Antenna applied to slide type mobile communication terminal

• US 7,904,126 B2
• Filed: 07/14/2006
• Issued: 03/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kwon, Do-hoon, Yoon, Ick-jae, Koo, Ji-hun, Kim, Yong-jin, Kim, Young-eil
• Primary Examiner(s): MEHRPOUR, NAGHMEH
• Application Number:
  US11/486,280
• Publication Number:
  US 20070126644A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,698 Days
• Field of Search: 455/575.4, 455/575.5, 455/41.1, 455/575.3, 455/575.1, 455/550.1, 343/702, 343/700, 343/729, 343/795, 343/725, 343/102, 343/821, 343/793, 343/797, 343/799, 343/830
• US Class Current: 455/575.4
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2216 used in interrogator/reader equipment
• 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 19/00 Combinations of primary active antenna elements and units with secondary devices, e.g. with quasi-optical devices, for giving the antenna a desired directional characteristic combination of horns with slotted waveguide array H01Q13/0233

Abstract

An antenna applied to a slide type mobile communication terminal includes a first board mounted in a first body; a second board mounted in a second body; a radiating element mounted to the second body; and a first contact formed to connect to the second board at one end and contact with the first board at the other end when the first body slides. Accordingly, an antenna with directionality can be realized for applications to short range communication systems.

Claims

1. An antenna applied to a slide type mobile communication terminal having a first body and a second body that are slidable in a vertical direction, the antenna comprising:

a first board mounted in the first body;

a second board mounted in the second body;

a radiating element mounted to the second body; and

a first contact formed to connect to the second board at one end and contact with the first board at the other end when the first body slides,

wherein the first contact comprises a pair of strips whose upper ends, which contact the first board, are respectively projected away from the second board by a certain interval.

2. The antenna as in claim 1, wherein the radiating element is whip shaped.

3. The antenna as in claim 1, wherein the first contact has a length corresponding to a position where the first contact is contactable with a lower end of the first board when the first body slides upward from a lower end of the second board.

4. The antenna as in claim 1, further comprising:

a first extension formed by bending the strips of the first contact toward the first board from the upper ends and extending by a certain width, wherein the first extension contacts with a lower end of the first board when the first body slides upwards.

5. The antenna as in claim 1, further comprising:

a conductive member electrically connecting the second board and the first contact by penetrating through the second board and the first contact at a specific position where the second board and the first contact are connected.

6. The antenna as in claim 1, further comprising:

a couple of second contacts formed at side ends of the first board in a longitudinal direction and facing each other perpendicular to the first board, wherein lower ends of the couple of second contacts contact with the first contact, respectively, when the first body slides upward.

7. The antenna as in claim 6, further comprising:

a second extension formed by bending the second contact inwards from a lower end and extending by a certain width, wherein the second extension contacts with the first contact when the first body slides upward.

8. The antenna as in claim 1, wherein the first contact is formed on a lower side of the second board.

9. The antenna as in claim 1, further comprising a power feeding point disposed for supplying current from a signal input terminal of the second board to the radiating element.

10. The antenna as in claim 1, wherein the first board is a first circuit board and the second board is a second circuit board.