Antenna structure

• US 9,728,853 B2
• Filed: 05/06/2015
• Issued: 08/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Original Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Inventors: Hung, Chung-Yu
• Primary Examiner(s): Phan, Tho G
• Application Number:
  US14/705,151
• Publication Number:
  US 20160104935A1
• Time in Patent Office: 825 Days
• Field of Search: 343700 MS, 343702, 343741, 343742, 343845, 343846
• 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 13/10 Resonant slot antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/30 Combinations of separate antenna units operating in different wavebands and connected to a common feeder system
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/371 Branching current paths
• 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 9/0421 with a shorting wall or a shorting pin at one end of the element H01Q9/0414 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/42 with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an antenna structure, including a feed terminal, an intermediate grounding terminal, a tail grounding terminal, a conductive head section and a conductive intermediate section. The feed terminal is for connecting a feed signal. The intermediate grounding terminal is responsible for conducting to a ground plane via an intermediate impedance during a second operation mode, and ceasing conducting via the intermediate impedance during a first operation mode. The tail grounding terminal is for connecting the ground plane. The head section extends from the feed terminal to the intermediate grounding terminal along a loop. The intermediate section extends from the intermediate grounding terminal to the tail grounding terminal along the loop.

Claims

1. An antenna structure comprising:

a feed terminal for connecting a feed signal;

an intermediate grounding terminal for;

conducting to a ground plane via an intermediate impedance during a second operation mode, and

ceasing conducting via the intermediate impedance during a first operation mode;

a tail grounding terminal for connecting the ground plane;

a head section, being conductive, extending from the feed terminal to the intermediate grounding terminal along a loop; and

an intermediate section, conductively extending from the intermediate grounding terminal to the tail grounding terminal along the loop, and conductively connecting the head section.

2. The antenna structure of claim 1 further comprising:

a tail section, being conductive, extending from the tail grounding terminal to the feed terminal along the loop, without overlapping the head section.

3. The antenna structure of claim 2, wherein a length of the intermediate section is longer than a sum of a length of the tail section and a length of the head section.

4. The antenna structure of claim 2, wherein a length of the intermediate section is longer than a length of the head section, and longer than a length of the tail section.

5. The antenna structure of claim 1, wherein the tail grounding terminal is for connecting the ground plane via a tail impedance.

6. The antenna structure of claim 1 being capable of providing a first band during the first operation mode, and providing a second band during the second operation mode, wherein a frequency of the second band is higher than a frequency of the first band.

7. The antenna structure of claim 1 further comprising:

a second intermediate grounding terminal for;

conducting to the ground plane via a second intermediate impedance during a third operation mode, and

ceasing conducting via the second intermediate impedance during the first operation mode;

wherein the head section comprises;

a first front section extending from the feed terminal to the second intermediate grounding terminal along the loop, and

a second front section extending from the second intermediate grounding terminal to the intermediate grounding terminal along the loop, without overlapping the first front section.

8. The antenna structure of claim 7 being capable of providing a first band during the first operation mode, providing a second band during the second operation mode, and providing a third band and a fourth band during the third operation mode, wherein:

a frequency of the second band is higher than a frequency of the first band,

a frequency of the third band is between the frequency of the first band and the frequency of the second band, and

a frequency of the fourth band is higher than the frequency of the second band.

9. The antenna structure of claim 1 further comprising:

an isolation grounding terminal for connecting the ground plane;

an isolation section, being conductive, extending from one of the feed terminal and the tail grounding terminal to the isolation grounding terminal along the loop, without overlapping the head section and the intermediate section.

10. The antenna structure of claim 9 further comprising:

a second feed terminal for connecting a second feed signal; and

an additional section extending from the isolation terminal to the second feed terminal, without overlapping the isolation section;

wherein the second feed signal is different from the feed signal.

11. An antenna structure comprising:

a feed terminal for connecting a feed signal;

an intermediate grounding terminal;

a tail grounding terminal for connecting a ground plane;

a head section, being conductive, extending from the feed terminal to the intermediate grounding terminal along a loop, for supporting a third electromagnetic resonance during a second operation mode; and

an intermediate section, conductively extending from the intermediate grounding terminal to the tail grounding terminal along the loop without any in-between feed terminal, and conductively connecting the head section, for supporting a second electromagnetic resonance during the second operation mode, and supporting a first electromagnetic resonance jointly with the head section during a first operation mode.

12. The antenna structure of claim 11 further comprising:

a tail section, being conductive, extending from the tail grounding terminal to the feed terminal along the loop, without overlapping the head section;

wherein a length of the intermediate section and a length of the tail section are arranged to cause the second electromagnetic resonance to overpower an electromagnetic resonance supported by the tail section.

13. The antenna structure of claim 11, wherein the intermediate grounding terminal is for:

conducting to the ground plane via an intermediate impedance during the second operation mode, and

ceasing conducting via the intermediate impedance during the first operation mode.

14. The antenna structure of claim 11, wherein the tail grounding terminal is for connecting the ground plane via a tail impedance.

15. The antenna structure of claim 11 being capable of providing a first band during the first operation mode, and providing a second band during the second operation mode, wherein a frequency of the second band is higher than a frequency of the first band.

16. The antenna structure of claim 11 further comprising:

a second intermediate grounding terminal;

wherein the head section comprises;

a first front section extending from the feed terminal to the second intermediate grounding terminal along the loop, and

a second front section extending from the second intermediate grounding terminal to the intermediate grounding terminal along the loop, without overlapping the first front section;

wherein, during a third operation mode, the first front section further supports a fourth electromagnetic resonance, and the second front section and the intermediate section further of jointly support a fifth electromagnetic resonance.

17. The antenna structure of claim 16, wherein the second intermediate grounding terminal is for:

conducting to the ground plane via a second intermediate impedance during the third operation mode, and

ceasing conducting via the intermediate impedance during the first operation mode.

18. The antenna structure of claim 16 being capable of providing a first band during the first operation mode, providing a second band during the second operation mode, and providing a third band and a fourth band during the third operation mode, wherein:

a frequency of the second band is higher than a frequency of the first band,

a frequency of the third band is between the frequency of the first band and the frequency of the second band, and

a frequency of the fourth band is higher than the frequency of the second band.

19. The antenna structure of claim 11 further comprising:

an isolation grounding terminal for connecting the ground plane;

an isolation section, being conductive, extending from one of the feed terminal and the tail grounding terminal to the isolation grounding terminal along the loop, without overlapping the head section and the intermediate section.

20. The antenna structure of claim 19 further comprising:

a second feed terminal for connecting a second feed signal; and

an additional section extending from the isolation terminal to the second feed terminal along the loop, without overlapping the isolation section;

wherein the second feed signal is different from the feed signal.

21. The antenna structure of claim 11, wherein the third electromagnetic resonance is a half-wave resonance of a third wavelength, and the second electromagnetic resonance is a half-wave resonance of a second wavelength.