Mobile telecommunication terminal

• US 8,111,194 B2
• Filed: 11/23/2007
• Issued: 02/07/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Chang, Ki Won, Seo, Jeong Sik, Park, Hyun Do, Sung, Jae Suk
• Primary Examiner(s): Choi, Jacob Y
• Assistant Examiner(s): Karacsony, Robert
• Application Number:
  US11/944,573
• Publication Number:
  US 20080129604A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,537 Days
• Field of Search: 343/700.MS, 343/702, 343/846, 343/872, 343/873
• US Class Current: 343/700.MS
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2283 mounted in or on the surface of a semiconductor substrate as a chip-type antenna or integrated with other components into an IC package
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/42 with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/0243 Printed circuits associated with mounted high frequency components
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10636 Leadless chip, e.g. chip capacitor or resistor
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 70/50 Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product

Abstract

There is provided a mobile telecommunication terminal comprising: a chip antenna, and a printed circuit board having the chip antenna mounted on one surface thereof, the printed circuit board comprising a tuning ground pattern formed on a surface opposing the one surface of the printed circuit board to have one end connected to a ground part so as to be used for tuning frequency characteristics of the chip antenna.

Claims

1. A mobile telecommunication terminal, comprising:

a chip antenna comprising;

a dielectric block shaped as a rectangular parallelepiped and having opposing top and bottom surfaces and first through fourth side surfaces connecting the top and bottom surfaces, wherein the second side surface is opposing the first side surface of the dielectric block;

a first conductive pattern formed on the first side surface of the dielectric block to be connected to an external feeding part;

a second conductive pattern formed across the second side surface and the top surface of the dielectric block, wherein the second conductive pattern is spaced apart from the first conductive pattern at a certain distance so as to be capacitively coupled to the first conductive pattern to define a radiator, and wherein the second conductive pattern has one end connected to an external ground part; and

a third conductive pattern formed on the bottom surface of the dielectric block, wherein the third conductive pattern is spaced apart from the first conductive pattern at a certain distance so as to be capacitively coupled to the first conductive pattern to enable impedance matching of the chip antenna, and wherein the third conductive pattern has a lower end connected to the external ground part, and

a printed circuit board having the chip antenna mounted on one surface thereof, the printed circuit board comprising a tuning ground pattern formed on a surface opposing the one surface of the printed circuit board, the tuning ground pattern having one end connected to the external ground part for tuning frequency characteristics of the chip antenna,

wherein a coupling capacitance between the first and second conductive patterns is greater than a coupling capacitance between the first and third conductive patterns,

wherein a length of the third conductive pattern is determined to adjust the impedance matching of the chip antenna and to result in a corresponding variation in a resonant frequency of the chip antenna, and

wherein the coupling capacitance between the first and third conductive patterns is greater than a coupling capacitance between the second and third conductive patterns.

2. The mobile telecommunication terminal of claim 1, wherein the tuning ground pattern has an open-square shape defined along an edge of a portion corresponding to a mounting area of the chip antenna.

3. The mobile telecommunication terminal of claim 1,

wherein the first side surface is parallel to a longitudinal direction of the dielectric block.

4. The mobile telecommunication terminal of claim 1, wherein the first conductive pattern is L-shaped.

5. The mobile telecommunication terminal of claim 1, wherein the first conductive pattern has an upper end in contact with a boundary line between the first side surface and the top surface of the dielectric block.

6. The mobile telecommunication terminal of claim 1, wherein the second conductive pattern has another end spaced apart from a boundary line between the top surface and the first side surface of the dielectric block.

7. The mobile telecommunication terminal of claim 1, wherein the third conductive pattern has the lower end in contact with a boundary line between the bottom surface and the first side surface of the dielectric body, the third conductive pattern having at least one bending.

8. The mobile telecommunication terminal of claim 3, wherein the tuning ground pattern has an open-square shape defined along an edge of a portion corresponding to a mounting area of the chip antenna,

the first conductive pattern is formed on the first side surface of the dielectric block, and has an L shape such that an upper end of the first conductive pattern is in contact with a boundary line between the first side surface and the top surface of the dielectric block,

the second conductive pattern is formed across the second side surface and the top surface of the dielectric block, the second conductive pattern having another end spaced apart at a certain distance from the boundary line between the top surface and the first surface of the dielectric block, and

the third conductive pattern is formed on the bottom surface of the dielectric block and has the lower end in contact with a boundary line between the bottom surface and the first side surface of the dielectric block, the third conductive pattern having at least one bending.

9. The mobile telecommunication terminal of claim 1, wherein the coupling capacitance between the first and the third conductive patterns is made greater by increasing the length of the third conductive pattern.

10. The mobile telecommunication terminal of claim 1, wherein the tuning ground pattern is formed in a portion extended from the third conductive pattern on the printed circuit board.