Built-in antenna device for electronic communication device

• US 9,799,964 B2
• Filed: 02/15/2013
• Issued: 10/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jang, Soo-Young, Kim, Dong-Hwan, Kim, Austin, Kim, Se-Ho, Sa, Kong-Min, Lee, Jae-Ho, Jang, Byung-Chan, Hwang, In-Jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Duong, Dieu H
• Application Number:
  US13/768,499
• Publication Number:
  US 20130249744A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,712 Days
• Field of Search: 343702, 343725, 343826
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in 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 9/42 with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength

Abstract

A built-in antenna device for an electronic device for communication used in a multi-band is provided. The built-in antenna device includes a PCB, a first antenna radiator disposed on the PCB, and a second antenna radiator which has the same power feeding point as the first antenna radiator and is disposed at a housing of the electronic device, wherein the first antenna radiator and the second antenna radiator are configured to operate at different frequency bands.

Claims

1. A built-in antenna device disposed within a housing of an electronic communication device, the built-in antenna device comprising:

a printed circuit board (“

PCB”

);

a first antenna radiator formed as a metal pattern on a surface of the PCB and spaced from an inner surface of the housing; and

a second antenna radiator which is fed from the same power feeding point as the first antenna radiator and having a first portion extending from a power feeding terminal thereof towards the inner surface of the housing and being bent in a transition to a second portion that is attached to and runs along the inner surface, the second antenna radiator being in a form of a wire radiator, a metal plate of a defined pattern, or a Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC) including a metal pattern;

wherein the first antenna radiator and the second antenna radiator are configured with different lengths so as to operate in different frequency ranges such that the antenna device is operable as a dual band antenna, and

the first and second antenna radiators are installed opposing one another within the housing.

2. The built-in antenna device of claim 1, wherein:

the second antenna radiator is substantially in the form of the wire radiator, the wire radiator having a wire portion with a circular or quadrangular cross section, and a flat terminal portion supported by a protrusion from the inner surface of the housing; and

the antenna device further including an electrical connector having a first side bonded to the metal pattern on the surface of the PCB and an opposite side which makes a spring loaded connection to the flat terminal portion of the wire radiator.

3. The built-in antenna device of claim 1, wherein the first antenna radiator is configured for optimized operation in a frequency range approximately twice as high as a frequency range for which operation of the second antenna radiator is optimized.

4. The built-in antenna device of claim 1, wherein the second antenna radiator is a metal body having an insert-molded pattern within the housing.

5. The built-in antenna device of claim 1, wherein, the first antenna radiator and the second antenna radiator are configured to be electrically connectable in a manner such that, when the PCB is assembled to the housing, the power feeding terminal of the second antenna radiator becomes electrically connected with a power feeding portion of the first antenna radiator.

6. The built-in antenna device of claim 5, further comprising an electrical connection means for connecting the first antenna radiator with the second antenna radiator.

7. The built-in antenna device of claim 6, wherein the electrical connection means is one of a C-clip and a conductive tape which have elasticity and are attached to a power feeding portion of the first antenna radiator and wherein the electrical connection means has elasticity and comes in contact with the power feeding terminal of the second antenna radiator when the PCB and a case frame are assembled.

8. The built-in antenna device of claim 1, wherein the first antenna radiator is configured to operate in a frequency band which is approximately twice as high as that of the second antenna radiator.

9. The built-in antenna device of claim 8, wherein the first antenna radiator is implemented to operate in at least one frequency band of DCS 1800, PCS1900, WCDMA series, and LTE series and wherein the second antenna radiator is implemented to operate in at least one frequency band of GSM850 and GSM900.

10. The built-in antenna device of claim 1, wherein the second antenna radiator is in the form of the wire radiator, and includes:

a wire portion of a defined shape and length, the wire portion including the second portion which is fixed to the an inner surface of the housing at a first z-axis level, and a third portion which is fixed to a sidewall surface of the housing at a second z-axis level, the z-axis being in a thickness direction of the electronic communication device; and

the first portion including a terminal portion which is integrated with the wire portion at one end of the wire portion and is electrically coupled to the PCB.

11. The built-in antenna device of claim 10, wherein the terminal portion is formed by forming one end portion of the wire portion as a plane by rolling and performing electroless plating with at least one conductive material.

12. The built-in antenna of claim 10, further comprising a plurality of fixing protrusions, which are protruded and formed at regular intervals, at an internal side of the housing, wherein the wire portion is supported to the protrusions, is fused by heat, and is closely fixed to the inner surface of the housing.

13. The built-in antenna of claim 12, wherein the terminal portion is formed by forming one end portion of the wire portion as a plane by performing electroless plating.

14. A built-in antenna device disposed within a housing of an electronic communication device, the built-in antenna device comprising:

a printed circuit board (PCB);

a first antenna radiator formed as a metal pattern on a surface of the PCB and spaced from an inner surface of the housing, and extending from a power feeding portion to a first free end; and

a second antenna radiator which is fed from the same power feeding point as the first antenna radiator and having a first portion extending from a power feeding terminal towards the inner surface of the housing and being bent in a transition to a second portion that is attached to and runs along the inner surface, the second antenna radiator being in a form of a wire radiator, a metal plate of a defined pattern, or a Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC) including a metal pattern;

wherein the first antenna radiator and the second antenna radiator are configured with different lengths so as to operate in different frequency ranges such that the antenna device is operable as a dual band antenna, and

the first and second antenna radiators are installed opposing one another within the housing, in which the second portion of the second antenna radiator transitions via a U-shaped transition to a third portion that extends to a second free end located on an opposite side of the electronic communication device as the first free end.

15. An electronic communication device comprising:

a housing;

a built-in antenna device comprising;

a printed circuit board (“

PCB”

);

a first antenna radiator formed as a metal pattern on a surface of the PCB, lying substantially in a first x-y plane, and extending from an input end to a first free end located on a first side of the electronic communication device; and

a second antenna radiator which is fed from the same power feeding point as the first antenna radiator and having a first portion beginning at a power feeding terminal proximate the first x-y plane, the first portion extending towards an inner surface of the housing and being bent in a transition to a second portion that runs parallel to the inner surface in substantially a second x-y plane spaced from the first x-y plane in a z-axis direction, the second antenna radiator being in a form of a wire radiator, a metal plate of a defined pattern, or a Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC) including a metal pattern,

wherein the first antenna radiator and the second antenna radiator are configured with different lengths to operate in different frequency ranges such that the antenna device is operable as a dual band antenna, and

the first and second antenna radiators are installed opposing one another within the housing, in which the second portion of the second antenna radiator transitions via a U-shaped transition to a third portion that extends to a second free end located on a second side of the electronic communication device opposite the first side.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the second portion of the second antenna radiator includes a further U-shaped section connected to the first portion.

17. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein, the first antenna radiator and the second antenna radiator are configured to be electrically connectable in a manner such that, when the PCB is assembled to the housing of the electronic device and the power feeding terminal of the second antenna radiator become electrically connected with a power feeding portion of the first antenna radiator.

18. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the second antenna radiator is in the form of the wire radiator, which includes a wire having a circular or quadrangular cross section.

19. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the first antenna radiator is configured for optimized operation in a frequency range approximately twice as high as a frequency range for which operation of the second antenna radiator is optimized.

20. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the second antenna radiator is a metal body which has an insert-molded radiation pattern on a case frame of the electronic device.