Antenna device

• US 7,714,786 B2
• Filed: 01/04/2008
• Issued: 05/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Chen, Kuo-Cheng, Wang, Ching-Sung, Chen, Min-Che
• Primary Examiner(s): Tan; Vibol
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tran; Jany
• Application Number:
  US11/969,227
• Publication Number:
  US 20090135067A1
• Time in Patent Office: 858 Days
• Field of Search: 343845-849, 343/700.MS, 343/702
• US Class Current: 343/700.0MS
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2266 disposed inside the computer
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/38 formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support patch antennas H01Q9/0407; microstrip dipole antennas H01Q9/065; microstrip slot antennas H01Q13/106; transmission line microstrip antennas H01Q13/206; manufacturing reflecting surfaces using insulating material for supporting the reflecting surface H01Q15/142
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/0407 Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna dipole H01Q9/285; monopole H01Q9/40
• 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 device including a ground plane, a circuit board, an antenna, and a conductive wire is provided. The circuit board includes a signal feed point, and the antenna includes a radiation portion and a feed portion extending externally from the radiation portion. The feed portion is electrically connected to the signal feed point, and the conductive wire is disposed on the circuit board and electrically connected to the ground plane and the signal feed point. The conductive wire is, for example, a printed trace formed on the circuit board.

Claims

1. An antenna device, comprising:

a ground plane;

a circuit board, comprising a signal feed point;

an antenna, comprising a radiation portion and a feed portion extending from the radiation portion and electrically connected to the signal feed point; and

a conductive wire, electrically connected to the ground plane and the signal feed point, wherein the antenna is grounded through the signal feed point and the conductive wire.

2. The antenna device according to claim 1, wherein the conductive wire includes a printed trace disposed on the circuit board.

3. The antenna device according to claim 2, wherein a length of the conductive wire is between 2 mm and 5 mm, and a width of the conductive wire is between 0.25 mm and 0.5 mm.

4. The antenna device according to claim 1, wherein a distance between the radiation portion and the ground plane is at least 2 mm.

5. The antenna device according to claim 1, wherein the radiation portion has a plane.

6. The antenna device according to claim 5, wherein the plane of the radiation portion is substantially perpendicular to the circuit board.

7. The antenna device according to claim 5, wherein the plane of the radiation portion is substantially parallel to the circuit board.

8. The antenna device according to claim 1, wherein the antenna is mounted on the circuit board by a surface mounting technology (SMT).

9. The antenna device according to claim 1, further comprising an antenna pedestal, wherein the antenna is fixed on the antenna pedestal.

10. The antenna device according to claim 9, wherein a material of the antenna pedestal is plastic, and the antenna is fixed by insert-molding to the antenna pedestal.

11. The antenna device according to claim 10, wherein the antenna is mounted on the circuit board by a surface mounting technology (SMT).

12. The antenna device according to claim 1, wherein the antenna device is a global positioning system (GPS) antenna, a wireless LAN (WiFi) antenna, or a Bluetooth antenna.

13. The antenna device according to claim 1, wherein the circuit board comprises the ground plane.

14. An antenna device, comprising:

a ground plane;

a signal feed point;

an antenna, comprising a radiation portion and a feed portion extending from the radiation portion and electrically connected to the signal feed point; and

a conductive wire, electrically connected to the ground plane and the signal feed point, wherein the antenna is grounded through the signal feed point and the conductive wire.

15. The antenna device according to claim 14, further comprising a circuit board, wherein the conductive wire includes a printed trace disposed on the circuit board.

16. The antenna device according to claim 15, wherein a length of the conductive wire is between 2 mm and 5 mm, and a width of the conductive wire is between 0.25 mm and 0.5 mm.

17. The antenna device according to claim 14, wherein a distance between the radiation portion and the ground plane is at least 2 mm.

18. The antenna device according to claim 14, wherein the radiation portion has a plane.

19. The antenna device according to claim 18, wherein the plane of the radiation portion is substantially perpendicular to the ground plane.

20. The antenna device according to claim 18, wherein the plane of the radiation portion is substantially parallel to the ground plane.

21. The antenna device according to claim 14, further comprising a circuit board, wherein the antenna is mounted on the circuit board by a surface mounting technology (SMT).

22. The antenna device according to claim 14, further comprising an antenna pedestal, wherein the antenna is fixed on the antenna pedestal.

23. The antenna device according to claim 22, wherein a material of the antenna pedestal is plastic, and the antenna is fixed by insert-molding to the antenna pedestal.

24. The antenna device according to claim 23, further comprising a circuit board, wherein the antenna is mounted on the circuit board by a surface mounting technology (SMT).

25. The antenna device according to claim 14, further comprising a circuit board, wherein the circuit board comprises the ground plane.