Surface mount type chip antenna and communication equipment mounted therewith

• US 7,061,434 B2
• Filed: 03/19/2004
• Issued: 06/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi Metals (Thailand) Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi Metals (Thailand) Ltd.
• Inventors: Aoyama, Hiroyuki, Takaki, Yasunori
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Hoang V.
• Application Number:
  US10/804,107
• Publication Number:
  US 20040183733A1
• Time in Patent Office: 816 Days
• Field of Search: 343/702, 343/700.MS, 343/895, 343/787, 343/788
• US Class Current: 343/702
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/362 for broadside radiating helical 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 5/00 Arrangements for simultaneous operation of antennas on two or more different wavebands, e.g. dual-band or multi-band arrangements combinations of separate active antenna units operating in different wavebands and connected to a common feeder system H01Q21/30
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/40 Imbricated or interleaved structures; Combined or electromagnetically coupled arrangements, e.g. comprising two or more non-connected fed radiating elements
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 3/3442 having edge contacts, e.g. leadless chip capacitors, chip carriers

Abstract

According to the present invention, a surface mount type chip antenna comprises a base made of a dielectric, magnetic substance or mixture thereof, at least one terminal portion provided on the mounted face of the base, a concave provided in the mounted face of the base except in the terminal portion, and at least one conductive wire wound around the base. Another feature is a surface mount type antenna device comprising a surface mount type chip antenna arranged in the vicinity of metallic functional components, and filter circuits connected to the power source side terminal of the metallic functional components.

Claims

1. A surface mount type chip antenna comprising a base made of a dielectric, magnetic substance or mixture thereof, at least one terminal portion provided on the mounted face of said base, a concave provided in the mounted face of said base except in said terminal portion, and at least one flat and rectangular conductive wire wound around said base,

wherein the base of said chip antenna is 5 mm or less in thickness and 30 mm or less in length, the depth of the concave is not more than ½

of the thickness of said base, and

said flat and rectangular conductive wire is 0.5 to 2 mm in width and 0.05 and 0.2 mm in thickness.

2. Communication equipment mounted with the surface mount type chip antenna according to claim 1.

5. The surface mount type chip antenna, according to claim 1 or 4, wherein said flat and rectangular conductive wire is spirally wound in said concave.

3. A surface mount type chip antenna comprising a base made of a dielectric, magnetic substance or mixture thereof, at least one terminal portion provided on the mounted face of said base, a concave provided in the mounted face of said base except in said terminal portion, and at least one conductive wire wound around said base,

wherein a plurality of said conductive wires and at least two of said terminal portions are provided to be responsive to a plurality of frequency bands.

4. A surface mount type chip antenna comprising a base made of a dielectric, magnetic substance or mixture thereof, at least one terminal portion provided on the mounted face of said base, a concave provided in the mounted face of said base except in said terminal portion, and at least one flat and rectangular conductive wire wound around said base,

wherein a plurality of said conductive wires and at least two of said terminal portions are provided to be responsive to a plurality of frequency bands.

6. A surface mount type antenna device comprising a surface mount type chip antenna arranged in the vicinity of metallic functional components, and high frequency removal filter circuits connected to the power source side terminal of said metallic functional components, said high frequency removal filter circuits being capable of obstructing the resonant current of the resonance frequency of said chip antenna.

7. The surface mount type antenna device, according to claim 6, wherein said metallic functional components include at least one of a loudspeaker, a vibrator and a small COD camera.

8. The surface mount type antenna device, according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the shortest distance between said surface mount type chip antenna and metallic functional components is not more than ¼

of the wavelength of the electromagnetic wave radiated from that chip antenna or received by the antenna.

9. The surface mount type antenna device, according to claim 6, wherein said chip antenna comprises a base made of a dielectric, magnetic substance or mixture thereof, at least one terminal portion provided on the mounted face of said base, a concave provided in the mounted face of said base except in said terminal portion, and at least one conductive wire wound around said base.

10. The surface mount type antenna device, according to claim 9, wherein said conductive wire is a flat and rectangular conductive wire and constitutes a chip antenna spirally wound in said concave.

11. The surface mount type antenna device, according to claim 10, wherein the base of said chip antenna is 5 mm or less in thickness and 30 mm or less in length, the depth of the concave is not more than ½

of the thickness of said base, and said flat and rectangular conductive wire is 2 mm or less in width and 0.01 to 0.2 mm in thickness.

12. Communication equipment mounted with the surface mount type chip antenna according to claim 6.

13. A surface mount type antenna device comprising a base made of a dielectric, magnetic substance or mixture thereof, at least one terminal portion provided on the mounted face of said base, a concave provided in the mounted face of said base except in said terminal portion, and at least one conductive wire wound around said base,

wherein a plurality of said conductive wires and at least two of said terminal portions are provided to be responsive to a plurality of frequency bands,

a surface mount type chip antenna arranged in the vicinity of metallic functional components, and

high frequency removal filter circuits connected to the power source side terminal of said metallic functional components said high frequency removal filter circuits being capable of obstructing the resonant current of the resonance frequency of said chip antenna.