Dual band antenna unit for mobile device

• US 7,427,958 B2
• Filed: 12/28/2006
• Issued: 09/23/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Seong Wook, Kim, Kee Dug, Yoon, Il Bae
• Primary Examiner(s): Dinh; Trinh V
• Assistant Examiner(s): DUONG, DIEU HIEN
• Application Number:
  US11/647,022
• Publication Number:
  US 20080024372A1
• Time in Patent Office: 635 Days
• Field of Search: 343/702, 343/901
• US Class Current: 343/702
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/244 extendable from a housing along a given path
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/30 Combinations of separate antenna units operating in different wavebands and connected to a common feeder system
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/371 Branching current paths

Abstract

A dual band antenna unit for a mobile device may include an antenna receiving part, a first antenna part having a first contact point and a second contact point, a second antenna part, a first feed point and a second feed point. The second antenna part may be formed integrally with the first antenna part and may extend from the first antenna part. The second antenna part may be extractably and retractably mounted in the mobile device. The first antenna part and the second antenna part may have resonant frequencies of different frequency bands. When the second antenna part is extracted, the first contact point may contact the first feed point. When the second antenna part is retracted, the second contact point may contact the second feed point. The mobile device may operate in different frequency bands using a single antenna unit, thereby allowing freedom of internal design and meeting the demand for miniaturization.

Claims

1. A dual band antenna unit for a mobile device, the antenna unit comprising:

a first antenna part having a resonant frequency corresponding to a first frequency band;

a first contact point formed in the first antenna part at an upper portion thereof;

a second contact point formed in the first antenna part at a lower portion thereof;

a second antenna part formed integrally with the first antenna part and extending from the first antenna part, the second antenna part being extractably and retractably mounted in the mobile device, and when the second antenna is extracted, the second antenna part has a resonant frequency corresponding to a second frequency band;

an antenna receiving part for receiving the first antenna part and the second antenna part;

a first feed point formed in the antenna receiving part at a first position thereof; and

a second feed point formed in the antenna receiving part at a second, lower position thereof than the first feed point;

wherein extraction of the second antenna part connects the first contact point to the first feed point and retraction if the second antenna part connects the second contact point to the second feed point.

2. The dual band antenna unit of claim 1, wherein the first frequency band is a Bluetooth signal frequency band and the second frequency band is a digital broadcast signal frequency band.

3. The dual band antenna unit of claim 1, wherein the first antenna part is located within the mobile device.

4. The dual band antenna unit of claim 1, wherein the first antenna part is a helical antenna.

5. A dual band antenna unit for a mobile device, the antenna unit comprising:

an antenna receiving part;

an antenna extractably and retractably mounted in the mobile device, the antenna having a first contact point and a second contact point;

a first feed point formed in the antenna receiving part at an upper position thereof; and

a second feed point formed in the antenna receiving part at a lower position thereof,

wherein when the antenna is extracted, the first contact point is connected to the first feed point and the antenna is divided into a first antenna part and a second antenna part with regard to the first contact point, and

when the antenna is retracted, the second contact point is connected to the second feed point and a portion of the antenna protrudes from the second contact point in an inward direction of the mobile device, the protruding portion of the antenna thereby being a third antenna part.

6. The dual band antenna unit of claim 5, wherein the first antenna part has a resonant frequency corresponding to a first frequency band and the second antenna part has a resonant frequency corresponding to a second frequency band.

7. The dual band antenna unit of claim 6, wherein the first frequency band is a digital broadcast signal frequency band and the second frequency band is a Bluetooth signal frequency band.

8. The dual band antenna unit of claim 5, wherein the third antenna part has a resonant frequency corresponding to a third frequency band.

9. The dual band antenna unit of claim 5, wherein the resonant frequency corresponding to the second antenna part is equal to the resonant frequency corresponding to the third antenna part.

10. The dual band antenna unit of claim 5, further comprising a stopper, wherein the first contact point is in contact with the stopper when the antenna is retracted.