ANTENNA DEVICE

• US 20080012778A1
• Filed: 04/20/2007
• Published: 01/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Mitsui, Tsutomu
• Granted Patent: US 7,683,841 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/812
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2275 associated to expansion card or bus, e.g. in PCMCIA, PC cards, Wireless USB
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/28 Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting antenna units or systems multiple beam H01Q25/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 25/005 providing two patterns of opposite direction; back to back antennas H01Q25/004 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/34 Mast, tower, or like self-supporting or stay-supported antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/36 with top loading

Abstract

An antenna device including a circuit board; a pair of first antenna elements disposed symmetrically to each other about both wide surfaces of the circuit board and a pair of second antenna elements disposed symmetrically to each other about the both wide surfaces of the circuit board; a feeding terminal installed on each of the first antenna elements and each of the second antenna elements; and; and a feeding controller which feeds power selectively to at least one of the first and second antenna elements.

Claims

1. An antenna device comprising:

a circuit board;

at least four antenna elements wherein a first two antenna elements are disposed, along one end of the circuit board, symmetrically to each other about both wide surfaces of the circuit board, and a second two antenna elements are disposed, along the other end of the circuit board, symmetrically to each other about the both wide surfaces of the circuit board; and

a feeding controller which feeds power selectively to at least one of the four elements.

2. The antenna device of claim 1, wherein the four antenna elements have an identical shape to one another.

3. The antenna device of claim 2, wherein the first two antenna elements and the second two antenna elements are disposed a same distance apart from a central axis of the circuit board in opposite directions.

4. The antenna device of claim 1, wherein the feeding controller feeds the four antenna elements with power so that electromagnetic waves radiated from the first or second two antenna elements are synthesized to have a directivity toward one side or the other side of the circuit board, respectively.

5. The antenna device of claim 1, wherein each of the four antenna elements comprises:

a first element parallel with the wide surfaces of the circuit board;

a feeding terminal through which the power is supplied to each of the four antenna elements; and

a second element connecting the feeding terminal to the first element.

6. The antenna device of claim 5, wherein when a wavelength of an electromagnetic wave radiated from each of the four antenna elements is λ

, a horizontal distance, with respect to the wide surfaces of the circuit board, from a side of the circuit board to the first element is less than or equal to 0.15 λ

.

7. The antenna device of claim 5, wherein when a wavelength of an electromagnetic wave radiated from each of the four antenna elements is λ

, a vertical distance, with respect to the wide surfaces of the circuit board, from the wide surface facing the first element to the first element is not greater than 0.5 λ

.

8. The antenna device of claim 5, the first element has at least one of a bar-shape and a T-shape.

9. The antenna device of claim 5, wherein the feeding terminal is positioned in a part of the wide surfaces of the circuit board to which a respective antenna element among the four antenna elements is connected.

10. The antenna device of claim 1, wherein each of the four antenna elements is a cubic antenna element formed on a surface of a cubic dielectric.

11. The antenna device of claim 1,

wherein, if the power is fed to only one of the first two antenna elements or only one of the second two antenna elements, a first beam pattern having a peak at 90°

, perpendicular to the wide surfaces of the circuit board, is generated

wherein, if the power is fed to only the other of the first two antenna elements or only the other of the second two antenna elements, a second beam pattern having a peak at 270°

, which is in an opposite direction to the first beam pattern, is generated, and

wherein, if the power is fed to both of the first two antenna elements or both of the second two antenna elements, a third beam pattern having a peak at 180°

, which is in a direction toward a side of the circuit board, is generated.

12. The antenna device of claim 1, wherein the circuit board is configured to reflect an electromagnetic wave generated from at least one of the four antenna elements.

13. The antenna device of claim 12, wherein the circuit comprises at least two layers, and the electromagnetic wave is reflected at least one of the two layers.

14. An antenna device comprising:

a circuit board;

at least two antenna elements wherein the two antenna elements are disposed symmetrically to each other about both wide surfaces of the circuit board; and

a feeding controller which feeds power selectively to at least one of the two antenna elements,

wherein the circuit board is configured to reflect an electromagnetic wave generated from at least one of the two antenna elements.

15. The antenna device of claim 14,

wherein, if the power is fed to only one of the two antenna elements, a first beam pattern having a peak at 90°

, perpendicular to the wide surfaces of the circuit board, is generated

wherein, if the power is fed to only the other of the two antenna elements, a second beam pattern having a peak at 270°

, which is in an opposite direction to the first beam pattern, is generated, and

wherein, if the power is fed to both of the two antenna elements, a third beam pattern having a peak at 180°

, which is in a direction toward a side of the circuit board, is generated.

16. The antenna device of claim 14, wherein each of the two antenna elements comprises:

a first element parallel with the wide surfaces of the circuit board and having a bar shape;

a feeding terminal through which the power is supplied to each of the four antenna elements; and

a second element connecting the feeding terminal to the first element.

17. The antenna device of claim 16, wherein when a wavelength of an electromagnetic wave radiated from each of the two antenna elements is λ

, a horizontal distance, with respect to the wide surfaces of the circuit board, from a side of the circuit board to the first element is less than or equal to 0.15 λ

.

18. The antenna device of claim 16, wherein when a wavelength of an electromagnetic wave radiated from each of the two antenna elements is λ

, a vertical distance, with respect to the wide surfaces of the circuit board, from the wide surface facing the first element to the first element is not greater than 0.5 λ

.