Antenna device

• US 6,803,880 B2
• Filed: 06/11/2003
• Issued: 10/12/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Gigaant AB
• Inventors: Spiropoulos, Vasilios
• Primary Examiner(s): Ho, Tan
• Application Number:
  US10/450,360
• Publication Number:
  US 20040075612A1
• Time in Patent Office: 489 Days
• Field of Search: 343/700.MS, 343/702, 343/803, 343/806, 343/895, 343/906
• US Class Current: 343/700.0MS
• 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

Abstract

An antenna device is designed for incorporation in an electric apparatus and has a radiator carried by a flexible plastic film. The film has a radiator pattern disposed on one side of a configurationally stable plastic carrier, and also a supply conductor which extends to the opposite side of the carrier. The carrier has snap catches for securement direct on the circuit card, and a resilient portion with a projection directed towards the circuit card. The supply conductor covers the projection and thereby realizes contact, galvanically and under spring pretensioning, with a contact point, a so-called pad, on the circuit card.

Claims

1. An antenna device comprises a radiator disposed on a flexible film (2), the film is secured on a carrier C(1), wherein the carrier (1) has fixing members (5) for securing on a circuit card;

and the radiator extends with at least a portion to a side of the carrier facing towards the circuit card in order there to realise galvanic contact with a contact point disposed on the circuit card.

2. The antenna device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the radiator includes a radiator pattern (3) and a supply member (4), the supply member being located on the side of the carrier C(1) facing towards the circuit card for contact with the contact point, and the radiator pattern (3) is located on an opposite side (16) of the carrier.

3. The antenna device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the carrier (1) has a gently rounded edge portion (15) around which the flexible film (2) extends in both directions to the opposite side (16) and to the side facing the circuit card.

4. A The antenna device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the carrier has, on its side facing towards the circuit card, a strip-shaped long, narrow resilient portion (6) which is connected to the carrier (1) at its opposing short ends (10), but which is otherwise free from the carrier along its longitudinal sides (11).

5. The antenna device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the side of the resilient portion (6) facing towards the circuit card has a projection (13).

6. The antenna device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the portion (6) of the carrier (1) which supports the portion of the radiator in contact with the contact point is spring pretensioned towards the contact point by resilience in the material of the carrier.

7. The antenna device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the carrier (1) has a thin resilient portion (6a) seen in a direction towards and from the circuit card.

8. The antenna device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the carrier (1) has snap catches (5) for securing in corresponding apertures in the circuit card.

9. A The antenna device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the carrier (1) has, on its side facing towards an end of the circuit card, a number of rigidifying ribs (8, 9).

10. The antenna device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the portion (6) of the carrier (1) abuts on the one side against the portion of the flexible film (2) in contact with the contact point, and has a projection (13) directed towards the circuit card.