with a slot formed in a longitudinal direction of the conductive plate.

15. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 14, wherein said antenna apparatus is provided with a capacitance element, which is attached between side sections of said conductive plate that oppose each other and traverse said slot.

16. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 15, wherein said capacitance element is variable.

17. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 14, wherein said conductive plate includes first and second side sections located on opposite sides of said slot, either side section of said conductive plate is provided with a feeding point for attachment to a wireless instrument circuit, which feeds either a positive or a negative potential, the other side section provided with a feeding point for attachment to a ground potential.

18. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 17, wherein said feeding point is shifted by a determined distance from a center portion of said conductive plate along the longitudinal direction of said conductive plate to an end portion of said conductive plate.

19. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 14, further comprising a capacitance element attached to said conductive plate, and wherein said conductive plate is provided with a feeding point for the supply of electricity to the conductive plate, said feeding point being shifted a determined distance along the longitudinal direction of said conductive plate from the attachment position of said capacitance element.

20. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 14, wherein said conductive plate includes first and second side sections located on opposite sides of said slot, and said conductive plate is provided with a feeding point for attachment to a wireless instrument, in order that both side sections of said slot are fed with a balancing type circuit.

21. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 20, wherein said feeding point is shifted by a determined distance from a center portion of said conductive plate along the longitudinal direction of said conductive plate to an end portion of said conductive plate.

22. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 14, wherein a dielectric material is filled in said slot.

23. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 14, wherein said slot includes an extended portion having a width greater than a width of a non-extended portion of said slot, in order to extend a peripheral length of said slot.

24. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 14, wherein a conductive clasp is provided on a free end of said first band in order to couple to said second band for securing said wrist band to a user, said clasp being insulated from said conductive plate.

25. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 14, further comprising a capacitance element attached between side sections of the conductive plate and extending across said slot, wherein said capacitance element is attached to a substantially center portion of said conductive plate.

26. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument comprising a wrist band having a first band and a second band connected to opposite edges of a casing, each of said first and second bands being fixed to an antenna element having a first and a second conductive plate, the first and the second conductive plates having a first slot and a second slot formed from the opposite edges of said casing and extending in a longitudinal direction of the conductive plates;

wherein, at the opposite edges of said casing, said first conductive plate is divided into a first end section and a second end section by said first slot, said second conductive plate is divided into a first end section and a second end section by said second slot, respectively, and said first end sections are connected electrically to the second end sections through two electric paths located at a side of said casing.

27. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 26, wherein said electric paths are provided in a wiring section, the wiring section being a wiring pattern of a circuit board incorporated in said casing.

28. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 27, wherein said conductive plates and said wiring section are connected electrically to each other through conductive terminals fixed to at least an edge of said casing and said conductive plate.

29. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 26, wherein said electric paths are provided in a wiring section, the wiring section being formed along an internal peripheral side of said casing.

30. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 29, wherein said conductive plates and said wiring section are connected electrically to each other through conductive terminals fixed to at least an edge of said casing and said conductive plates.

31. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 26, wherein said first and second conductive plates and said two electrical paths define an endless antenna structure, said antenna structure being provided with a capacitance element attached between side sections of said antenna structure that oppose each other and traverse said slot.

32. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 31, wherein said capacitance element is a variable capacitance element.

33. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 26, wherein said first and second conductive plates and said two electrical paths define an endless antenna structure, said antenna structure includes first and second side sections located on opposite sides of said first and second slots, respectively, either side section is provided with a feeding point for attachment to a wireless instrument circuit which feeds either a positive or a negative potential, the other side section provided with a feeding point for attachment to a ground potential.

34. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 33, wherein said feeding point is shifted by a determined distance from a center portion of said antenna structure along a longitudinal direction of said antenna structure to an end portion of said antenna structure.

35. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 26, wherein said first and second conductive plates and said two electrical paths define an endless antenna structure, said antenna structure includes first and second side sections located on opposite sides of said first and second slots, said side sections provided with a feeding point for attachment to a wireless instrument circuit, in order that both side sections of said first and second slots are fed with a balancing type circuit.

36. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 35, wherein said feeding point is shifted by a determined distance from a center portion of said antenna structure along a longitudinal direction of said antenna structure to an end point of said antenna structure.

37. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 26, wherein a dielectric material is filled in said first and second slots.

38. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 26, wherein a clasp is provided on a free end of said first band in order to couple to said second band for securing said wrist band to a user, said clasp being insulated from said conductive plates.

39. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 26, wherein said first and second slots include an extended portion having a width greater than a width of a non-extended portion of said first and second slots, in order to extend a peripheral length of said first and second slots.

40. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 26, wherein said first and second end sections of each of said first and second conductive plates are provided with feeding points for attachment to a wireless instrument circuit, said wireless instrument circuit feeding a different potential to said first and second end sections of each of said first and second conductive plates.

41. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 26, further comprising a capacitance element attached between said first and second conductive plates, and wherein at least one of said first and second conductive plates is provided with a feeding point for the supply of electricity to the conductive plate to which said capacitance element is attached, said feeding point being shifted a determined distance along the longitudinal direction of said conductive plate from the attachment position of said capacitance element.

42. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 26, further comprising a capacitance element attached between side sections of one of the first and second conductive plates and extending across one of said first and second slots, wherein said capacitance element is attached to a substantially center portion of said one of the first and second conductive plates.

43. A wireless instrument comprising:

a wrist band; and

an antenna fixed to the wrist band and having a conductive plate with a slot, wherein said conductive plate includes first and second sections located on opposite sides of said slot, said first and second sections being provided with feeding points for attachment to a wireless instrument circuit, said first and second sections feeding a different potential to said wireless instrument circuit.

44. The wireless instrument of claim 43, wherein said slot is centrally located in said conductive plate so that said conductive plate is in the shape of an endless loop.

45. The wireless instrument of claim 43, wherein said slot extends from one end of said conductive plate so that said one end includes an opening.

46. The wireless instrument of claim 45, wherein said one end of said conductive plate is located adjacent to an end of said wrist band attached to said casing.

47. The wireless instrument of claim 46, wherein the end of said wrist band attached to said casing includes a first electrical connector coupled to said one end of said conductive plate, and said casing includes a second electrical connector coupled to said transceiver circuit block, said first electrical connector and said second electrical connector being selectively connectable to each other.

48. The wireless instrument of claim 43, wherein said wrist band includes a first band attached to a first side of a casing, a second band attached to a second side of said casing, and a clasp for attaching said first band to said second band, said conductive plate attached to at least one of said first and second bands.

49. The wireless instrument of claim 48, wherein said antenna includes a single slotted conductive plate located in only one of said first and second bands.

50. The wireless instrument of claim 48, wherein said antenna includes a single slotted conductive plate located in one of said first and second bands and extending into said casing.

51. The wireless instrument of claim 48, wherein said antenna includes a single slotted conductive plate located in both of said first and second bands and extending across said casing.

52. The wireless instrument of claim 48, wherein said antenna includes a first and a second slotted conductive plate located in said first and second bands, respectively, said first and second conductive plates coupled to each other through said casing.

53. The wireless instrument of claim 52, wherein said casing includes a circuit pattern that couples said first and second conductive plates to each other through said casing.

54. The wireless instrument of claim 53, wherein said circuit pattern includes spring portions adjacent to connections with said first and second conductive plates to absorb stress.

55. The wireless instrument of claim 48, wherein said clasp is electrically isolated from said conductive plate.

56. The wireless instrument of claim 43, wherein said antenna is provided with a capacitance element attached between said first and second sections of said conductive plate and traversing said slot.

57. The wireless instrument of claim 56, wherein said capacitance element is a variable capacitance element.

58. The wireless instrument of claim 43, wherein said first section has a first feeding point for attachment to said wireless instrument circuit said first section feeds either a positive or a negative potential to said wireless instrument circuit, and said second section has a second feeding point for attachment to a ground of said wireless instrument circuit.

59. The wireless instrument of claim 58, wherein said first and second feeding points are shifted by a determined distance from a center portion of said conductive plate along the longitudinal direction of said conductive plate to an end portion of said conductive plate.

60. The wireless instrument of claim 43, wherein said wireless instrument circuit is a balancing type circuit that receives different voltage potentials from said first and second feeding points, respectively.

61. The wireless instrument of claim 50, wherein said first and second feeding points are shifted by a determined distance from a center portion of said conductive plate along the longitudinal direction of said conductive plate to an end portion of said conductive plate.

62. The wireless instrument of claim 43, wherein a dielectric material is filled in said slot.

63. The wireless instrument of claim 43, wherein said slot includes an extended portion having a width greater than a width of a non-extended portion of said slot, in order to increase a peripheral length of said slot.

64. The wireless instrument as claimed in claim 43, further comprising a casing containing a wireless circuit block.

65. A wireless instrument as claimed in claim 43, further comprising a capacitance element attached between said first and second sections of the conductive plate and extending across said slot, wherein said capacitance element is attached to a substantially center portion of said conductive plate.

66. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument comprising:

a wrist band;

an antenna element fixed to the wrist band having a conductive plate with a slot, wherein said conductive plate includes first and second sections located on opposite sides of said slot, said first and second sections being provided with feeding points for attachment to a wireless instrument circuit, said wireless instrument circuit feeding a different potential to said first and second sections.

67. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 66, further comprising capacitance element attached between said first and second sections, and said feeding points being shifted a determined distance along the longitudinal direction of said conductive plate from the attachment position of said capacitance element.

68. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 66, further comprising a capacitance element attached between said first and second sections of the conductive plate and extending across said slot, wherein said capacitance element is attached to a substantially center portion of said conductive plate.

69. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument comprising:

a wrist band; and

an antenna fixed to the wrist band, the antenna element having a conductive plate with a slot, wherein said conductive plate includes first and second portions located on opposite sides of said slot; and

said first and second portions being provided with feeding points for attachment to a wireless instrument circuit, said feeding points being shifted by a predetermined distance from a center portion of said conductive plate when attached to said wireless instrument circuit.

70. The antenna apparatus for wireless instrument of claim 69, further comprising a capacitance element attached between said first and second portions.

71. The antenna apparatus of claim 69, wherein said wireless instrument circuit is a balancing type circuit.

72. The antenna apparatus of claim 71, wherein said wireless instrument circuit feeds a different potential to said first and second portions at said feeding points.

73. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 69, wherein said first portion has a first feeding point for attachment to said wireless instrument circuit, said first portion feeds either a positive or a negative potential to said wireless instrument circuit, and said second portion has a second feeding point for attachment to a ground of said wireless instrument circuit.

74. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 69, further comprising a capacitance element attached between said first and second sections of the conductive plate and extending across said slot, wherein said capacitance element is attached to a substantially center portion of said conductive plate.

75. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument comprising:

a wrist band fixed to a slot antenna element, the antenna element consisting of only one strip shaped conductive plate with a slot formed in a longitudinal direction of the conductive plate.

76. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 75, further comprising a capacitance element attached between side sections of the conductive plate and extending across slot, wherein said capacitance element is attached to a substantially center portion of said conductive plate.

77. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument comprising:

a wrist band fixed to a slot antenna element having a strip shaped conductive plate with a slot formed in a longitudinal direction of the conductive plate, said conductive plate including first and second portions located on opposite sides of said slot; and

circuit means for supplying a first potential to said first portion and a second potential, different from said first potential, to said second portion, so that said antenna element operates as a slot antenna.

78. An antenna apparatus for a wireless instrument as claimed in claim 77, further comprising a capacitance element attached between said first and second portions of the conductive plate and extending across said slot, wherein said capacitance element is attached to a substantially center portion of said conductive plate.

79. A wireless instrument comprising:

a wrist band; and

an antenna fixed to the wrist band and having a conductive plate with a slot, wherein said conductive plate includes first and second sections located on opposite sides of said slot, said first and second sections being provided with feeding points for attachment to a wireless instrument circuit, said wireless instrument circuit feeding a different potential to said first and second sections.

80. A wireless instrument as claimed in claim 79, further comprising a capacitance element attached between said first and second sections of the conductive plate and extending across said slot, wherein said capacitance element is attached to a substantially center portion of said conductive plate.