Multi-band multi-antenna system and communication device thereof

• US 9,077,084 B2
• Filed: 06/21/2012
• Issued: 07/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Li, Wei-Yu, Chen, Wei-Ji, Wu, Chun-Yih
• Primary Examiner(s): Karacsony, Robert
• Assistant Examiner(s): MUNOZ, DANIEL
• Application Number:
  US13/528,853
• Publication Number:
  US 20130257674A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,111 Days
• Field of Search: 343/700.MS, 343/846, 343/853
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/28 Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting antenna units or systems multiple beam H01Q25/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/321 within a radiating element or between connected radiating elements
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/378 Combination of fed elements with parasitic elements
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/40 Imbricated or interleaved structures; Combined or electromagnetically coupled arrangements, e.g. comprising two or more non-connected fed radiating elements
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/42 with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength

Abstract

A multi-band multi-antenna system and a communication device thereof are provided. The multi-band multi-antenna system includes at least one ground, two antenna units, a coupling conductor line and a grounding conductor line. Both of the two antenna units have at least one conductor portion, a low-pass filtering portion and an extending conductor portion. Each antenna unit generates at least one higher and lower operating bands. The low-pass filtering portion is electrically coupled between the conductor portion and the extending conductor portion, and effectively decreases dependent relationship between the higher and lower operating bands. The coupling conductor line is disposed nearby the two antenna units and has a first coupling portion and a second coupling portion. The grounding conductor line is disposed between the two antenna units and connected to the ground.

Claims

1. A multi-band multi-antenna system, comprising:

a ground;

a first antenna unit, having a first conductor portion, a first low-pass filtering portion and a first extending conductor portion, wherein the first conductor portion is electrically coupled to the ground through a first signal source, and the first low-pass filtering portion is electrically coupled between the first conductor portion and the first extending conductor portion, the first conductor portion forms at least one first higher band resonance path of the first antenna unit, and the first higher band resonance path generates at least one first higher operating band, the first conductor portion, the first low-pass filtering portion and the first extending conductor portion form at least one first lower band resonance path of the first antenna unit, and the first lower band resonance path generates at least one first lower operating band, and the first higher and the first lower operating bands are respectively configured to transmit or receive electromagnetic signals of at least one communication system band, and the first low-pass filtering portion suppresses higher-modes of the first lower band resonance;

a second antenna unit, having a second conductor portion, a second low-pass filtering portion and a second extending conductor portion, wherein the second conductor portion is electrically coupled to the ground through a second signal source, and the second low-pass filtering portion is electrically coupled between the second conductor portion and the second extending conductor portion, the second conductor portion forms at least one second higher band resonance path of the second antenna unit, and the second higher band resonance path generates at least one second higher operating band, the second conductor portion, the second low-pass filtering portion and the second extending conductor portion form at least one second lower band resonance path of the second antenna unit, and the second lower band resonance path generates at least one second lower operating band, the second higher and the second lower operating bands are respectively configured to transmit or receive electromagnetic signals of at least one communication system band, the first lower and the second lower operating bands cover at least one same communication system band, and the first higher and the second higher operating bands cover at least one same communication system band, and the second low-pass filtering portion suppresses higher-modes of the second lower band resonance path;

a coupling conductor line, disposed nearby the first antenna unit and the second antelma unit, and having at least one first coupling portion and a second coupling portion, wherein there is a first coupling gap between the first coupling portion and the first antenna unit, and there is a second coupling gap between the second coupling portion and the second antenna unit; and

a grounding conductor line, disposed between the first antenna unit and the second antenna unit, and electrically connected to the ground,

wherein a length of the coupling conductor line is between a ⅓

wavelength and a 3/4 wavelength of a center operating frequency of a lowest communication system band commonly covered by the first and second lower operating bands, and a length of the grounding conductor line is between a ⅙

wavelength and a ½

wavelength of the center operating frequency of the lowest communication system band commonly covered by the first and second higher operating bands,

wherein the first antenna unit, the grounding conductor line and the second antenna unit are sequentially disposed along at least one edge of the ground,

wherein the coupling conductor line is disposed along at least one direction,

wherein the first antenna unit, the grounding conductor line and the second antenna unit are disposed between the ground and the coupling conductor line, and

wherein the coupling conductor line and the grounding conductor line are configured to provide isolation of the lower and higher operating bands of the first and second antenna units, respectively.

2. The multi-band multi-antenna system of claim 1, wherein the first and the second coupling gaps are all smaller than a 1/50 wavelength of a lowest operating frequency of a lowest communication system band commonly covered by the first and the second lower operating bands.

3. The multi-band multi-antenna system of claim 1, wherein the first or the second conductor portion is electrically coupled to the ground through a short-circuit portion.

4. The multi-band multi-antenna system of claim 1, wherein the first or the second conductor portion has at least one coupling gap.

5. The multi-band multi-antenna system of claim 4, wherein each coupling gap is smaller than a 1/50 wavelength of a lowest operating frequency of a lowest communication system band commonly covered by the first and the second lower operating bands.

6. The multi-band multi-antenna system of claim 1, wherein the low-pass filtering portion is a chip inductor, a low-pass filtering device, a low-pass filtering circuit or a meandered thin conductor line.

7. The multi-band multi-antenna system of claim 1, wherein the coupling conductor line or the grounding conductor line has a chip inductor, a capacitor, a filtering device, a circuit or a plurality of bendings.

8. The multi-band multi-antenna system of claim 1, wherein the first or the second conductor portions has a chip capacitor or a matching circuit.

9. The multi-band multi-antenna system of claim 1, wherein the first or the second extending conductor portion is electrically coupled to the ground.

10. The multi-band multi-antenna system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a chip inductor, a chip capacitor, a matching circuit or a switch circuit is coupled between the first conductor portion and first signal source or between the second conductor portion and second signal source.

11. A communication device, comprising:

a multi-band transceiver, configured as a signal source, and located on a ground; and

a multi-band multi-antenna system, electrically coupled to the multi-band transceiver, and comprising;

a first antenna unit, having a first conductor portion, a first low-pass filtering portion and a first extending conductor portion, wherein the first low-pass filtering portion is electrically coupled between the first conductor portion and the first extending conductor portion, and the first conductor portion is electrically coupled to the multi-band transceiver, the first conductor portion forms at least one first higher band resonance path of the first antenna unit, and the first higher band resonance path generates at least one first higher operating band, the first conductor portion, the first low-pass filtering portion and the first extending conductor portion form at least one first lower band resonance path of the first antenna unit, and the first lower band resonance path generates at least one first lower operating band, and the first higher and the first lower operating bands are respectively configured to transmit or receive electromagnetic signals of at least one communication system band, and the first low-pass filtering portion suppresses higher-modes of the first lower band resonance path;

a second antenna unit, having a second conductor portion, a second low-pass filtering portion and a second extending conductor portion, wherein the second low-pass filtering portion is electrically coupled between the second conductor portion and the second extending conductor portion, and the second conductor portion is electrically coupled to the multi-band transceiver, the second conductor portion forms at least one second higher band resonance path of the second antenna unit, and the second higher band resonance path generates at least one second higher operating band, the second conductor portion, the second low-pass filtering portion and the second extending conductor portion form at least one second lower band resonance path of the second antenna unit, and the second lower band resonance path generates at least one second lower operating band, the second higher and the second lower operating bands are respectively configured to transmit or receive electromagnetic signals of at least one communication system band, the first lower and the second lower operating bands cover at least one same communication system band, and the first higher and the second higher operating bands cover at least one same communication system band, and the second low-pass filtering portion suppresses higher-modes of the second lower band resonance;

a coupling conductor line, disposed nearby the first antenna unit and the second antenna unit, and having at least one first coupling portion and a second coupling portion, wherein there is a first coupling gap between the first coupling portion and the first antenna unit, and there is a second coupling gap between the second coupling portion and the second antenna unit; and

a grounding conductor line, disposed between the first antenna unit and the second antenna unit, and electrically connected to the ground,

wherein a length of the coupling conductor line is between a ⅓

wavelength and a ¾

wavelength of a center operating frequency of a lowest communication system band commonly covered by the first and second lower operating bands, and a length of the grounding conductor line is between a ⅙

wavelength and a ½

wavelength of the center operating frequency of the lowest communication system band commonly covered by the first and second higher operating bands,

wherein the first antenna unit, the grounding conductor line and the second antenna unit are sequentially disposed along at least one edge of the ground,

wherein the coupling conductor line is disposed along at least one direction,

wherein the first antenna unit, the grounding conductor line and the second antenna unit are disposed between the ground and the coupling conductor line, and

wherein the coupling conductor line and the grounding conductor line are configured to provide isolation of the lower and higher operating bands of the first and second antenna units, respectively.

12. The communication device of claim 11, wherein the first and the second coupling gaps are all smaller than a 1/50 wavelength of a lowest operating frequency of a lowest communication system band commonly covered by the first and the second lower operating bands.

13. The communication device of claim 11, wherein the first or the second conductor portion is electrically coupled to the ground through a short-circuit portion.

14. The communication device of claim 11, wherein the first or the second conductor portion has at least one coupling gap.

15. The communication device of claim 14, wherein each coupling gap is smaller than a 1/50 wavelength of a lowest operating frequency of a lowest communication system band commonly covered by the first and the second lower operating bands.

16. The communication device of claim 11, wherein the low-pass filtering portion is a chip inductor, a low-pass filtering device, a low-pass filtering circuit or a meandered thin conductor line.

17. The communication device of claim 11, wherein the coupling conductor line or the grounding conductor line has a chip inductor, a capacitor, a filtering device, an electric circuit or a plurality of bendings.

18. The communication device of claim 11, wherein the first or the second conductor portions has a chip capacitor or a matching circuit.

19. The communication device of claim 11, wherein the first or the second extending conductor portion is electrically coupled to the ground.

20. The communication device of claim 11, wherein the multi-band transceiver has at least one lower band radio frequency circuit and at least one higher band radio frequency circuit.

21. The communication device of claim 11, wherein a matching circuit, a switch, a chip capacitor, a chip inductor or a filter circuit is coupled between the multi-band transceiver and the first and the second antenna units.