Coil apparatus of mobile terminal

• US 9,947,990 B2
• Filed: 08/23/2013
• Issued: 04/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Shi, Qingwei
• Primary Examiner(s): Levi, Dameon E
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dawkins, Collin
• Application Number:
  US14/779,018
• Publication Number:
  US 20160064803A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,698 Days
• Field of Search: 343702, 343872, 343878, 343789, 343732
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• 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: H02J 50/005 Mechanical details of housing or structure aiming to accommodate the power transfer means, e.g. mechanical integration of coils, antennas or transducers into emitting or receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/20 using microwaves or radio frequency waves
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries

Abstract

A coil apparatus of a mobile terminal is disclosed, comprising: a metal coil embedded, in a flat spiral shape, in an inner side of a rear cover of a mobile terminal; an analog switch connected between the metal coil, a wireless charging chip and a signal receiving chip. The embodiment of the present document combines an antenna for receiving a frequency modulated signal with a wireless charging coil, and uses a same group of coils, and embeds the metal coil in the inner side of the rear cover of the mobile terminal, which increases the area of the coil and lengthens the length of the coil, simultaneously improves the efficiency of the wireless charging and the performance for receiving the frequency modulated signal.

Claims

1. A coil apparatus of a mobile terminal, comprising:

a metal coil;

an analog switch connected between the metal coil and a wireless charging chip and a signal receiving chip,

wherein, the metal coil is embedded, in a flat spiral shape, in an inner side of a rear cover of the mobile terminal,

wherein the coil apparatus further comprises a coil connection device which is connected between the metal coil and the analog switch,

wherein the analog switch comprises a first analog switch and a second analog switch,

wherein input ends of the first analog switch and the second analog switch respectively connect with two ends of the metal coil through the coil connection device, first output ends of the first analog switch and the second analog switch respectively connect with two ends of the wireless charging chip, a second output end of the first analog switch connects with one end of the signal receiving chip, a second output end of the second analog switch is grounded, enable ends of the first analog switch and the second analog switch respectively connect with a base band processing chip.

2. The coil apparatus of the claim 1, wherein the coil apparatus further comprises:

a first metal contact and a second metal contact respectively set on the two ends of the metal coil;

a first metal dome and a metal second dome respectively set on positions corresponding to the first metal contact and the second metal contact on a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) motherboard of the mobile terminal.

3. The coil apparatus of claim 2, wherein the first metal contact and the second metal contact are respectively embedded on the two ends of the metal coil in the inner side of the rear cover of the mobile terminal.

4. The coil apparatus of claim 1, the signal receiving chip is a Frequency Modulation (FM) radio chip or a Near Field Communication (NFC) chip or a digital television chip.