Antenna module

• US 7,199,759 B2
• Filed: 12/08/2004
• Issued: 04/03/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Noguchi, Toshiharu, Mizoguchi, Yoshitaka, Maruyama, Keisuke, Tokunaga, Hiromi, Fujimura, Munenori
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Hoang V.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Duong; Dieu Hien
• Application Number:
  US11/006,549
• Publication Number:
  US 20050231429A1
• Time in Patent Office: 846 Days
• Field of Search: 343/702, 343/700.MS, 343/895
• 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 11/08 Helical antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 7/08 Ferrite rod or like elongated core

Abstract

The invention is to provide such an antenna module making broadband of transmitting and receiving frequencies, while realizing miniaturization. The invention has a structure comprising a mounting body; a chip antenna having a substrate mounted on the mounting body and a substrate and a couple of terminal parts provided on the substrate; an feeding portion to which one of the terminal parts provided on the mounting body is connected; a open portion to which the other of the terminal parts provided on the mounting body is connected; and a capacitive conductor provided in opposition to the substrate, thereby to make use of a bottom area hidden when mounting the chip antenna so as to increase capacitive components for realizing broadband of the antenna module.

Claims

1. An antenna module comprising:

a mounting body,

a conductive pattern disposed on the mounting body,

a chip antenna that comprises a substrate, a helical part and a couple of terminal parts, the chip antenna being disposed on the mounting body,

a feeding portion to which one of the terminal parts is connected, the feeding portion being disposed on the mounting body, and

an open portion to which the other of the terminal parts is connected, the open portion being disposed on the mounting body,

wherein the conductive pattern is capacitively coupled to the helical part.

2. The antenna module as set forth in claim 1, wherein the conductive pattern is conducted to the open portion.

3. The antenna module as set forth in claim 1, wherein the open portion is connected with an additional conductor.

4. The antenna module as set forth in claim 1, wherein the helical part is formed by providing spiral grooves by trimming the said body part formed with a conductive film.

5. The antenna module as set forth in claim 1, wherein the helical part is formed by winding a conductive wire on the body part.

6. The antenna module as set forth in claim 1, wherein a plurality of the helical parts are provided on the substrate.

7. The antenna module as set forth in claim 1, wherein the chip antenna is provided with a protective film for covering at least a part of the helical part.

8. The antenna module as set forth in claim 1, wherein the helical part is provided in the interior of the body part.

9. The antenna module as set forth in claim 8, wherein the helical part comprises a conductive wire.

10. An electronic instrument comprising:

the antenna module set forth in claim 1,

a high frequency circuit for transmitting and receiving signals necessary to the antenna module,

a processing circuit connected to the high frequency circuit so as to process signals, and

a control circuit for controlling the processing circuit and the high frequency circuit.

11. The electronic instrument as set forth in claim 10, wherein said electronic instrument is a portable terminal or a laptop computer.

12. A selective diversity device comprising:

a plurality of antenna modules set forth in claim 1,

a selecting part configured to select signals received at said antenna modules,

a wave detecting part configured to detect the received signals selected by the selecting part, and

a power computation part configured to compute electric power of the signals detected by the wave detecting part

wherein the selecting part selects the received signals in response to the computed results by the power computation part.

13. A selective diversity device comprising:

a plurality of antenna modules set forth in claim 1,

a composite part configured to compose signals received at said antenna modules,

a wave detecting part configured to detect the received signals selected by the selecting part, and

a power computation part configured to compute electric power of the signals detected by the wave detecting part,

wherein the composite part composes the received signals in response to the computed results by the power computation part.

14. The composite diversity as set forth in claim 13, wherein the composite of the received signal at the composite part is a maximum ratio.

15. An antenna module comprising:

a mounting body,

a conductive pattern disposed on the mounting body,

a plurality of chip antennas, each of which comprises a substrate, a helical part and a couple of terminal parts, the chip antennas being mounted on the mounting body,

a feeding portion to which one of the terminal parts of one of the chip antennas is connected, the feeding part being disposed on the mounting body, and

an open portion to which one of the terminal parts of another one of the chip antennas is connected, the open portion being disposed on the mounting body,

wherein the conductive pattern is capacitively coupled to the helical part of said at least said another one of the chip antennas.

16. The antenna module as set forth in claim 15, wherein the conductive pattern is conducted to the open portion of said another one of the chip antennas.

17. The antenna module as set forth in claim 15, wherein the conductive pattern has a plurality of conductive parts, each of which faces the helical part of one of the plurality of chip antennas, the plurality of conductive parts being connected in series, the terminal parts being not connected to the conductive pattern.