Portable radio equipment, and built-in antenna mounting structure and shielding structure for the portable radio equipment

• US 5,874,920 A
• Filed: 09/19/1996
• Issued: 02/23/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Araki, Tatsuhito, Odagiri, Kazuya, Kobayashi, Hidekatsu
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Don
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ho, Tan
• Application Number:
  US08/710,536
• Time in Patent Office: 887 Days
• Field of Search: 343/702, 343/841, 343/872, 343/906, 343/846, 455/89, 455/90
• US Class Current: 343/702
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/526 Electromagnetic shields
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/0421 with a shorting wall or a shorting pin at one end of the element H01Q9/0414 takes precedence

Abstract

A built-in antenna mounting structure for portable radio equipment, including a shield chassis formed of molded resin, whose surface except an antenna mounting surface is treated with a conductive material, a printed wiring board mounted on the shield chassis and having a transmitting/receiving circuit, and a built-in antenna formed from a metal plate and mounted on the antenna mounting surface of the shield chassis. The built-in antenna has a platelike antenna element and an elastic short-circuit plate for short-circuiting the antenna element to the shield chassis. The shield chassis is held at an edge portion thereof between the short-circuit plate and the antenna element, thereby mounting the built-in antenna on the shield chassis.

Claims

1. A built-in antenna mounting structure for portable radio equipment, comprising:

a shield chassis formed of molded resin, whose surface except an antenna mounting surface is treated with a conductive material;

a printed wiring board mounted on said shield chassis and having a transmitting/receiving circuit;

a built-in antenna formed from a metal plate and mounted on said antenna mounting surface of said shield chassis, said built-in antenna having a platelike antenna element and an elastic short-circuit plate for short-circuiting said antenna element to said shield chassis, said shield chassis being held at an edge portion thereof between said short-circuit plate and said antenna element, thereby mounting said built-in antenna on said shield chassis; and

a coaxial cable having a core for connecting said transmitting/receiving circuit and said built-in antenna, said core of said coaxial cable being soldered to said antenna element at a position spaced a given distance from said short-circuit plate.

2. A built-in antenna mounting structure for portable radio equipment according to claim 1, wherein said antenna element has a positioning hole, and said antenna mounting surface of said shield chassis has a projection, said projection being inserted into said positioning hole to thereby position said built-in antenna to said shield chassis.

3. A built-in antenna mounting structure for portable radio equipment according to claim 1, wherein said built-in antenna has a ground element, and an outer conductor of said coaxial cable is soldered to said ground element.

4. A built-in antenna mounting structure for portable radio equipment according to claim 3, wherein said antenna element is integrally formed with a bridge extending in a direction parallel to a wiring direction of said coaxial cable, and said core of said coaxial cable is passed under said bridge and soldered to said antenna element.

5. A built-in antenna mounting structure for portable radio equipment according to claim 4, wherein said antenna element has a pair of positioning projections mutually spaced a distance slightly larger than a diameter of said core of said coaxial cable, thereby positioning said core between said positioning projections of said antenna element.

6. A built-in antenna mounting structure for portable radio equipment according to claim 1, further comprising a dielectric interposed between said antenna element of said built-in antenna and said antenna mounting surface of said shield chassis.

7. A shielding structure for portable radio equipment, comprising:

a shield chassis formed of molded resin, whose surface is treated with a conductive material;

a multilayer printed wiring board mounted on said shield chassis, said multilayer printed wiring board having one surface on which a high-frequency oscillator, a high-frequency filter, and an isolator are mounted;

a metal shield plate having a body portion and an elastically deformable tongue bent at substantially right angles to said body portion, said metal shield plate being mounted on said multilayer printed wiring board so that said tongue is in pressure contact with said shield chassis and said high-frequency oscillator is isolated from said high-frequency filter and said isolator by said body portion; and

positioning means for positioning said metal shield plate to said multilayer printed wiring board.

8. A shielding structure for portable radio equipment according to claim 7, wherein said multilayer printed wiring board has an inner ground layer and at least a pair of pads connected to said inner ground layer and exposed to said one surface of said multilayer printed wiring board, and said metal shield plate has at least a pair of feet bent at substantially right angles to said body portion, said feet being soldered to said pads.

9. A shielding structure for portable radio equipment according to claim 7, wherein said positioning means comprises a positioning holder bent at substantially right angles to said body portion and said tongue of said metal shield plate, said positioning holder abutting against one surface of one of said high-frequency filter and said isolator to thereby position said metal shield plate.

10. A shielding structure for portable radio equipment according to claim 7, further comprising an electronic component mounted on said multilayer printed wiring board at a position close to one of said high-frequency filter and said isolator;

said positioning means including a positioning holder bent at substantially right angles to said body portion and said tongue of said metal shield plate, said positioning holder abutting against one surface of said electronic component to thereby position said metal shield plate.

11. A shielding structure for portable radio equipment according to claim 7, wherein said positioning means includes a pair of holes formed on said multilayer printed wiring board and a pair of positioning projections formed integrally with said metal shield plate.

12. A portable radio equipment comprising:

a shield chassis made of molded resin, whose surface, except for an antenna mounting surface, is treated with a conductive material;

a printed wiring board mounted on said shield chassis and having a transmitting/receiving circuit; and

a built-in antenna formed from an antenna element and mounted on said antenna mounting surface of said shield chassis, said built-in antenna having an elastic short-circuit plate to short-circuit said antenna element to said shield chassis.