Dielectric antenna, antenna-mounted substrate, and mobile communication machine having them therein

• US 7,046,197 B2
• Filed: 07/04/2003
• Issued: 05/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Company Limited (Taiyo Yuden Co)
• Original Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Company Limited (Taiyo Yuden Co)
• Inventors: Okado, Hironori
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Shih-Chao
• Application Number:
  US10/489,140
• Publication Number:
  US 20040246180A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,047 Days
• Field of Search: 343/700.MS, 343/702, 343/745, 343/829, 343/846
• US Class Current: 343/700.0MS
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• 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 1/40 Radiating elements coated with or embedded in protective material
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/371 Branching current paths
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/378 Combination of fed elements with parasitic elements
• 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 9/0485 Dielectric resonator antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/42 with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength

Abstract

On an antenna forming face (9) in a rectangular shape which a dielectric base (7A) has, a linear element (11A) is provided adjacently only peripheries (9a, 9b, 9c, and 9d) of the antenna forming face (9). From the linear element (11A), a linear conductor (25) for matching impedance branches. Since the linear element is adjacent to only the peripheries (9a, 9b, 9c, and 9d) of the antenna forming face (9), portions of the linear element (11A) do not become adjacent to each other. Accordingly, mutual interference which easily occurs when the portions of the linear element (11A) are adjacent to each other does not occur, so that decrease of radiation efficiency of the dielectric antenna (1A) and hindrance to widening a band thereof can be eliminated as much as possible.

Claims

1. A dielectric antenna, comprising:

a dielectric base having an antenna forming face in a rectangular shape;

a linear element extending on the antenna forming face adjacently only a periphery of the antenna forming face;

at least one bending portion included in said linear element;

a power supply terminal connected to a base end portion of said linear element;

a linear conductor branching in the vicinity of the base end portion of said linear element on the antenna forming face; and

a ground terminal connected to a tip of said linear conductor.

2. The dielectric antenna according to claim 1, wherein said bending portion comprises a first bending portion and a second bending portion which are located in order from the base end to the tip, wherein said linear element comprises a first portion located between the base end and the first bending portion, a second portion located between the first bending portion and the second bending portion, and a third portion located between the second bending portion and the tip, and wherein the first portion and the third portion oppose each other with a maximum length on the antenna forming face there between.

3. The dielectric antenna according to claim 1, wherein said bending portion comprises a first bending portion, a second bending portion, and a third bending portion which are located in order from the base end to a tip, wherein said linear element comprises a first portion located between the base end and the first bending portion, a second portion located between the first bending portion and the second bending portion, a third portion located between the second bending portion and the third bending portion, and a fourth portion located between the third bending portion and the tip, wherein the first portion and the third portion oppose each other with a maximum length on the antenna forming face there between, and wherein the second portion and the fourth portion oppose each other with a maximum length on the antenna forming face there between.

4. The dielectric antenna according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of said linear conductor bends or meanders.

5. The dielectric antenna according to claim 1, wherein said dielectric base has four end faces, wherein said power supply terminal is formed on anyone of the four end faces, and wherein said ground terminal is formed on an end face which opposes the end face on which said power supply terminal is formed.

6. The dielectric antenna according to claim 1, further comprising:

a linear sub-element branching from the linear element and capable of resonating at a second resonance frequency which is different from a first resonance frequency at which the linear element is capable of resonating.

7. The dielectric antenna according to claim 6, wherein said linear sub-element is set to be capable of resonating at a ½

wave length of the second resonance frequency.

8. The dielectric antenna according to claim 6, wherein the antenna forming face of said dielectric base comprises a first antenna forming face, and a second antenna forming face which is different from the first antenna forming face, wherein said linear element is formed on the first antenna forming face, and wherein said linear sub-element is formed on the second antenna forming face.

9. The dielectric antenna according to claim 8, wherein a connecting portion is formed on the base end portion of said linear sub-element, and wherein only the connecting portion is connected to a mid-portion of said linear element through a capacitor structure.

10. The dielectric antenna according to claim 8, wherein a connecting portion is formed on the base end portion of said linear sub-element, and wherein only the connecting portion opposes a mid-portion of said linear element through a part or a whole of a thickness direction of said dielectric base.

11. The dielectric antenna according to claim 8, further comprising:

a connecting conductor which connects a base portion of said linear sub-element and a mid-portion of said linear element,

wherein a part or a whole of said connecting conductor is arranged on anyone of the four end faces.

12. The dielectric antenna according to claim 11, wherein said first antenna forming face is formed in a rectangular shape, and

wherein said linear element is formed adjacent to the periphery of the first antenna forming face.

13. The dielectric antenna according to claim 8, further comprising:

a connecting portion which connects the linear sub-element and the linear element,

wherein an intersection between said linear element and said linear sub-element is only the connecting portion.

14. The dielectric antenna according to claim 13, wherein the connecting portion is formed by a base end portion of said linear sub-element, which opposes said linear element with a part or a whole of said dielectric base in a thickness direction intervening there between.

15. The dielectric antenna according to claim 13, wherein the connecting portion is formed by a connecting conductor which connects a base end portion of said linear sub-element and a mid-portion of said linear element, and

wherein a part or a whole of the connecting conductor is arranged on anyone of the four end faces.

16. The dielectric antenna according to claim 8, wherein said dielectric base is formed of a single dielectric layer, and wherein the first antenna forming face is one face of the dielectric layer, and the second antenna forming face is an other face of the dielectric layer.

17. The dielectric antenna according to claim 8, wherein said dielectric base is a multi-layered body composed of plural dielectric layers, and

wherein the first antenna forming face and the second antenna forming face are formed on a same dielectric layer or on different dielectric layers.

18. A dielectric antenna, comprising:

a dielectric base having an antenna forming face;

a linear element extending on the antenna forming face adjacent to a periphery of the antenna forming face and is capable of resonating at a first resonance frequency;

a power supply terminal connected to a base end portion of said linear element;

a linear conductor branching in the vicinity of the base end portion of said linear element;

a ground terminal connected to a tip of said linear conductor; and

a linear sub-element formed on the antenna forming face and is capable of resonating at a second resonance frequency which is different from the first resonance frequency,

wherein a base end of said linear sub-element is connected to a mid-portion of said linear element through a capacitor structure.

19. A mobile communication device, comprising:

an antenna mounting substrate connected to said mobile communication device; and

a dielectric antenna connected to said antenna mounting substrate, said dielectric antenna comprising;

a dielectric base having an antenna forming face in a rectangular shape;

a linear element extending on the antenna forming face adjacently only a periphery of the antenna forming face;

at least one bending portion included in said linear element;

a power supply terminal connected to a base end portion of said linear element;

a linear conductor branching in the vicinity of the base end portion of said linear element on the antenna forming face; and

a ground terminal connected to a tip of said linear conductor.

20. An antenna mounting substrate, comprising:

a mounting face which is laterally long and having a bottom side; and

a chip antenna and a ground portion adjacent to each other along the bottom side on said mounting face,

wherein said mounting face between said chip antenna and the bottom side is provided with a linear conductor having a predetermined length, the linear conductor connecting one end thereof only to said ground portion.

21. The antenna mounting substrate according to claim 20,

wherein said chip antenna comprises one end face which faces said ground portion and an other end face located on the opposite side of the one end face, wherein one end of said linear conductor and an other end on the opposite side thereof are formed to cross a perpendicular line drawn along the other end face toward the bottom side.

22. The antenna mounting substrate according to claim 20, wherein said linear conductor is integrated with said ground portion.

23. The antenna mounting substrate according to claim 22, wherein said linear conductor and said ground portion are formed by a conductor pattern.

24. The antenna mounting substrate according to claim 20, further comprising:

an exposure portion for insulation formed by exposing in a predetermined shape said mounting face along an entire length of the bottom side.

25. The antenna mounting substrate according to claim 24, wherein said exposure portion for insulation is formed in a linear shape.

26. The antenna mounting substrate according to claim 20, wherein said chip antenna is a dielectric antenna composed by forming an element on a dielectric layer.

27. A communication device comprising:

a computer having a frame; and

an antenna mounting substrate, comprising;

a mounting face which is laterally long and having a bottom side; and

a chip antenna and a ground portion adjacent to each other along the bottom side on said mounting face,

wherein said mounting face between said chin antenna and the bottom side is provided with a linear conductor having a predetermined length, the linear conductor connecting one end thereof only to said ground portion; and

wherein said antenna mounting substrate is connected to said frame.

28. The communication device according to claim 27, wherein said communication device is a small-sized computer.