Internal diversity antenna architecture

• US 7,940,223 B2
• Filed: 05/01/2009
• Issued: 05/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Dou, Weiping, Senatore, Stephen, Zarnowitz, Arthur
• Primary Examiner(s): MANCUSO, HUEDUNG XUAN CAO
• Application Number:
  US12/434,434
• Publication Number:
  US 20090295651A1
• Time in Patent Office: 739 Days
• Field of Search: 343/702, 343/725, 343/700.MS, 343749-751, 343/729, 343/847
• 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 internal to said housing and connected to said printed circuit board, said first diversity antenna positioned substantially near a top of said printed circuit board;

a second diversity antenna internal to said housing and connected to said printed circuit board, said second diversity antenna positioned substantially near a bottom of said printed circuit board; and

a ground plane within the housing, the ground plane extending underneath the first diversity antenna, the ground plane not extending underneath the second diversity antenna.

2. The wireless device of claim 1, said first and second diversity antennas having varying polarities.

3. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein said first diversity antenna is vertically polarized.

4. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein said second diversity antenna is horizontally polarized.

5. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein said second diversity antenna is vertically polarized with a cross-polarization component.

6. The wireless device of claim 1, said first diversity antenna comprising a primary antenna and said second diversity antenna comprising a secondary antenna.

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

8. 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.

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

10. The wireless device of claim 1, a length of the wireless device is greater than 0.3 times a wavelength of a lowest operating frequency of the wireless device, and the first and second diversity antennas are separated from each other by a distance greater than or equal to a quarter wavelength of the lowest operating frequency of the wireless device.

11. A wireless device, comprising:

a housing enclosing a printed circuit board;

a first diversity antenna internal to said housing, said first diversity antenna positioned substantially near a top of said housing;

a second diversity antenna internal to said housing, said second diversity antenna positioned substantially near a bottom of said housing;

said first and second diversity antennas having varying polarities; and

a ground plane within the housing, the ground plane extending underneath the first diversity antenna, the ground plane not extending underneath the second diversity antenna.

12. The wireless device of claim 11, wherein said first diversity antenna is vertically polarized.

13. The wireless device of claim 11, wherein said second diversity antenna is horizontally polarized.

14. The wireless device of claim 11, wherein said second diversity antenna is vertically polarized with a cross-polarization component.

15. The wireless device of claim 11, said first diversity antenna comprising a primary antenna and said second diversity antenna comprising a secondary antenna.

16. The wireless device of claim 15, said primary antenna arranged for transmission and said secondary antenna arranged for transmission and reception.

17. The wireless device of claim 16, said primary antenna arranged for reception.

18. The wireless device of claim 11, 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.

19. The wireless device of claim 11, said first diversity antenna and said second diversity antenna to achieve Evolution Data Optimized diversity.

20. The wireless device of claim 11, ground plane separated from the second diversity antenna by a clearance distance.

21. The wireless device of claim 20, said clearance distance being no less than 5 mm.

22. A wireless node for a communications system, comprising:

a primary receiver;

a secondary receiver;

a first antenna and a second antenna each having a fixed position within an internal housing, with both said first and second antennas having varying polarities;

a ground plane within the internal housing, the ground plane extending underneath the first diversity antenna, the ground plane not extending underneath the second diversity antenna; 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.

23. The wireless node of claim 22, said switching system to connect said primary antenna to said primary receiver and to connect said secondary antenna to said secondary receiver.

24. The wireless node of claim 22, said switching system to share reception between said primary antenna and said secondary antenna.

25. The wireless node of claim 22, wherein said first diversity antenna is vertically polarized, and said second diversity antenna is horizontally polarized or vertically polarized with a cross-polarization component.