Internal diversity antenna architecture

• US 7,548,208 B2
• Filed: 02/24/2006
• Issued: 06/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Palm, Inc. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Senatore, Stephen, Dou, Weiping, Zarnowitz, Arthur
• Primary Examiner(s): MANCUSO, HUEDUNG XUAN CAO
• Application Number:
  US11/361,860
• Publication Number:
  US 20070200773A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,208 Days
• Field of Search: 343/702, 343/847, 343/725, 343/700.MS, 343/729, 343749-751, 455/552.1
• US Class Current: 343/702
• 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: H04B 7/0602 using antenna switching H04B7/0686 takes precedence; antenna beam directivity switching H01Q3/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0825 with main and with auxiliary or diversity antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0831 Compensation of the diversity switching process for non-uniform properties or faulty operations of the switches used in the diversity switching process

Abstract

Various embodiments of an internal diversity antenna architecture are described. In one embodiment, a wireless device may include a housing enclosing a printed circuit board, a first diversity antenna, and a second diversity antenna internal to the housing. The second diversity antenna may be positioned substantially near the bottom of the housing or the bottom the printed circuit board. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A wireless device, comprising:

a housing enclosing a printed circuit board;

a first diversity antenna disposed on the printed circuit board;

a second diversity antenna disposed on the printed circuit board and internal to said housing, said second diversity antenna positioned substantially near a bottom of said housing or a bottom of said printed circuit board; and

said first diversity antenna comprising a primary antenna and said second diversity antenna comprising a secondary antenna, and wherein said first diversity antenna and said second diversity antenna are both positioned parallel to a ground plane.

2. The wireless device of claim 1, said first diversity antenna internal to said housing.

3. The wireless device of claim 2, said first diversity antenna positioned substantially near a top of said housing or a top of said printed circuit board.

4. The wireless device of claim 1, said primary antenna configured for transmission and said secondary antenna configured for transmission and reception.

5. The wireless device of claim 4, said primary antenna configured for reception.

6. The wireless device of claim 2, said wireless device having a length greater than 0.3 wavelength of a lowest operating frequency.

7. The wireless device of claim 2, said first diversity antenna and said second diversity antenna separated by a distance greater than or equal to a quarter wavelength of a lowest operating frequency of said wireless device.

8. The wireless device of claim 1, said first diversity antenna and said second diversity antenna to operate in one or more frequency bands.

9. The wireless device of claim 1, said first diversity antenna and said second diversity antenna combining to achieve Evolution Data Optimized diversity.

10. The wireless device of claim 1, said second diversity antenna comprising at least one of a monopole-antenna, an inverted-L antenna, a meandered monopole, a printed helical antenna, a dipole antenna, or a balanced antenna.

11. The wireless device of claim 1, said second diversity antenna comprising a planar inverted F-antenna.

12. The wireless device of claim 1, further comprising a ground plane.

13. The wireless device of claim 12, said second diversity antenna separated from said ground plane by a clearance distance no less than 5 mm.

14. The wireless device of claim 12, wherein said ground plane extends underneath said second diversity antenna.

15. A wireless device, comprising:

a housing enclosing a printed circuit board;

a first diversity antenna internal to said housing and disposed on the printed circuit board;

a second diversity antenna internal to said housing and disposed on the printed circuit board, said second diversity antenna positioned substantially at a bottom of said housing or a bottom of said printed circuit board; and

said first diversity antenna comprising a primary antenna and said second diversity antenna comprising a secondary antenna, and wherein said first diversity antenna and said second diversity antenna are both positioned parallel to a ground plane.

16. The wireless device of claim 15, said first diversity antenna positioned substantially at a top of said housing or a top of said printed circuit board.

17. A communications system comprising a wireless node, said wireless node comprising:

a primary receiver;

a secondary receiver;

a first antenna and a second antenna disposed on a printed circuit board, with both said first and second antennas positioned parallel to a ground plane; and

a switching system to automatically select one of said first antenna and said second antenna as a primary antenna and the other of said first antenna and said second antenna as a secondary antenna.

18. The communications system of claim 17, said switching system to connect said primary antenna to said primary receiver and to connect said secondary antenna to said secondary receiver.

19. The communications system of claim 17, said switching system to share reception between said primary antenna and said secondary antenna.