Notebook and antenna structure thereof

• US 7,535,422 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2005
• Issued: 05/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation (Wistron Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation (Wistron Corporation)
• Inventors: Cheng, Kai-Hong, Liu, Chih-Kai
• Primary Examiner(s): Le; HoangAnh T
• Application Number:
  US11/324,048
• Publication Number:
  US 20070040754A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,235 Days
• Field of Search: 343/700.MS, 343/702, 343/846, 343/848
• US Class Current: 343/702
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/22 by structural association with other equipment or articles
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2266 disposed inside the computer
• 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 5/371 Branching current paths
• 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 9/42 with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength

Abstract

An antenna structure includes a ground element, a first transmitting element and a second transmitting element. The first transmitting element transmits a first wireless signal, and comprises a first connecting portion and a first radiation portion. The first connecting portion is connected to the ground element and the first radiation portion. The second transmitting element transmits a second wireless signal and comprises a second connecting portion and a second radiation portion. The second connecting portion is connected to the ground element and the second radiation portion. The second connecting portion is shorter than the first connecting portion, and the second radiation portion is shorter than the first radiation portion.

Claims

1. An antenna structure, comprising:

a ground element;

a first transmitting element, transmitting a first signal, including a first connecting portion and a first radiation portion connected to the ground element via the first connecting portion, wherein the first radiation portion comprises a first portion and a second portion, the first portion and the second portion are connected to the first connecting portion, and the first portion and the second portion respectively extend in a first and a second directions; and

a second transmitting element, transmitting a second signal, including a second connecting portion and a second radiation portion connected to the ground element via the second connecting portion, wherein the second radiation portion comprises a third portion and a fourth portion, the third portion and the forth portion are connected to the second connecting portion, and the third portion and the forth portion respectively extend in the first direction and the second direction, the second connecting portion is shorter than the first connecting portion, and the second radiation portion is shorter than the first radiation portion.

2. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a first signal line, a first ground line, a second signal line and a second ground line, wherein the first signal line is coupled to the first transmitting element, the first ground line is grounded, the second signal line is coupled to the second transmitting element, and the second ground line is grounded.

3. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein a first gap is formed between the first radiation portion and the second radiation portion, and the first gap is wider than 0.6 mm.

4. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein a second gap is formed between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion, and the second gap is wider than 2 mm.

5. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first connecting portion comprises a first L-shaped element, and the second connecting portion comprises a second L-shaped element.

6. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 5, wherein a free end of the first L-shaped element extends in a second direction, a free end of the second L-shaped element extends in a first direction, and the second direction is opposite to the first direction.

7. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first portion and the second portion are aligned on a straight line.

8. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first portion is longer than the second portion, the first portion transmits the first wireless signal, and the second portion transmits a third wireless signal.

9. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 8, wherein the frequency of the first wireless signal is 900 MHz, and the frequency of the third wireless signal is 1800 MHz.

10. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the third portion is shorter than the fourth portion, the third portion transmits the second wireless signal, and the fourth portion transmits a fourth wireless signal.

11. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 10, wherein the frequency of the second wireless signal is 5 GHz, and the frequency of the fourth wireless signal is 2 GHz.

12. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the third portion is longer than the fourth portion, the third portion transmits the fourth wireless signal, and the fourth portion transmits a second wireless signal.

13. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first transmitting element and the second transmitting element are located on a first plane.

14. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ground element comprises a first side and a notch formed on the first side, the first transmitting element and the second transmitting element are disposed on the first side, and the notch is located between the first transmitting element and the second transmitting element.

15. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein a distance between the second radiation element and the ground element is shorter than a distance between the first radiation element and the ground element.

16. A notebook, comprising:

a housing;

a screen, disposed on the housing;

a control interface, disposed on the housing; and

the antenna structure as claimed in claim 1, disposed in the housing.

17. An antenna structure, comprising:

a ground element;

a first transmitting element, transmitting a first wireless signal, comprising a first connecting portion and a first radiation portion, wherein the first connecting portion is connected to the ground element, the first radiation portion is connected to the first connecting portion, the first radiation portion comprises a first portion, a second portion and a first conductive portion, the first conductive portion is connected to the first connecting portion, the first portion is connected to the first conductive portion extending in a first direction, the second portion is connected to the first conductive portion extending in a second direction, and the first direction is opposite to the second direction; and

a second transmitting element, transmitting a second wireless signal, comprising a second connecting portion and a second radiation portion, wherein the second connecting portion is connected to the ground element, and the second radiation portion is connected to the second connecting portion, wherein the second radiation portion comprises a third portion, a fourth portion and a second conductive portion, the second conductive portion is connected to the second connecting portion, the third portion is connected to the second conductive portion extending in the first direction, the fourth portion is connected to the second conductive portion extending in a second direction, the first direction is opposite to the second direction, and a distance between the second radiation element and the ground element is shorter than a distance between the first radiation element and the ground element.

18. An antenna structure, comprising:

a ground element;

a first transmitting element, transmitting a first signal, including a first connecting portion and a first radiation portion connected to the ground element via the first connecting portion, wherein the first radiation portion comprises a first portion, a second portion and a first conductive portion, the first conductive portion is connected to the first connecting portion, the second portion is connected to the first conductive portion extending in a second direction, and the first portion is connected to the second portion extending in a first direction; and

a second transmitting element, transmitting a second signal, including a second connecting portion and a second radiation portion connected to the ground element via the second connecting portion, wherein the second radiation portion comprises a third portion, a fourth portion and a second conductive portion, the second conductive portion is connected to the second connecting portion, the third portion is connected to the second conductive portion, the fourth portion is connected to the second conductive portion extending in the second direction, the second connecting portion is shorter than the first connecting portion, and the second radiation portion is shorter than the first radiation portion.

19. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 18, wherein a cross section of the second portion is a U-shaped structure comprising a first sheet, a second sheet and a third sheet, the first sheet connected to the second sheet, the second sheet connected to the third sheet, the first sheet parallel to the third sheet, and the first sheet is connected to the first conductive portion.

20. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 19, wherein the first sheet, the first conductive portion, the first connecting portion and the second transmitting element are located on a first plane.

21. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 19, wherein the first portion is connected to the second sheet.

22. The antenna structure as claimed in claim 19, wherein the first sheet, the first conductive portion and the first connecting portion are located on a first plane, the second transmitting element is located on a second plane, and the first plane is parallel to the second plane.