Multiple frequency band antenna and antenna system using the same

• US 8,766,870 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2008
• Issued: 07/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jung, Chang-won, Kim, Young-eil
• Primary Examiner(s): Karacsony, Robert
• Application Number:
  US12/144,153
• Publication Number:
  US 20090079647A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,199 Days
• Field of Search: 343/700.MS, 343/767, 343/795, 343/820, 343/821, 343/876
• US Class Current: 343/876
• 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 5/357 using a single feed point
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/42 with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength

Abstract

A multiple frequency band antenna is provided that includes a radiating unit having a slot formed on a first surface of the substrate that is closed at one end and open at the other end, and a feed unit formed on a second surface of the substrate to pass through an area on the second surface that corresponds with the same area on first surface between the center and the closed side of the slot. The feeding unit comprises at least one switch which adjusts the size of an area for feeding power to the antenna. The radiating unit is resonated in a plurality of frequency bands when the switch is turned off, and the radiating unit is resonated in a single frequency band which is different from the plurality of frequency bands when the switch is turned on. Consequently, an antenna is implemented for use in multiple frequency bands.

Claims

1. An antenna comprising:

a substrate including a first surface and a second surface;

a radiating unit formed on the first surface of the substrate;

a slot formed by the radiating unit that is closed at one end and open at an opposite end; and

a feed unit formed on the second surface of the substrate in an area that corresponds to an area on the first surface of the substrate between the center of a length of the slot and the closed end of the slot and configured to be in an on or off position to resonate the antenna in a single frequency band in the on position and resonate the antenna in a plurality of frequency bands in the off position, wherein the feed unit has a perpendicular shape.

2. The antenna of claim 1, wherein the feed unit further comprises at least one switch to configure the size of an area of the feed unit.

3. The antenna of claim 1, wherein the radiating unit comprises:

a ground unit formed on the first surface of the substrate;

a slot forming unit formed on the first surface of the substrate at a predetermined distance from the ground unit to form the slot between the ground unit and the slot forming unit; and

a connection unit to connect the slot forming unit and the ground unit and close an end of the slot.

4. The antenna of claim 3, wherein the connection unit extends from the ground unit to the slot forming unit at right angles to the slot forming unit and the ground unit.

5. The antenna of claim 3, wherein the ground unit, the slot forming unit, and the connection unit are an integral metal patterned unit.

6. The antenna of claim 3, wherein the feed unit comprises:

a first feed unit formed on the second surface of the substrate to correspond to at least one part of the slot forming unit on the first surface of the substrate; and

a second feed unit formed in a substantially rectangular shape on the second surface of the substrate that passes through an area that corresponds to an area on the first surface between the center of the length of the slot and the closed end of the slot,

wherein the first feed unit is perpendicular to the second feed unit.

7. The antenna of claim 6, wherein the feed unit further comprises at least one switch to connect and disconnect the first feed unit to the second feed unit.

8. The antenna of claim 7, wherein the switch is a Positive Intrinsic Negative (PIN) diode.

9. The antenna of claim 6, wherein the second feed unit comprises:

a first section formed in relation to the ground unit; and

a second section formed in the area on the second surface that corresponds to the area on the first surface between the center of the length of the slot and the closed end of the slot,

wherein a width of the second section is less than the width of the first section.

10. The antenna of claim 2, wherein the radiating unit is resonated in a plurality of frequency bands when the switch is turned off, and the radiating unit is resonated in a single frequency band which is different from the plurality of frequency bands when the switch is turned on.

11. The antenna of claim 7, wherein the radiating unit is resonated in a plurality of frequency bands when the switch is turned off, and the radiating unit is resonated in a single frequency band which is different from the plurality of frequency bands when the switch is turned on.

12. An antenna system comprising:

an antenna which comprises;

a slot including a length;

a radiating unit to form the slot and a closed end of the slot;

a feed unit positioned in relation to one side of the center of the length of the slot; and

a switch to adjust the configuration of the feed unit; and

a control unit to turn the switch on or off and resonate the antenna in a plurality of frequency bands when the switch is turned off, and to resonate the antenna in a single frequency band which is different from the plurality of frequency bands when the switch is turned on, wherein the feed unit has a perpendicular shape.

13. The antenna system of claim 12 further comprising:

a substrate having a first surface and a second surface,

wherein the slot is formed on the first surface of the substrate and is closed at one end and open at another end, and the feed unit is formed on the second surface of the substrate and passes through an area that corresponds to an area on the first surface between the center of the length of the slot and the closed end of the slot.

14. The antenna system of claim 13, wherein the radiating unit comprises:

a ground unit formed on the first surface of the substrate;

a slot forming unit formed at a predetermined distance from the ground unit to form the slot between the slot forming unit and the ground unit; and

a connection unit which connects the slot forming unit and the ground unit, and closes one end of the slot.

15. The antenna system of claim 14, wherein the connection unit extends from the ground unit to the slot forming unit forming a right angle with the slot forming unit.

16. The antenna system of claim 14, wherein the ground unit, the slot forming unit, and the connection unit are an integral metal patterned unit.

17. The antenna system of claim 14, wherein the feed unit comprises:

a first feed unit formed on the second surface of the substrate to correspond to at least one part of the slot forming unit on the first surface of the substrate; and

a second feed unit formed in a substantially rectangular shape on the second surface of the substrate and passes through an area that corresponds to the area on the first surface between the center of the length of the slot and the closed end of the slot,

wherein the first feed unit is perpendicular to the second feed unit, and the first feed unit and the second feed unit are connected or disconnected using the switch.

18. The antenna system of claim 17, wherein the second feed unit comprises:

a first section which corresponds to the ground unit; and

a second section which corresponds to the area between the center of the slot and the closed end of the slot on the first surface of the substrate,

wherein the width of the second section is less than the width of the first section.

19. An antenna system to transmit or receive wireless communication signals, comprising:

an antenna including;

a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface;

a radiating unit formed on the first surface of the substrate including a rectangular slot formed by the radiating unit, the slot including a length having two ends including a closed end and an open end opposite the closed end and having a center line perpendicular to the length located between the open and closed ends; and

a feed unit formed on the second surface of the substrate including a first portion formed at a location on the second surface corresponding to a same location on the first surface, wherein the same location is between the center line and the closed end of the slot; and

a control unit to control the feed and resonate the antenna in a single frequency when the feed unit is in an on position and resonate the antenna in a plurality of frequencies different from the single frequency when the feed unit is in an off position, wherein the feed unit has a perpendicular shape.

20. The antenna system of claim 19, wherein the feed unit passes through an area on the second surface that corresponds to an area between the center line and the closed end of the slot on the first surface of the substrate.

21. The antenna system of claim 20, wherein radiating unit includes a ground unit, a slot forming unit spaced apart from the radiating unit parallel to the length of the slot, and a connection unit connecting the ground unit the slot forming unit to form the closed end of the slot.

22. The antenna system of claim 21 wherein the feed unit further comprises a second portion formed on the second surface at a right angle to the first portion of the feed unit in an area corresponding to an area on the first surface occupied by the slot forming unit.

23. The antenna system of claim 22 wherein the feed unit includes a switch to connect the first portion and the second portion when turned on, and wherein the radiating unit is resonated in a plurality of frequency bands when the controller turns the switch off, and the radiating unit is resonated in a single frequency band that is different from the plurality of frequency bands when the controller turns the switch on.

24. The antenna system of claim 22 wherein the second portion has a width and a length that is less than a width and a length of the slot forming unit.

25. The antenna system of claim 22, wherein the feed unit includes a third portion formed on the second surface of the substrate corresponding to a location of the ground unit on the first surface and connected to the first portion, wherein a width of the first portion is less than a width of the third portion.