Antenna structure

• US 7,265,722 B2
• Filed: 12/02/2005
• Issued: 09/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Accton Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Accton Technology Corporation
• Inventors: Liu, I-Ru, Tyan, Hong-Kun
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Hoang V.
• Application Number:
  US11/291,971
• Publication Number:
  US 20060250307A1
• Time in Patent Office: 641 Days
• Field of Search: 343/702, 343/700.MS, 343/846
• US Class Current: 343/702
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/0421 with a shorting wall or a shorting pin at one end of the element H01Q9/0414 takes precedence

Abstract

An antenna structure is proposed in the present invention. It includes a radiative element having at least two ends. One end of the radiative element has a grounding element connected to a ground plane. Another end of the radiative element has a feed element connected to a transmission line. The feed element is disposed diagonally relative to the grounding element. In this way, the present invention increases the bandwidth of the antenna and improves its functionality. Therefore, the antenna of the present invention is more convenient when in use.

Claims

1. An antenna structure, comprising:

a radiative element having at least two ends;

a grounding element having one end connected to one of the two ends of the radiative element and another end connected to a ground plane; and

a feed element having one end connected to another one of the two ends of the radiative element and another end connected to a transmission line, wherein the feed element is formed as a strip having a wider side arranged along a narrower side of the radiative element and a narrower side arranged along a wider side of the radiative element and is disposed diagonally relative to the grounding element.

2. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the radiative element is rectangular.

3. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 2, wherein the radiative element has a length, a width and a thickness that respectively range within 10˜

15 mm, 6˜

8 mm and 0.2˜

0.43 mm.

4. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the grounding element has a length, a width and a height that respectively range within 1˜

3 mm, 0.2˜

0.43 mm and 5˜

7 mm.

5. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the feed element is a metal pole.

6. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the feed element has a length and a width that respectively range within 1˜

3 mm and 0.2˜

0.43 mm.

7. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the feed element is a metal strip.

8. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the grounding element has a wider side arranged along a narrower side of the radiative element and a narrower side arranged along a wider side of the radiative element.

9. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an auxiliary supporting element disposed between the radiative element and the ground plane for auxiliary support of the radiative element.

10. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 9, wherein the auxiliary supporting element has a dielectric constant lower than 1.2 and a dissipation factor lower than 0.01.

11. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 10, wherein the auxiliary supporting element is made of foam.

12. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmission line connected to the feed element is a coaxial cable.

13. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmission line connected to the feed element is a transmission line of a printed circuit board (PCB).