Electronic apparatus and antenna unit

• US 8,115,691 B2
• Filed: 10/09/2009
• Issued: 02/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Client Solutions CO., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Takasu, Nobuaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Choi, Jacob Y
• Assistant Examiner(s): Patel, Amal
• Application Number:
  US12/576,817
• Publication Number:
  US 20100134362A1
• Time in Patent Office: 858 Days
• Field of Search: 343/870, 343/725, 343/729, 343/726, 343/728, 343/866, 343/893, 343/700.MS
• US Class Current: 343/702
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 7/00 Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/0407 Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna dipole H01Q9/285; monopole H01Q9/40

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a first board contained in the housing, a second board contained in the housing on the inner side of the first board, a first antenna part, and a second antenna part. The first antenna part includes a loop antenna provided on the first board, and configured to communicate with a communication module opposed to the loop antenna. The second antenna part includes an element part provided in an area surrounded by the loop antenna, and positioned in the same plane as the loop antenna, and a ground part provided on the second board, and configured to communicate with a communication module opposed to the element part.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing;

a first board contained in the housing;

a second board contained in the housing on an inner side of the first board;

a first antenna part comprising a loop antenna provided on the first board, the first antenna part being configured to communicate with a communication module opposed to the loop antenna; and

a second antenna part comprising an element part provided in an area surrounded by the loop antenna, and positioned in the same plane as the loop antenna, a ground part provided on the second board, a resonance stub provided on the second board, and a connection part standing between the resonance stub and the element part and electrically connecting the element part to the resonance stub, the second antenna part being configured to communicate with a communication module opposed to the element part.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the first board comprises an opening part in an area surrounded by the loop antenna, and the element part is supported by the second board by way of the connection part, and is inserted in the opening part to be positioned in the same plane as the loop antenna.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the element part is provided on the first board,

the first board comprises a pad opposed to the second board, and a through-hole electrically connecting the element part to the pad, and

the connection part is electrically connected to the pad.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 2, wherein

the first antenna part comprises a transmission and reception circuit part electrically connected to the loop antenna, and the transmission and reception circuit part is mounted on the second board.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 4, further comprising a spacer interposed between the first board and the second board, and positioning the loop antenna and the element part in the same plane.

6. An antenna unit comprising:

a first board;

a second board arranged parallel with the first board;

a first antenna part comprising a loop antenna provided on the first board, the first antenna part being configured to communicate with a communication module opposed to the loop antenna; and

a second antenna part comprising an element part provided in an area surrounded by the loop antenna, and positioned in the same plane as the loop antenna, a ground part provided on the second board, a resonance stub provided on the second board, and a connection part standing between the resonance stub and the element part and electrically connecting the element part to the resonance stub, the second antenna part being configured to communicate with a communication module opposed to the element part.

7. The antenna unit of claim 6, wherein

the first board comprises an opening part in an area surrounded by the loop antenna, and the element part is supported by the second board by way of the connection part, and is inserted in the opening part to be positioned in the same plane as the loop antenna.

8. The antenna unit of claim 6, wherein

the element part is provided on the first board,

the first board comprises a pad opposed to the second board, and a through-hole electrically connecting the element part to the pad, and

the connection part is electrically connected to the pad.

9. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing;

a first antenna part contained in the housing and comprising a loop antenna, the first antenna part being configured to communicate with a communication module opposed to the loop antenna;

a second antenna part comprising an element part provided in an area surrounded by the loop antenna, a ground part provided in the housing on an inner side of the element part and opposed to the element part, and a resonance stub positioned between the ground part and the element part, the second antenna part being configured to communicate with a communication module opposed to the element part; and

a connection part positioned between the resonance stub and the element part and electrically connecting the element part to the resonance stub.

10. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing;

a first board contained in the housing and comprising an opening part;

a second board contained in the housing on an inner side of the first board;

a first antenna part comprising a loop antenna surrounding the opening part of the first board, the first antenna part being configured to communicate with a communication module opposed to the loop antenna; and

a second antenna part comprising an element part supported by the second board and positioned at the opening part, a ground part provided on the second board, and a resonance stub positioned between the ground part and the element part, the second antenna part being configured to communicate with a communication module opposed to the element part.

11. The electronic apparatus of claim 10, further comprising a connection part standing between the resonance stub and the element part and electrically connecting the element part to the resonance stub.

12. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing;

a first board contained in the housing and comprising an opening part;

a second board contained in the housing on an inner side of the first board;

a first antenna part comprising a loop antenna surrounding the opening part of the first board, the first antenna part being configured to communicate with a communication module opposed to the loop antenna; and

a second antenna part comprising an element part supported by the second board by way of a connection part positioned between the element part and the second board, and positioned at the opening part, and a ground part provided on the second board, the second antenna part being configured to communicate with a communication module opposed to the element part.

13. An antenna unit comprising:

a first antenna part comprising a loop antenna, the first antenna part being configured to communicate with a communication module opposed to the loop antenna;

a second antenna part comprising an element part provided in an area surrounded by the loop antenna, and positioned in the same plane as the loop antenna, a ground part opposed to the element part, and a resonance stub positioned between the ground part and the element part, the second antenna part being configured to communicate with a communication module opposed to the element part; and

a connection part positioned between the resonance stub and the element part and electrically connecting the element part to the resonance stub.

14. An antenna unit comprising:

a first board comprising an opening part;

a second board arranged parallel with the first board;

a first antenna part comprising a loop antenna surrounding the opening part of the first board, the first antenna part being configured to communicate with a communication module opposed to the loop antenna; and

a second antenna part comprising an element part supported by the second board and positioned at the opening part, a ground part provided on the second board, and a resonance stub positioned between the ground part and the element part, the second antenna part being configured to communicate with a communication module opposed to the element part.

15. The antenna unit of claim 14, further comprising a connection part standing between the resonance stub and the element part and electrically connecting the element part to the resonance stub.

16. An antenna unit comprising:

a first board comprising an opening part;

a second board arranged parallel with the first board;

a first antenna part comprising a loop antenna surrounding the opening part of the first board, the first antenna part being configured to communicate with a communication module opposed to the loop antenna; and

a second antenna part comprising an element part supported by the second board by way of a connection part positioned between the element part and the second board, and positioned at the opening part, and a ground part provided on the second board, the second antenna part being configured to communicate with a communication module opposed to the element part.