Adapter antenna

• US 6,538,607 B2
• Filed: 07/09/2001
• Issued: 03/25/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Smarteq Wireless AB (Amphenol Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Smarteq Wireless AB (Amphenol Corporation)
• Inventors: Barna, Zsolt
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Don
• Assistant Examiner(s): Clinger, James
• Application Number:
  US09/900,455
• Publication Number:
  US 20020063659A1
• Time in Patent Office: 624 Days
• Field of Search: 343/702, 343/700.MS, 343/906, 343/841, 455/575, 455/90
• US Class Current: 343/702
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/242 specially adapted for hand-held use
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/325 characterised by the location of the antenna on the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/0421 with a shorting wall or a shorting pin at one end of the element H01Q9/0414 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3877 Arrangements for enabling portable transceivers to be used in a fixed position, e.g. cradles or boosters

Abstract

An adapter antenna (2) is used for contactless connection of a mobile telephone (1) to an external antenna (4) in case the telephone lacks a connector for coaxial cable (3) for such a purpose. The most common application is when a mobile telephone is to be used in a vehicle. Transfer of radio waves occurs in the near field of the built-in antenna (6) of the telephone by capacitive coupling. One preferred embodiment especially suited for plane inverted antennae of type L, E or F is described. An optimizing method for two frequency bands is described.

Claims

1. An adapter for contact-less transfer of electromagnetic waves between a first antenna built into a mobile telephone and a port of the adapter antenna where a coaxial cable can be connected, the adapter antenna comprising a condenser plate, a conductor connecting the condenser plate with the port and adaptive components including ground plane elements, said first antenna transferring without contact the electromagnetic wave to the adapter and said adapter antenna transferring the electromagnetic wave without contact back to said first antenna by utilizing an electric component of a near field of the first antenna and by shaping the condenser plate surface to correspond as far as possible to those regions of a surface of the first antenna carrying large surface currents, and by having optimal shape and size of the components of the adapting circuit to minimize influence on the matching of the first antenna to telephone electronics.

2. The adapter antenna according to claim 1, for use for one or more frequency bands, adapted to said first antenna of plane inverted F type (PIFA) wherein the condenser plate being shaped to cover surfaces close to a feed point and a stub and those regions of the radiating metal surface of the first antenna where the surface currents are relatively greater than other regions.

3. The adapter antenna according to claim 1, wherein the port is a matching unit, and said matching unit includes a coplanar waveguide and a condenser towards ground.

4. The adapter antenna according to claim 1, further comprises a ground plane augmented by conductive ribbons or wires, or stripes of conductive material following edges of the component carrying the condenser plate.

5. The adapter antenna according to claim 1, further comprises conductive surfaces located on a circuit board.

6. The adapter antenna according to claim 1, further comprises conductive surfaces made of sheet metal.

7. The adapter antenna according to claim 1, further comprises conductive surfaces made by metallizing of plastics.

8. The adapter antenna according to claim 1, further comprises conductive surfaces consisting of conductive paint.

9. The adapter antenna according to claim 1, further comprises conductive surfaces made from foil.

10. The adapter antenna according to claim 1, wherein said coaxial cable is provided with a wave trap which suppresses currents in a shield of the cable.

11. The adapter antenna according to claim 1, wherein said coaxial cable is provided with a component with high internal loss, which suppresses currents in a shield of the cable.