Antenna assembly, and associated method, having an active antenna element and counter antenna element
First Claim
1. An antenna assembly for radio circuitry operable to communicate radio signals at least within a selected frequency range and having a ground part and a rf (radio frequency) part, said antenna assembly comprising:
- a first antenna element of a first lengthwise dimension, L-x, and having a dorsal side portion and a distal side portion, said first antenna element connected at a ground-part-connection location of the dorsal side portion thereof to the ground part of the radio circuitry and connected to the rf part of the radio circuitry at a rf-part-connection location, the rf-part-connection location spaced apart from the ground-part-connection location, said first antenna element, in isolation, resonant about a first resonant frequency, the first resonant frequency about which, in isolation, said first antenna element is resonant being related to an antenna transducer of length L-x; and
a second antenna element also having a dorsal side portion and a distal side portion, said second antenna element spaced apart from said first antenna element by a first selected distance, l, and connected at a ground-part-connection location of the distal side portion thereof to the ground part of the radio circuitry, positioning of said second antenna element at the selected distance from said first antenna element offsetting the first resonant frequency at which said first antenna element is, in isolation, resonant, thereby to be resonant at a first offset frequency, the first offset frequency about which said first antenna element is resonant being related to an antenna transducer, in isolation, of length L, the first offset frequency within the selected frequency range.
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Abstract
An antenna assembly, and an associated method, for a radio device, such as a mobile terminal operable in a cellular communication system. The antenna assembly includes an active antenna element and at least a parasitic element. The active antenna element is of a selected lengthwise dimension and is resonant, in isolation, at a first resonant frequency. The parasitic antenna element is positioned proximate to the active antenna element and separated therefrom by a selected separation distance. The selected separation distance is determinative of a reduction in frequency at which the active antenna element is resonant. Thereby, for a given length, the resonant frequency of the active antenna element is reduced, permitting the lengthwise dimensional requirements of the antenna transducer of which the active antenna element is formed to be reduced relative to conventional antenna transducers.
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20 Claims
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1. An antenna assembly for radio circuitry operable to communicate radio signals at least within a selected frequency range and having a ground part and a rf (radio frequency) part, said antenna assembly comprising:
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a first antenna element of a first lengthwise dimension, L-x, and having a dorsal side portion and a distal side portion, said first antenna element connected at a ground-part-connection location of the dorsal side portion thereof to the ground part of the radio circuitry and connected to the rf part of the radio circuitry at a rf-part-connection location, the rf-part-connection location spaced apart from the ground-part-connection location, said first antenna element, in isolation, resonant about a first resonant frequency, the first resonant frequency about which, in isolation, said first antenna element is resonant being related to an antenna transducer of length L-x; and
a second antenna element also having a dorsal side portion and a distal side portion, said second antenna element spaced apart from said first antenna element by a first selected distance, l, and connected at a ground-part-connection location of the distal side portion thereof to the ground part of the radio circuitry, positioning of said second antenna element at the selected distance from said first antenna element offsetting the first resonant frequency at which said first antenna element is, in isolation, resonant, thereby to be resonant at a first offset frequency, the first offset frequency about which said first antenna element is resonant being related to an antenna transducer, in isolation, of length L, the first offset frequency within the selected frequency range. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. In a method for communicating with a radio device having radio circuitry operable to communicate radio signals at least within a selected frequency range, the radio circuitry mounted at a substrate and having a ground part and a rf part, an improvement of a method for transducing the radio signals, said method comprising:
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positioning a first antenna element in a forward-extending direction, the first antenna element of a first lengthwise dimension L-x;
connecting the first antenna element to the ground part and to the rf part of the radio circuitry, thereby to cause the first antenna element, in isolation, to be resonant about a first resonant frequency, the first resonant frequency about which, in isolation, the first antenna element is resonant being related to an antenna transducer of length L-x;
positioning a second antenna element in a reverse-extending direction, spaced apart from the first antenna element by a first selected distance, l;
connecting the second antenna element to the ground part of the radio circuitry, thereby offsetting the first resonant frequency at which the first antenna element, in isolation, is resonant, thereafter to be resonant at a first offset frequency, the first offset frequency about which the first antenna element is resonant being related to an antenna transducer, in isolation, of length L, the first offset frequency within the selected frequency range. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
positioning a third antenna element in a forward-extending direction, spaced apart from the second antenna element by a second selected distance; and
connecting the third antenna element to the ground part of the radio circuitry.
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18. The method of claim 16 wherein the first antenna element connected during said operation of connecting the first antenna element is translatably connected to the ground part and the rf part of the radio circuitry and wherein the second antenna element connected during said operation of connecting the second antenna element is translatably connected to the ground part of the radio circuitry, the first antenna element and the second antenna element translatable together in unison.
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19. The antenna assembly of claim 18 comprising the additional operations of:
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determining, for a lengthwise dimension of the first antenna element, a desired offset by which to offset the first resonant frequency; and
selecting the first spaced apart distance at which to position the second antenna element to cause the first resonant frequency to be offset by the desired offset.
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20. In a radio device having radio circuitry operable to communicate radio signals, the radio circuitry mounted at a substrate and having a ground part and a rf (radio frequency) part, an improvement of an antenna assembly for transducing the radio signals within a selected frequency range, said antenna assembly comprising:
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a first antenna element of a first lengthwise dimension, L-x, said first antenna element extending in a first lengthwise direction and having a dorsal side portion and a distal side portion, said first antenna element connected at the dorsal side portion thereof to the ground part of the radio circuitry, and said first antenna element connected to the rf part of the radio circuitry at a selected distance from the dorsal side portion at which said first antenna element is connected to the ground part, said first antenna element, in isolation, resonant about a first resonant frequency, the first resonant frequency about which, in isolation, said first antenna element is resonant being related to an antenna transducer of length L-x;
a second antenna element of a second selected lengthwise dimension, positioned to have a portion thereof extend in a direction substantially corresponding to the first lengthwise direction in which said first antenna element extends and having a dorsal side portion and a distal side portion, said second antenna element connected at the distal side portion thereof to the ground part of the radio circuitry, said second antenna element spaced apart from said first antenna element by a selected distance, l, thereby to reduce the first resonant frequency at which said first antenna element is resonant, said first antenna element thereby resonant at a reduced, resultant frequency, the reduced, resultant frequency about which said first antenna element is resonant being related to an antenna transducer, in isolation, of length L, the reduced, resultant frequency range.
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