Antenna device, feed element, and communication terminal device

• US 9,531,072 B2
• Filed: 03/21/2014
• Issued: 12/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co Limited
• Original Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co Limited
• Inventors: Nakano, Shinichi, Yosui, Kuniaki, Kato, Noboru
• Primary Examiner(s): Levi, Dameon E
• Assistant Examiner(s): LINDGREN BALTZELL, ANDREA J
• Application Number:
  US14/221,437
• Publication Number:
  US 20140203992A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,012 Days
• Field of Search: 343/867
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10009 sensing by radiation using wavelengths larger than 0.1 mm, e.g. radio-waves or microwaves
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/48 Earthing means; Earth screens; Counterpoises
• 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 7/06 with core of ferromagnetic material H01Q7/02 takes precedence

Abstract

An antenna device includes a conductor surface in which an opening having an open edge portion in communication with the outside is provided, a feed element including a first coil connected to the feed element and a second coil magnetically coupled to the first coil, a first mounting portion disposed in the open edge portion and connected to a first end of the second coil, and a second mounting portion disposed in the open edge portion in a state isolated from the first mounting portion and connected to a second end of the second coil. The first mounting portion and the conductor surface are directly or indirectly conducted to each other, and the second mounting portion and the conductor surface are directly or indirectly conducted to each other. A loop is defined around the opening through the first mounting portion, the second mounting portion, and the second coil.

Claims

1. An antenna device comprising:

a conductor member; and

a feed element that feeds a high-frequency signal to the conductor member;

wherein

the feed element includes;

a first coil connected to a feed circuit;

a first capacitor connected to the first coil to define a first resonance circuit with the first coil;

a second coil connected to the first coil by magnetic coupling;

a second capacitor connected to the second coil to define a second resonance circuit with the second coil; and

two terminal electrodes that connect the second coil to the conductor member;

wherein

the feed circuit and the conductor member are connected with each other by magnetic coupling; and

the first coil, the second coil, and the two terminal electrodes are integrally provided with an insulating body.

2. The antenna device according to claim 1, wherein the feed element includes the second capacitor connected between at least one of the two terminal electrodes and at least one of terminals of the second coil.

3. The antenna device according to claim 1, wherein the conductor member is a conductor film provided with a substrate that includes a terminal to which at least one of the two terminal electrodes of the feed element is connected, and the second capacitor is connected between the at least one of the two terminal electrodes and the conductor member.

4. The antenna device according to claim 1, wherein a capacitance of the first capacitor and an inductance of the first coil are determined such that a resonance frequency of the first resonance circuit is equal to or substantially equal to a communication frequency.

5. The antenna device according to claim 1, wherein an inductance of the second coil is smaller than an inductance component of the conductor member, the inductance component of the conductor member being determined between the two terminal electrodes.

6. The antenna device according to claim 1, wherein the conductor member includes a slit or an opening that spans from an edge to an inner side of the conductor member, and the two terminal electrodes are arranged at positions on both sides across the slit or the opening.

7. The antenna device according to claim 1, wherein the feed element has a stacked structure including a plurality of stacked insulator layers with which conductors defining the first coil and the second coil are provided.

8. The antenna device according to claim 2, wherein the feed element includes a plurality of insulator layers with which conductors defining the first coil and the second coil are provided, and a plurality of insulator layers with which conductors defining the second capacitor are provided.

9. The antenna device according to claim 3, wherein the conductor film is a ground electrode or a shield electrode of a circuit located on the substrate.

10. The antenna device according to claim 1, wherein the feed circuit includes an RFIC, and the RFIC is mounted on the insulating body.

11. A feed element constituting an antenna device in cooperation with a conductor member, the feed element comprising:

an insulating body;

a first coil connected to a feed circuit;

a first capacitor connected to the first coil to define a first resonance circuit with the first coil;

a second coil connected to the first coil by magnetic coupling; and

a second capacitor connected to the second coil to define a second resonance circuit with the second coil;

two terminal electrodes that connect the second coil to the conductor member;

wherein

the feed circuit and the conductor member are connected with each other by magnetic coupling; and

the first coil, the second coil, and the two terminal electrodes are integrally provided with the insulating body.

12. A communication terminal device comprising:

an antenna device; and

a feed circuit connected to the antenna device, the antenna device including;

a conductor member; and

a feed element that feeds a high-frequency signal to the conductor member;

wherein

the feed element includes;

a first coil connected to the feed circuit;

a first capacitor connected to the first coil to define a first resonance circuit with the first coil;

a second coil connected to the first coil by magnetic coupling;

a second capacitor connected to the second coil to define a second resonance circuit with the second coil; and

two terminal electrodes that connect the second coil to the conductor member;

wherein

the feed circuit and the conductor member are connected with each other by magnetic coupling; and

the first coil, the second coil, and the two terminal electrodes are integrally provided with an insulating body.

13. The communication terminal device according to claim 12, wherein the feed element includes the second capacitor connected between at least one of the two terminal electrodes and at least one of terminals of the second coil.

14. The communication terminal device according to claim 12, wherein the conductor member is a conductor film provided with a substrate that includes a terminal to which at least one of the two terminal electrodes of the feed element is connected, and the second capacitor is connected between the at least one of the two terminal electrodes and the conductor member.

15. The communication terminal device according to claim 12, wherein a capacitance of the first capacitor and an inductance of the first coil are determined such that a resonance frequency of the first resonance circuit is equal to or substantially equal to a communication frequency.

16. The communication terminal device according to claim 12, wherein an inductance of the second coil is smaller than an inductance component of the conductor member, the inductance component of the conductor member being determined between the two terminal electrodes.

17. The communication terminal device according to claim 12, wherein the conductor member includes a slit or an opening that spans from an edge to an inner side of the conductor member, and the two terminal electrodes are arranged at positions on both sides across the slit or the opening.

18. The communication terminal device according to claim 12, wherein the feed element has a stacked structure including a plurality of stacked insulator layers with which conductors defining the first coil and the second coil are provided.