Antenna apparatus for portable phones

• US 6,154,184 A
• Filed: 12/09/1999
• Issued: 11/28/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Endo, Tsutomu, Urasaki, Shuji, Chiba, Isamu
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, HOANGANH T
• Application Number:
  US09/445,561
• Time in Patent Office: 355 Days
• Field of Search: 343/895, 343/853, 343/700 MS, 343/850, 343/702, 343/725, 343/726, 343/727, 343/728, 343/729, 343/730
• US Class Current: 343/895
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/10 Telescopic elements
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/244 extendable from a housing along a given path
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 11/08 Helical antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/08 the units being spaced along or adjacent to a rectilinear path waveguide fed H01Q21/0037
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/24 Combinations of antenna units polarised in different directions for transmitting or receiving circularly and elliptically polarised waves or waves linearly polarised in any direction circularly polarised patch antennas H01Q9/0428; circularly polarised horns H01Q13/0241; cross-polarised horns H01Q13/0258; polarisation converters H01Q15/242; cross-polarised rear feeds H01Q19/136; crossed polarisation dual antenna H01Q25/001

Abstract

An antenna apparatus for a portable telephone which is capable of having a better gain characteristic and also capable of achieving a better circularly polarized characteristic over a wide range is provided. This antenna apparatus is comprised of: a first cylinder 4 provided in such a manner that the first cylinder is uprighted on an upper portion 1 of a housing of the portable telephone; 4-element dipole array antennas 4a to 4d connected to a transmitter/receiver circuit built in the housing via a feeding line path, and arranged on the surface of the first cylinder in an equiinterval in such a manner that the 4-element dipole array antennas have inclined angles with respect to a central axis of the first cylinder, an element length of the 4-element dipole array antennas being equal to an approximately 1/2 electromagnetic wavelength; a second cylinder 5 having a diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the first cylinder, and arranged in such a manner that the second cylinder can be stored into the first cylinder, and when the second cylinder is drawn from the first cylinder, the second cylinder is uprighted in the vicinity of an upper space of the first cylinder in a coaxial manner; and 4-element line-shaped conductors 5a to 5d arranged on the surface of the second cylinder in an equiinterval in such a manner that the 4-element line-shaped conductors have inclined angles with respect to a central axis of the second cylinder.

Claims

1. An antenna apparatus for a portable telephone, comprising:

a first cylinder provided in such a manner that said first cylinder is uprighted on an upper portion of a housing of said portable telephone;

4-element dipole array antennas connected to a transmitter/receiver circuit built in said housing via a feeding line path, and arranged on the surface of said first cylinder in an equiinterval in such a manner that said 4-element dipole array antennas have inclined angles with respect to a central axis of said first cylinder, an element length of said 4-element dipole array antennas being equal to an approximately 1/2 electromagnetic wavelength;

a second cylinder having a diameter smaller than an inner diameter of said first cylinder, and arranged in such a manner that said second cylinder can be stored into said first cylinder, and when said second cylinder is drawn from said first cylinder, said second cylinder is uprighted in the vicinity of an upper space of said first cylinder in a coaxial manner; and

4-element line-shaped conductors arranged on the surface of said second cylinder in an equiinterval in such a manner that said 4-element line-shaped conductors have inclined angles with respect to a central axis of said second cylinder.

2. An antenna apparatus for a portable telephone as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that each of said 4-element line-shaped conductors has an element length equal to an approximately 1/2 electromagnetic wavelength.

3. An antenna apparatus for a portable telephone as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that 2 sets of elements among said 4-element line-shaped conductors located opposite to each other with respect to a central axis of said second cylinder are shortcircuited at an upper end and a lower end of said second cylinder.

4. An antenna apparatus for a portable telephone as claimed in claim 2, characterized by further comprising:

one pair of disk-shaped conductors provided on an upper end and a lower end of said second cylinder, all of said 4-element line-shaped conductors being shortcircuited by said one pair of disk-shaped conductors on the upper end and the lower end of said second cylinder.

5. An antenna apparatus for a portable telephone as claimed in claim 2, characterized by further comprising:

one pair of toroidal-shaped conductors provided on an upper end and a lower end of said second cylinder, all of said 4-element line-shaped conductors being shortcircuited by said one pair of toroidal-shaped conductors on the upper end and the lower end of said second cylinder.

6. An antenna apparatus for a portable telephone as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that each of said 4-element line-shaped conductors has an element length equal to a length defined by multiplying an approximately 1/4 electromagnetic wavelength by an odd number;

and 2 sets of line-shaped conductors among the 4-element line-shaped conductors located opposite to each other with respect to a central axis of said second cylinder are shortcircuited with each other at upper end of said second cylinder.

7. An antenna apparatus for a portable telephone as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that each of said 4-element line-shaped conductors has an element length equal to a length defined by multiplying an approximately 1/4 electromagnetic wavelength by an odd number;

and by further comprising a disk-shaped conductor provided on an upper end of said second cylinder, all of said 4-element line-shaped conductors being shortcircuited by said disk-shaped conductor on the upper end of said second cylinder.

8. An antenna apparatus for a portable telephone as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that each of said 4-element line-shaped conductors has an element length equal to a length defined by multiplying an approximately 1/4 electromagnetic wavelength by an odd number;

and by further comprising a toroidal-shaped conductor provided on an upper end of said second cylinder, all of said 4-element line-shaped conductors being shortcircuited by said toroidal-shaped conductor on the upper end of said second cylinder.