Antenna module, wireless communication device using the antenna module and method for adjusting a performance factor of the antenna module

• US 8,373,599 B2
• Filed: 05/27/2010
• Issued: 02/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Lin, Shih-Chieh, Ma, Chin-Hung
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, DON P
• Application Number:
  US12/788,436
• Publication Number:
  US 20110156964A1
• Time in Patent Office: 992 Days
• Field of Search: 343/700.MS, 343/702, 343/893
• US Class Current: 343/700.MS
• 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 5/371 Branching current paths
• 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 module includes an antenna, a substrate defining a plurality of notches, and a plurality of filling blocks. The antenna is attached to the substrate. The filling blocks have a permittivity higher than the substrate and are received in a portion of the notches covered by the antenna to raise the permittivity of the substrate.

Claims

1. An antenna module, comprising:

a dual-band antenna comprising a first radiating unit and a second radiating unit respectively configured for receiving and/or sending high and low frequency band signals;

a substrate defining a plurality of notches; and

a plurality of filling blocks having a permittivity higher than the substrate;

wherein the antenna is attached to the substrate, the filling blocks are received in the notches covered by one of the first radiating unit and the second radiating unit to raise the permittivity of the substrate.

2. The antenna module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the substrate is plastic, the filling blocks are made of rubber or ceramics.

3. The antenna module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the notches arrange in a matrix array in the substrate.

4. The antenna module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first radiating unit includes a first shielding portion, a second shielding portion and a first bent portion connecting perpendicular to the first shielding portion and second shielding portion, the first shielding portion is disposed at one side of the first shielding portion, and coplanar with and partially surrounded by the first shielding portion.

5. The antenna module as claimed in claim 4, wherein the first shielding portion is substantially an L-shaped sheet, the second shielding portion is substantially a rectangular sheet.

6. The antenna module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second radiating unit includes a square-wave shaped third shielding portion and a second bent portion connecting perpendicular to the third shielding portion.

7. The antenna module as claimed in claim 6, further includes a feeding portion, a matching portion and a grounding portion, wherein the feeding portion extends from the first radiating unit, the matching portion connects to the feeding portion and the grounding portion.

8. The antenna module as claimed in claim 7, wherein the substrate includes a mounting surface and a side surface, the mounting surface defines the notches, the first, second, and third shielding portions, the feeding portion, and the matching portion are flatly attached to the mounting surface, the first bent portion and the second bent portion are flatly attached to the side surface.

9. A wireless communication device, comprising:

a base board including a feeding point and a grounding point;

an antenna module, comprising

an dual-band antenna connecting to the feeding point and the grounding point of the base board, the antenna comprising a first radiating unit and a second radiating unit respectively configured for receiving and/or sending high and low frequency band signals, the antenna;

a substrate defining a plurality of notches and mounted in the base board; and

a plurality of filling blocks having a permittivity higher than the substrate;

wherein the antenna is attached to the substrate, the filling blocks are received in a the notches covered by one of the first radiating unit and the second radiating unit to raise the permittivity of the substrate.

10. The wireless communication device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the substrate is plastic, the filling blocks are made of rubber or ceramics.

11. The wireless communication device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the first radiating unit includes a first shielding portion, a second shielding portion and a first bent portion connecting perpendicular to the first shielding portion and second shielding portion, the first shielding portion is disposed at one side of the first shielding portion, and coplanar with and partially surrounded by the first shielding portion.

12. The wireless communication device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first shielding portion is substantially an L-shaped sheet, the second shielding portion is substantially a rectangular sheet.

13. The wireless communication device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the second radiating unit includes a square-wave shaped third shielding portion and a second bent portion connecting perpendicular to the third shielding portion.

14. The wireless communication device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the antenna module further includes a feeding portion, a matching portion and a grounding portion, wherein the feeding portion extends from the first radiating unit, the matching portion connects to the feeding portion and the grounding portion.

15. An antenna module, comprising:

a dual-band antenna, the antenna comprising;

a first radiating unit configured for receiving and/or sending high frequency band signals;

a second radiating unit configured for receiving and/or sending low frequency band signals;

a feeding portion extending from the first radiating unit;

a ground portion; and

a matching portion connecting to the feeding portion and the grounding portion;

a substrate defining a plurality of notches; and

a plurality of filling blocks having a permittivity higher than the substrate;

wherein the antenna is attached to the substrate, the filling blocks are received in the notches covered by the matching portion to raise the permittivity of the substrate.

16. The antenna module as claimed in claim 15, wherein the matching portion is a substantially strip-shaped sheet connecting substantially perpendicular to the feeding portion.

17. The antenna module as claimed in claim 16, wherein the first radiating unit includes a first shielding portion, a second shielding portion and a first bent portion connecting perpendicular to the first shielding portion and second shielding portion, the first shielding portion is disposed at one side of the first shielding portion, and coplanar with and partially surrounded by the first shielding portion.

18. The antenna module as claimed in claim 17, wherein the first shielding portion is substantially an L-shaped sheet, the second shielding portion is substantially a rectangular sheet.

19. The antenna module as claimed in claim 17, wherein the second radiating unit includes a square-wave shaped third shielding portion and a second bent portion connecting perpendicular to the third shielding portion.