Antenna and Electronic Device

• US 20100271269A1
• Filed: 04/27/2009
• Published: 10/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GIGA-BYTE Communications, Inc. (Giga-Byte Technology Co.), Gigabyte Technology Company Limited (Giga-Byte Technology Co.)
• Original Assignee: GIGA-BYTE Communications, Inc. (Giga-Byte Technology Co.), Gigabyte Technology Company Limited (Giga-Byte Technology Co.)
• Inventors: CHUANG, Shih-Ming
• Application Number:
  US12/430,488
• Publication Number:
  US 20100271269A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/702
• 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 9/30 with feed to end of elongated active element, e.g. unipole H01Q9/44 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

An antenna comprises a metal pen, a first contact terminal and a first switch. The metal pen is configured for receiving a wireless signal. The first contact terminal is configured for transmitting the wireless signal. The first switch is coupled to the first contact terminal and configured for outputting the wireless signal to a first processing unit or a second processing unit according to a control signal. A mode of the first processing unit processing the wireless signal is different from that of the second processing unit.

Claims

1. An antenna, comprising:

a metal pen configured for receiving a wireless signal;

a first contact terminal configured for transmitting the wireless signal; and

a first switch coupled to the first contact terminal and outputting the wireless signal to one of a first processing unit and a second processing unit according to a control signal, wherein a mode of the first processing unit processing the wireless signal is different from that of the second processing unit.

2. The antenna as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a first matching circuit configured for matching the wireless signal and outputting its matched result thereof to the first processing unit; and

a second matching circuit configured for matching the wireless signal and outputting its matched result thereof to the second processing unit.

3. The antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein the metal pen has a fixed length.

4. The antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein the metal pen is telescopic.

5. The antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein the metal pen is one of a monopole antenna and a planar inverted-F antenna.

6. The antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first contact terminal is one of a spring lamination and a pogo pin.

7. The antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein an encoding mode of the first processing unit is different from that of the second processing unit.

8. The antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein an operating frequency band of the first processing unit is different from that of the second processing unit.

9. The antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein a communication protocol of the first processing unit is different from that of the second processing unit.

10. The antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wireless signal processed by the first processing unit is applied into one of a Global Positioning System (GPS), a Third Generation Mobile Communication (3G) System, a Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) System, a Bluetooth System and a Wireless-Fidelity (Wi-Fi) System, and the wireless signal processed by the second processing unit is applied into another of the GPS, the 3G System, the DVB System, the Bluetooth System and the Wi-Fi System.

11. The antenna as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a second contact terminal configured for providing one of a ground potential and a floating potential to the metal pen; and

a second switch configured for providing one of the ground potential and the floating potential to the second contact terminal according to the control signal.

12. The antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control signal is related to a length of the metal pen.

13. An electronic device operating in one of a first operating system and a second operating system, comprising:

a first processing unit;

a second processing unit; and

a first antenna, comprising;

a metal pen configured for receiving a first wireless signal;

a first contact terminal configured for transmitting the first wireless signal; and

a first switch coupled to the first contact terminal and configured for outputting the first wireless signal to one of the first processing unit and the second processing unit according to a control signal, wherein when the first switch outputs the first wireless signal to the first processing unit, the first processing unit processes the first wireless signal for enabling the electronic device to operate in the first operating system;

when the first switch outputs the first wireless signal to the second processing unit, the second processing unit processes the first wireless signal for enabling the electronic device to operate in the second operating system, a mode of the first processing unit processing the first wireless signal is different from that of the second processing unit.

14. The electronic device as claimed in claim 13, further comprising:

a second antenna configured for receiving a second wireless signal, wherein each of the first processing unit and the second processing unit has a control chip configured for processing the first and second wireless signals, the first and second wireless signals are in a same frequency band.

15. The electronic device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the control chip is a diversity chip IC.

16. The electronic device as claimed in claim 14, further comprising:

a touch panel configured for providing a touch function, wherein the first antenna is served as a touch pen.

17. The electronic device as claimed in claim 13, further comprising:

a first matching circuit configured for matching the wireless signal and outputting its matched result thereof to the first processing unit; and

a second matching circuit configured for matching the wireless signal and outputting its matched result thereof to the second processing unit.

18. The electronic device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the metal pen has a fixed length.

19. The electronic device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the metal pen is telescopic.

20. The electronic device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the metal pen is one of a monopole antenna and a planar inverted-F antenna.

21. The electronic device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the first contact terminal is one of a spring lamination and a pogo pin.

22. The electronic device as claimed in claim 13, wherein an encoding mode of the first processing unit is different from that of the second processing unit.

23. The electronic device as claimed in claim 13, wherein an operating frequency band of the first processing unit is different from that of the second processing unit.

24. The electronic device as claimed in claim 13, wherein a communication protocol of the first processing unit is different from that of the second processing unit.

25. The electronic device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the wireless signal processed by the first processing unit is applied into one of a Global Positioning System (GPS), a Third Generation Mobile Communication (3G) System, a Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) System, a Bluetooth System and a Wireless-Fidelity (Wi-Fi) System, and the wireless signal processed by the second processing unit is applied into another of the GPS, the 3G System, the DVB System, the Bluetooth System and the Wi-Fi System.

26. The electronic device as claimed in claim 13, further comprising:

a second contact terminal configured for providing one of a ground potential and a floating potential to the metal pen; and

a second switch configured for providing one of the ground potential and the floating potential to the second contact terminal according to the control signal.

27. The electronic device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the control signal is related to a length of the metal pen.