Radio transmission system and electronic device

• US 8,805,272 B2
• Filed: 07/06/2010
• Issued: 08/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kawamura, Hirofumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Lana N
• Application Number:
  US12/830,696
• Publication Number:
  US 20110009078A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,498 Days
• Field of Search: 455/11.1, 455/131, 455/103, 455/118, 455/108, 710/105
• US Class Current: 455/11.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07749 the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07786 the antenna being of the HF type, such as a dipole
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2275 associated to expansion card or bus, e.g. in PCMCIA, PC cards, Wireless USB
• 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: H04B 1/03 Constructional details, e.g. casings, housings
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/70 specially adapted for specific purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2606 Arrangements for base station coverage control, e.g. by using relays in tunnels

Abstract

A radio transmission system includes: a first electronic device; and a second electronic device having a mounting structure mounted with the first electronic device, wherein a millimeter wave signal transmission line capable of transmitting information in a millimeter wave band is formed between the first electronic device and the second electronic device when the first electronic device is mounted in the mounting structure of the second electronic device, and between the first electronic device and the second electronic device, a transmission object signal is converted into a millimeter wave signal and then the millimeter wave signal is transmitted via the millimeter wave signal transmission line.

Claims

1. A radio transmission system comprising:

a first electronic device having a first antenna;

a second electronic device having a second antenna and a mounting structure on which said first electronic device is mounted,

wherein,

a millimeter wave signal transmission line capable of transmitting information in a millimeter wave band is formed between said first electronic device and said second electronic device when said first electronic device is mounted in said mounting structure of said second electronic device,

in one of said first electronic device and said second electronic device, a transmission object signal is converted into a millimeter wave signal and then the millimeter wave signal is transmitted via said millimeter wave signal transmission line to the other of said first electronic device and said second electronic device, and

said first antenna and said second antenna are opposed to each other and are disposed such that a center of each antenna coincides with a center of said millimeter wave signal transmission line.

2. The radio transmission system according to claim 1, wherein said millimeter wave signal transmission line has a structure that transmits the millimeter wave signal while confining the millimeter wave signal in the transmission line.

3. The radio transmission system according to claim 2, wherein said millimeter wave signal transmission line is a dielectric transmission line formed by a dielectric material having a characteristic of being capable of transmitting the millimeter wave signal.

4. The radio transmission system according to claim 3, wherein a shielding material for suppressing external radiation of the millimeter wave signal is disposed on a periphery of said dielectric material.

5. The radio transmission system according to claim 2, wherein said millimeter wave signal transmission line is a hollow waveguide forming a transmission line, a shielding material for suppressing external radiation of the millimeter wave signal being disposed so as to surround said transmission line, and said transmission line inside said shielding material being hollow.

6. The radio transmission system according to claim 1, wherein:

said mounting structure has a position defining section configured to define a mounted state of said first electronic device by a fitting structure,

said first electronic device has a position defining section corresponding to said position defining section on a side of said mounting structure, and

said millimeter wave signal transmission line is formed in said position defining section of one of said mounting structure and said first electronic device.

7. The radio transmission system according to claim 6, wherein:

shape of a casing of said first electronic device is in accordance with industrial standards, and

position defining sections formed in accordance with said industrial standards are used as said position defining section of said first electronic device and said position defining section of said mounting structure.

8. The radio transmission system according to claim 7, wherein when said first electronic device in accordance with said industrial standards is mounted in said mounting structure, a transmission object signal is transmitted by electric connection between said first electronic device and said second electronic device.

9. The radio transmission system according to claim 6, wherein:

said first antenna is configured for coupling the millimeter wave signal to said millimeter wave signal transmission line in said position defining section of said first electronic device as a transmission line coupling section configured to couple the millimeter wave signal to said millimeter wave signal transmission line, and

said second antenna is configured for coupling the millimeter wave signal to said millimeter wave signal transmission line in said position defining section of said mounting structure as a transmission line coupling section configured to couple the millimeter wave signal to said millimeter wave signal transmission line.

10. The radio transmission system according to claim 1, wherein:

each of said first electronic device and said second electronic device has a changing section configured to change transmission and reception timing on a time division basis, and

half-duplex bidirectional transmission is performed using said millimeter wave signal transmission line of one system.

11. The radio transmission system according to claim 1, wherein:

said first electronic device and said second electronic device make frequency of a millimeter wave signal for transmission and frequency of a millimeter wave signal for reception different from each other, and

full-duplex bidirectional transmission is performed using said millimeter wave signal transmission line of one system.

12. The radio transmission system according to claim 1, wherein:

said first electronic device and said second electronic device make frequency of a millimeter wave signal for transmission and frequency of a millimeter wave signal for reception a same frequency, and

full-duplex bidirectional transmission is performed using respective separate said millimeter wave signal transmission lines for transmission and reception.

13. The radio transmission system according to claim 1, wherein said first electronic device and said second electronic device have a multiplexing processing section configured to integrate a plurality of transmission object signals into one system by time division processing to perform transmission and a simplification processing section.

14. The radio transmission system according to claim 1, wherein said first electronic device and said second electronic device have a multiplexing processing section configured to make frequency of the millimeter wave signal different for a plurality of transmission object signals respectively to perform transmission and a simplification processing section.

15. The radio transmission system according to claim 1, wherein:

said first electronic device and said second electronic device make frequency of the millimeter wave signal a same frequency for a plurality of transmission object signals, and

transmission is performed using respective separate said millimeter wave signal transmission lines for said plurality of transmission object signals.