Antenna device for high-frequency radio apparatus and wrist watch-type radio apparatus

• US 6,762,728 B2
• Filed: 11/27/2001
• Issued: 07/13/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Fujisawa, Teruhiko, Koyama, Shunsuke
• Primary Examiner(s): CHEN, SHIH CHAO
• Application Number:
  US09/980,152
• Publication Number:
  US 20020163473A1
• Time in Patent Office: 959 Days
• Field of Search: 343/700.MS, 343/702, 343/718, 343/828, 343/846, 343/848, 343/829
• US Class Current: 343/718
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/04 using radio waves radio-controlled time-pieces G04R
• CPC Class Codes: G04R 60/10 inside cases
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/273 Adaptation for carrying or wearing by persons or animals
• 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 9/0421 with a shorting wall or a shorting pin at one end of the element H01Q9/0414 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/42 with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength

Abstract

An antenna device for a high frequency radio apparatus is equipped with an antenna element which is placed on a circuit board whose peripheral shape has a curve. The antenna element also follows the peripheral shape of the circuit board to have a curved part when viewed from above. The antenna device also has a ground pattern where the antenna element touches. The ground pattern can be placed at a constant distance from the antenna element toward the board. Furthermore, the ground pattern can be formed on almost the entire area of the circuit board other than where the antenna element is formed. Also, the circuit board may be a multilayer circuit board, and the ground pattern can be formed almost on the entire area of any one layer of the multilayer circuit board other than where the antenna element is formed.

Claims

1. An antenna device for a high frequency radio apparatus comprising:

a multilayer circuit board having a curved periphery;

an antenna element formed as a pattern on a layer of the multilayer circuit board following along the periphery of the multilayer circuit board, and having a near-arc shape when viewed from above; and

a ground pattern connected with the antenna element and formed in almost the entire area of any one internal layer of the multilayer circuit board other than the corresponding area that the antenna element occupies; and

wherein a first line and a second line form an angle less than or equal to 180 degrees, the first line passing through the center of a circle formed in part by the near arc shape and a point where the antenna element is connected with the ground pattern, the second line passing through the center of the circle and a tip of the antenna element.

2. The antenna device for a high frequency radio apparatus of claim 1, wherein the ground pattern is formed on the multilayer circuit board a constant distance from the antenna element.

3. The antenna device for a high frequency radio apparatus of claim 1, wherein a direction along an extension of the antenna element near the point where the antenna element is connected with the ground pattern and a tangent line at a periphery of the ground pattern where the antenna element is connected with the ground pattern cross approximately at right angles.

4. The antenna device for a high frequency radio apparatus of claim 1, wherein the shape of the antenna element is inverted-F, and the length of the antenna element is approximately a quarter wave length of a radio frequency used by the radio apparatus.

5. An antenna device for a high frequency radio apparatus comprising:

a multilayer circuit board;

an antenna element formed as a pattern on a layer of the multilayer circuit board; and

a ground pattern that is connected with the antenna element and is formed in almost the entire area of any one internal layer of the multilayer circuit board other than the corresponding area that the antenna element occupies.

6. The antenna device for a high frequency radio apparatus of claim 5, wherein the shape of the antenna element is inverted-F, and the length of the antenna element is approximately a quarter wave length of a radio frequency used by the radio apparatus.

7. An antenna device for a high frequency radio apparatus comprising:

a multilayer circuit board;

an antenna element formed as a pattern on a layer of the multilayer circuit board;

a first ground pattern formed on a layer of the multilayer circuit board a constant distance from the antenna element and connected with the antenna element; and

a second ground pattern electrically connected with the first ground pattern and formed in almost the entire area of any one internal layer of the multilayer circuit board other than the corresponding area that the antenna element occupies.

8. The antenna device for a high frequency radio apparatus of claim 7, wherein the shape of the antenna element is inverted-F, and the length of the antenna element is approximately a quarter wave length of a radio frequency used by the radio apparatus.

9. A high frequency radio apparatus comprising:

an antenna part comprising;

a multilayer circuit board having a curved periphery;

an antenna element formed as a pattern on a layer of the multilayer circuit board and having a near-arc shape along the periphery of the multilayer circuit board when viewed from above;

a ground pattern connected with the antenna element and formed in almost the entire area of any one internal layer of the multilayer circuit board other than the corresponding area that the antenna element occupies; and

wherein a first line and a second line form an angle less than or equal to 180 degrees, the first line passing through the center of a circle formed in part by the near arc shape and a connecting point where the antenna element is connected with the ground pattern, and the second line going through the center of the circle and a tip of the antenna element; and

a radio communication part that performs radio communication through the antenna part.

10. The high frequency radio apparatus of claim 9, wherein the ground pattern is formed on the board a constant distance from the antenna element.

11. The high frequency radio apparatus of claim 9, wherein a direction along an extension of the antenna element near the point where the antenna element is connected with the ground pattern and a tangent line at a periphery of the ground pattern where the antenna element is connected with the ground pattern cross approximately at right angles.

12. The high frequency radio apparatus of claim 9, wherein the shape of the antenna element is inverted-F, and the length of the antenna element is approximately a quarter wave length of a radio frequency used by the radio apparatus.

13. The high frequency radio apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a wrist watch-type case that stores the antenna part and the radio communication part.

14. A high frequency radio apparatus comprising:

an antenna part comprising;

a multilayer circuit board;

an antenna element formed as a pattern on a layer of the multilayer circuit board; and

a ground pattern connected with the antenna element and formed in almost the entire area of any one internal layer of the multilayer circuit board other than the corresponding area that the antenna element occupies; and

a radio communication part that performs radio communication through the antenna part.

15. The high frequency radio apparatus of claim 14, wherein the radio communication part comprises a plurality of parts including an electric power source, and when placing parts near the antenna part affects characteristics of the antenna part, the parts are placed so that an orthogonal projection of the parts projected on the ground pattern fit in the ground pattern.

16. The high frequency radio apparatus of claim 14, wherein the shape of the antenna element is inverted-F, and the length of the antenna element is approximately a quarter wave length of a radio frequency used by the radio apparatus.

17. The high frequency radio apparatus of claim 14, further comprising a wrist watch-type case that stores the antenna part and the radio communication part.

18. A high frequency radio apparatus comprising:

an antenna part comprising;

a multilayer circuit board;

an antenna element formed as a pattern on a layer of the multilayer circuit board; and

a first ground pattern connected with the antenna element and formed on a layer of the multilayer circuit board at a constant distance from the antenna element;

a second ground pattern electrically connected with the first ground pattern and formed in almost the entire area of any one internal layer of the multilayer circuit board other than the corresponding area that the antenna element occupies; and

a radio communication part that performs radio communication through the antenna part.

19. The high frequency radio apparatus of claim 18, wherein the radio communication part comprises a plurality of parts including an electric power source, and when placing parts near the antenna part affects characteristics of the antenna part, the parts are placed so that an orthogonal projection on the parts projected on the second ground pattern fit in the second ground pattern.

20. The high frequency radio apparatus of claim 18, wherein the shape of the antenna element is inverted-F, and the length of the antenna element is approximately a quarter wave length of radio frequency used with the radio apparatus.

21. The high frequency radio apparatus of claim 18, further comprising a wrist watch-type case that stores the antenna part and the radio communication part.