Antenna structure and wireless communication device using the antenna structure

• US 9,865,916 B2
• Filed: 10/27/2014
• Issued: 01/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Chang, Tze-Hsuan, Hsu, Cho-Kang
• Primary Examiner(s): Duong, Dieu H
• Assistant Examiner(s): BOUIZZA, MICHAEL M
• Application Number:
  US14/524,469
• Publication Number:
  US 20150188214A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,170 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/335 at the feed, e.g. for impedance matching
• 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

Abstract

An antenna structure includes an antenna holder, a radiating body, a feed portion, and a grounding portion. The antenna holder includes a plurality of surfaces. The feed portion is positioned on one surface of the antenna holder and electronically connected to a first end of the radiating body. The ground portion is positioned on one surface of the antenna holder and electronically connected to a second end of the radiating body so as to form a loop antenna. An electronic element is surrounded by the loop antenna.

Claims

1. An antenna structure comprising:

an antenna holder, the antenna holder comprising a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface, wherein the first surface is spaced apart from and parallel to the second surface, the third surface is perpendicularly connected to the first surface and the second surface;

a radiating body comprising a first end and a second end;

a feed portion positioned on the third surface, wherein the feed portion is electronically connected to the first end of the radiating body and is configured to feed current to the antenna structure; and

a ground portion positioned on the third surface and configured to ground the antenna structure, wherein the ground portion is electronically connected to the second end of the radiating body so as to form a loop antenna; and

an electronic element surrounded by the loop antenna;

wherein the radiating body comprises a first radiating portion, a second radiating portion, a third radiating portion, a fourth radiating portion, a fifth radiating portion, and a sixth radiating portion;

wherein the first radiating portion comprises a first radiating section and a second radiating section;

the first radiating section is positioned on the third surface and is perpendicularly connected to an end of the feed portion;

the second radiating section has a first end perpendicularly connected to an end of the first radiating section away from the feed portion and a second end perpendicularly connected to the second radiating portion;

wherein the third radiating portion comprises a first combining section, a second combining section, and a third combining section connected in order;

the first combining section is perpendicularly connected to an end of the second radiating portion away from the second radiating section to be parallel to the second radiating section;

the second combining section is electronically connected to an end of the first combining section away from the second radiating portion, and is spaced from and parallel to the first radiating section; and

the third combining section is perpendicularly connected to an end of the second combining section away from the first combining section;

wherein the fourth radiating portion is a strip and is perpendicularly connected to an end of the third combining section away from the second combining section;

wherein the fifth radiating portion comprises a first connecting section and a second connecting section, the first connecting section is perpendicularly connected to an end of the fourth radiating portion away from the third combining section, and the second connecting section is perpendicularly connected to an end of the first connecting section away from the fourth radiating portion and is spaced from and parallel to the second combining section; and

wherein the sixth radiating portion comprises a first coupling section, a second coupling section, a third coupling section, and a fourth coupling section connected in order, the first coupling section is perpendicularly connected to an end of the second connecting section away from the first connecting section;

a first end of the second coupling section is perpendicularly connected to an end of the first coupling section away from the second connecting section, and a second end of the second coupling section is perpendicularly connected to the third coupling section;

the fourth coupling section is perpendicularly connected between the third coupling section and the grounding portion, the first coupling section and the third coupling section are positioned at a same side of the second coupling section, and the first coupling section, the second coupling section, and the third coupling section cooperatively form a U-shaped structure.

2. The antenna structure of claim 1, wherein the fourth coupling section is collinear with the second connecting section, the first coupling section, the second coupling section, and the third coupling section cooperatively surround the electronic element.

3. The antenna structure of claim 1, wherein the second radiating section, the second radiating portion, and the first combining section are positioned on the third surface.

4. The antenna structure of claim 1, wherein the second radiating section, the second radiating portion, and the first combining section are positioned on the first surface.

5. The antenna structure of claim 1, wherein the third combining section, the fourth radiating portion, and the first connecting section are positioned on the third surface.

6. The antenna structure of claim 1, wherein the third combining section, the fourth radiating portion, and the first connecting section are positioned on the second surface.

7. A wireless communication device comprising:

a grounding plane; and

an antenna structure positioned on the ground plane, the antenna structure comprising;

an antenna holder, the antenna holder comprising a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface, wherein the first surface is spaced apart from and parallel to the second surface, the third surface is perpendicularly connected to the first surface and the second surface;

a radiating body comprising a first end and a second end;

a feed portion positioned on the third surface, wherein the feed portion is electronically connected to the first end of the radiating body and is configured to feed current to the antenna structure; and

a grounding portion positioned on the third surface and configured to ground the antenna structure, wherein the ground portion is electronically connected to the second end of the radiating body so as to form a loop antenna; and

an electronic element surrounded by the loop antenna;

wherein the radiating body comprises a first radiating portion, a second radiating portion, a third radiating portion, a fourth radiating portion, a fifth radiating portion, and a sixth radiating portion;

wherein the first radiating portion comprises a first radiating section and a second radiating section;

the first radiating section is positioned on the third surface and is perpendicularly connected to an end of the feed portion;

the second radiating section has a first end perpendicularly connected to an end of the first radiating section away from the feed portion and a second end perpendicularly connected to the second radiating portion;

wherein the third radiating portion comprises a first combining section, a second combining section, and a third combining section connected in order;

the first combining section is perpendicularly connected to an end of the second radiating portion away from the second radiating section to be parallel to the second radiating section;

the second combining section is electronically connected to an end of the first combining section away from the second radiating portion, and is spaced from and parallel to the first radiating section; and

the third combining section is perpendicularly connected to an end of the second combining section away from the first combining section;

wherein the fourth radiating portion is a strip and is perpendicularly connected to an end of the third combining section away from the second combining section;

wherein the fifth radiating portion comprises a first connecting section and a second connecting section, the first connecting section is perpendicularly connected to an end of the fourth radiating portion away from the third combining section, and the second connecting section is perpendicularly connected to an end of the first connecting section away from the fourth radiating portion and is spaced from and parallel to the second combining section; and

wherein the sixth radiating portion comprises a first coupling section, a second coupling section, a third coupling section, and a fourth coupling section connected in order, the first coupling section is perpendicularly connected to an end of the second connecting section away from the first connecting section;

a first end of the second coupling section is perpendicularly connected to an end of the first coupling section away from the second connecting section, and a second end of the second coupling section is perpendicularly connected to the third coupling section;

the fourth coupling section is perpendicularly connected between the third coupling section and the grounding portion, the first coupling section and the third coupling section are positioned at a same side of the second coupling section, and the first coupling section, the second coupling section, and the third coupling section cooperatively form a U-shaped structure.

8. The wireless communication device of claim 7, further comprising a matching circuit, wherein a signal feed terminal is positioned on the grounding plane, the signal feed terminal is electronically connected to the feed portion;

the matching circuit comprises a capacitor and an inductor, the inductor is electronically connected between the signal feed terminal and the antenna structure; and

the capacitor has a first end connected between the inductor and the antenna structure and a second end grounded.

9. The wireless communication device of claim 7, wherein the fourth coupling section is collinear with the second connecting section, the first coupling section, the second coupling section, and the third coupling section cooperatively surround the electronic element.

10. The wireless communication device of claim 7, wherein the second radiating section, the second radiating portion, and the first combining section are positioned on the third surface.

11. The wireless communication device of claim 7, wherein the second radiating section, the second radiating portion, and the first combining section are positioned on the first surface.

12. The wireless communication device of claim 7, wherein the third combining section, the fourth radiating portion, and the first connecting section are positioned on the third surface.

13. The wireless communication device of claim 7, wherein the third combining section, the fourth radiating portion, and the first connecting section are positioned on the second surface.