Antenna device

• US 6,232,925 B1
• Filed: 11/01/1999
• Issued: 05/15/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: SMK Corporation
• Original Assignee: SMK Corporation
• Inventors: Fujikawa, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Don
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, HOANG V
• Application Number:
  US09/431,693
• Time in Patent Office: 561 Days
• Field of Search: 343/702, 343/700.MS, 343/895, 343/725
• US Class Current: 343/702
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/242 specially adapted for hand-held use
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/36 Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; Particular materials used therewithH01Q1/08, H01Q1/14 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/362 for broadside radiating helical antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/357 using a single feed point
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/42 with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength

Abstract

The present invention is for providing an antenna device in a portable radio, capable of transmitting and receiving in frequency bands used in two different communication systems without the performance irregularity even in the case of the mass production. By having the inductance per unit length along the elongating direction of the upper antenna element larger than that of the lower antenna element, the entire antenna element is resonated at a first frequency f₁ as a quarter wave ground antenna element and is also resonated at a second frequency f₂ lower than the frequency three times as much as the first frequency f₁ as a three quarter wave ground antenna. Since the antenna element is formed with an antenna pattern printed on a printed wiring board, antenna elements with the same shape can be obtained, and thus the antenna performance irregularity cannot be generated even in the case of the mass production.

Claims

1. An antenna device comprising:

a feeding metal fixture mounted on a housing of a portable radio, and

an antenna element provided elongating linearly on the feeding metal fixture, comprising an upper antenna element and a lower antenna element connected electrically in series, a base end of the lower antenna element being connected electrically with the feeding metal fixture, the upper antenna element having an upper pattern lateral width longer than an upper pattern pitch and the lower antenna element having a lower pattern lateral width longer than a lower pattern pitch with the upper and lower pattern lateral widths arranged substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the antenna element, wherein

an upper antenna element pattern width is different from a lower antenna element pattern width so that the inductance per unit length along the linearly elongating direction of the upper antenna element is larger than the inductance per unit length along the same direction of the lower antenna element.

2. The antenna device according to claim 1, wherein the upper antenna element and the lower antenna element are formed with an antenna pattern printed on a printed wiring board in a bent shape.

3. The antenna device according to claim 1, wherein the upper antenna element is formed with a loading coil,

the lower antenna element is formed with an antenna pattern printed on a printed wiring board in a bent shape, and

the base end of the loading coil is connected with the tip of the antenna pattern.

4. The antenna device according to claim 1, wherein the first frequency f₁ is included in a frequency band in the vicinity of 900 MHz to be used in a portable phone, and the second frequency f₂ is included in a frequency band in the vicinity of 1,900 MHz to be used in a PHS.

5. An antenna device for a mobile communication system, comprising:

an electrically conductive member;

a first antenna element electrically connected to the electrically conductive member; and

a second antenna element electrically connected to the first antenna element so that the first antenna element and the second antenna element are arranged in series,

wherein the first antenna element has a first pattern lateral width longer than a first pattern pitch and the second antenna element has a second pattern lateral width longer than a second pattern pitch with the first and second pattern lateral widths arranged substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the antenna device,

wherein at least one of the first and second antenna elements is in the form of an antenna pattern printed on a substrate.

6. The antenna device according to claim 5, wherein a first antenna element pattern width is different from a second antenna element pattern width so that the first antenna element has a first inductance per unit length along a predetermined direction, the second antenna element has a second inductance per unit length along the predetermined direction, and the first inductance is smaller than the second inductance.

7. The antenna device according to claim 6, wherein the first and second antenna elements cooperatively form a quarter wave ground antenna and a three quarter wave ground antenna.

8. The antenna device according to claim 7, wherein the quarter wave ground antenna is resonated at about 900 MHz, and the three quarter wave ground antenna is resonated at about 1,900 MHz.

9. The antenna device according to claim 5, further comprising:

a cylindrical insulated cap storing therein the first and second antenna element, the cap having an opened base end closed by the conductive member.

10. An antenna device comprising:

a feeding metal fixture mounted on a housing of a portable radio, and

an antenna element provided elongating linearly on the feeding metal fixture, comprising an upper antenna element and a lower antenna element connected electrically in series, a base end of the lower antenna element being connected electrically with the feeding metal fixture, wherein

an upper antenna element pattern width is different from a lower antenna element pattern width so that the inductance per unit length along the linearly elongating direction of the upper antenna element is larger than the inductance per unit length along the same direction of the lower antenna element,

so as to permit the antenna element to resonate at a first frequency f1 as a quarter wave ground antenna and at a second frequency f2 lower than a frequency three times as much as the first frequency f1 as a three quarter wave ground antenna.