Antenna device

• US 6,034,640 A
• Filed: 04/01/1998
• Issued: 03/07/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co Limited
• Original Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co Limited
• Inventors: Oida, Toshifumi, Tsuru, Teruhisa, Yoshimoto, Yoshihiro, Mandai, Harufumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Don
• Assistant Examiner(s): Clinger, James
• Application Number:
  US09/053,550
• Time in Patent Office: 706 Days
• Field of Search: 343/722, 343/700 MS, 343/829, 343/830
• US Class Current: 343/722
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/362 for broadside radiating helical antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/38 formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support patch antennas H01Q9/0407; microstrip dipole antennas H01Q9/065; microstrip slot antennas H01Q13/106; transmission line microstrip antennas H01Q13/206; manufacturing reflecting surfaces using insulating material for supporting the reflecting surface H01Q15/142
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/50 Feeding or matching arrangements for broad-band or multi-band operation
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/0442 with particular tuning means
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/145 by varying the electrical length

Abstract

The invention provides an antenna device, comprising: an antenna body including a conductor, an equivalent circuit of said conductor comprising an inductive component and a resistive component in a series connection, wherein a frequency adjusting circuit including at least a parallel circuit of a switching element and a passive element is connected to said conductor of said antenna body. The antenna body is connected in series with said frequency adjusting circuit.

The invention enable to provide a compact antenna device for use in a mobile communication apparatus that performs transmission and reception on frequencies in a wide range.

Claims

1. An antenna device for use in a personal digital cellular communication apparatus, comprising:

an antenna body including a conductor, an equivalent circuit of said conductor comprising an inductive component and a resistive component in a series connection, and

a frequency changing circuit including at least a parallel circuit comprising a switching diode and a passive element connected to said conductor of said antenna body.

2. The antenna device according to claim 1, wherein said antenna body is connected in series with said frequency changing circuit.

3. The antenna device according to claim 1, wherein said passive element is a capacitance element.

4. The antenna device according to claim 1, wherein said passive element is an inductance element.

5. The antenna device according to claim 1, wherein said frequency changing circuit is connected in series between said conductor of said antenna body and a high-frequency circuit.

6. The antenna device according to claim 1, wherein said conductor of said antenna body is connected in series between said frequency changing circuit and a high-frequency circuit.

7. The antenna device according to claim 1, wherein another capacitance element for adjusting the input impedance of the antenna device is connected in series with said parallel circuit comprising said switching element and said passive element.

8. The antenna device according to claim 1, wherein the antenna body is a chip antenna which comprises a base made of at least one of a dielectric material and a magnetic material, at least one said conductor formed at least on an external surface of said base or within said base, and a feeding terminal, which is provided on the surface of said base and to which one end of said conductor is connected.

9. The antenna device according to claim 8, wherein said switching diode is mounted on said antenna body, and said passive element is provided within said antenna body.

10. The antenna device according to claim 1, wherein a radio frequency circuit is connected to the antenna device, and a capacitor is connected between the radio frequency circuit and the switching diode so that a signal from the radio frequency circuit and a bias voltage applied to the switching diode is separated.