Multi-band compact PIFA antenna with meandered slot(s)

• US 7,482,991 B2
• Filed: 04/01/2005
• Issued: 01/27/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: NXP B.V. (NXP Semiconductors NV)
• Inventors: Boyle, Kevin Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): MANCUSO, HUEDUNG XUAN CAO
• Application Number:
  US11/547,738
• Publication Number:
  US 20070205947A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,397 Days
• Field of Search: 343/767, 343/700.MS, 343/702, 343/846, 343/829
• US Class Current: 343/767
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/245 with means for shaping the antenna pattern, e.g. in order to protect user against rf exposure
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/36 Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; Particular materials used therewithH01Q1/08, H01Q1/14 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/28 Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting antenna units or systems multiple beam H01Q25/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/29 Combinations of different interacting antenna units for giving a desired directional characteristic H01Q25/00 takes precedence
• 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: 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 9/0442 with particular tuning means

Abstract

A planar antenna assembly comprises a Planar Inverted F Antenna mounted on a printed circuit board (PP) and comprising i) a radiating element (RE1, RE2) comprising first (RE1) and second (RE2) parts approximately perpendicular one to the other and being respectively located in a first plan facing and parallel to a ground plane mounted on a face of the printed circuit board (PP) and in a second plane perpendicular to said ground plane, ii) a feed tab (FT) extending from said second part (RE2) to said printed circuit board (PP), and iii) a main slot (SO1) having a chosen length and comprising a linear part (LP) defined in the second part (RE2) at a chosen location between lateral sides of the radiating element (RE1, RE2) and a meandered part (MP) extending the linear part (LP) into the first part (RE1). The second part (RE2) is arranged such that without the main slot (SO1) high and low frequency bands are equally capacitive and inductive respectively, and the length of the main slot (SO1) is such that it is electrically quarter-wave long at approximately the geometric mean of the low and high frequency bands.

Claims

1. A planar antenna assembly, characterized in that it comprises a Planar Inverted F Antenna mounted on a printed circuit board and comprising i) a radiating element comprising first and second parts approximately perpendicular one to the other and being respectively located in a first plan facing and parallel to a ground plane mounted on a face of said printed circuit board and in a second plane perpendicular to said ground plane, ii) a feed tab extending from said second part to said printed circuit board and iii) a main slot having a chosen length and comprising a linear part defined in said second part at a chosen location between lateral sides of said radiating element and a meandered part extending said linear part into said first part, said second part being arranged such that without said main slot high and low frequency bands are equally capacitive and inductive respectively, and the length of said main slot being such that it is electrically quarter-wave long at approximately the geometric mean of said low and high frequency bands.

2. A planar antenna assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that said first part and said second part have approximately rectangular shapes.

3. A planar antenna assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that it offers at least a dual-resonance having frequencies defined at least by the chosen location of said main slot between said lateral sides of said radiating element.

4. A planar antenna assembly according to claim 3, characterized in that said resonance frequencies are also defined by said main slot length.

5. A planar antenna assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that it also comprises i) a shorting tab extending from said second part to said printed circuit board between said feed tab and said linear part of said main slot and ii) a differential meandered slot defined into said first and second parts of said radiating element between said feed and shorting tabs to introduce an additional resonance having a frequency determined by the length of said differential meandered slot.

6. A planar antenna assembly according to claim 5, characterized in that it comprises a diplexer arranged to broaden at least one of said frequency bands.

7. A planar antenna assembly according to claim 6, characterized in that said diplexer comprises a switched circuitry arranged for band selection.

8. A planar antenna assembly according to claim 5, characterized in that it offers a chosen nominal resistance defined by the location of said differential meandered slot between the chosen location of said main slot (Sol) and one of said lateral sides of said radiating element.

9. A planar antenna assembly according to claim 6, characterized in that said diplexer comprises blocking filters for separating the bands.

10. A planar antenna assembly according to claim 9, characterized in that said diplexer comprises broadbanding parallel resonators for widening the antenna bandwidth and increasing the isolation.

11. A planar antenna assembly according to claim 6, characterized in that said diplexer comprises a phase rotating circuit.

12. A planar antenna assembly according to claim 11, characterized in that said diplexer comprises series resonant circuits for broadbanding.

13. A planar antenna assembly according to claim 5, characterized in that said printed circuit board comprises at least one notch arranged to introduce an additional band.

14. A communication apparatus, characterized in that it comprises at least one planar antenna assembly according to claim 1.

15. A RF module, characterized in that it comprises at least one planar antenna assembly according to claim 1.