ELECTROMAGNETIC FILTER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING SAME

• US 20110084782A1
• Filed: 10/06/2010
• Published: 04/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: KANNO, Hiroshi
• Application Number:
  US12/898,959
• Publication Number:
  US 20110084782A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 333/202
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/38 formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support patch antennas H01Q9/0407; microstrip dipole antennas H01Q9/065; microstrip slot antennas H01Q13/106; transmission line microstrip antennas H01Q13/206; manufacturing reflecting surfaces using insulating material for supporting the reflecting surface H01Q15/142
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/425 comprising a metallic grid
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/526 Electromagnetic shields
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 15/0086 said selective devices having materials with a synthesized negative refractive index, e.g. metamaterials or left-handed materials
• 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 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/70 involving the reduction of electric, magnetic or electromagnetic leakage fields

Abstract

The electromagnetic filter according to the present invention includes a shield opening 102 provided in a shield conductor 101, a plurality of conductive strips 111 connected to the shield conductor 101 at both of two ends for dividing the shield conductor 101 into a plurality of divided openings 112, and a plurality of band-stop filters 113 located on each of the conductive strips 111 at a prescribed interval. By dividing the shield opening 102 into the plurality of divided openings 112, the amount of noise leaking via the shield opening 102 can be suppressed. Each of the band-stop filters 113 prevents a flow of an electric current of a prescribed frequency in each of the conductive strips 111, which would otherwise be caused by a magnetic field of the prescribed frequency passing the shield opening 102, and thus the wireless electric power transmission characteristic which uses coupling of magnetic fields of the prescribed frequency can be prevented from being deteriorated.

Claims

1. An electromagnetic filter locatable between a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna for wireless transmission of radio frequency electric power, the electromagnetic filter comprising:

a conductor having a first opening;

at least one conductive strip, both of two sides of which are electrically connected to the conductor so as to divide the first opening into a plurality of second openings; and

a plurality band-stop filters provided on the conductive strip for preventing an electric current from flowing in the conductive strip at a frequency of the radio frequency electric power.

2. The electromagnetic filter of claim 1, wherein:

the conductive strip provided with the plurality of band-stop filters includes a plurality of conductive parts located on one straight line; and

two conductive parts, among the plurality of conductive parts, which are adjacent to each other on the one straight line are coupled to each other by one of the plurality of band-stop filters.

3. The electromagnetic filter of claim 1, wherein the plurality of band-stop filters are each an LC resonance circuit.

4. The electromagnetic filter of claim 1, further comprising a dielectric substrate for supporting the conductor and the conductive strip.

5. The electromagnetic filter of claim 1, comprising a printed circuit board including at least one conductive layer,

wherein the conductive strip and the plurality of band-stop filters are formed of the conductive layer.

6. The electromagnetic filter of claim 1, wherein the frequency of the radio frequency electric power is in the range of 10 kHz to 10 GHz.

7. The electromagnetic filter of claim 1, wherein the plurality of second openings have at least one second opening having a perimeter length which is shorter than a wavelength of an electromagnetic wave defined by the frequency of the radio frequency electric power.

8. The electromagnetic filter of claim 1, wherein, where a wavelength of an electromagnetic wave defined by the frequency of the radio frequency electric power is λ

, the plurality of band-stop filters are arranged on the conductive strip at an interval which is different from (N/2)×

λ

.

9. The electromagnetic filter of claim 1, wherein the at least one conductive strip includes:

a first conductive strip extending in a first direction included in a plane parallel to the first opening; and

a second conductive strip extending in a second direction included in the plane and crossing the first direction.

10. The electromagnetic filter of claim 9, wherein at least a part of the first conductive strip and at least a part of the second conductive strip are connected to each other.

11. The electromagnetic filter of claim 1, comprising a terminal for electrically connecting the conductor to a shield conductor of an electronic device to which the electromagnetic filter is attachable.

12. An electronic device, comprising:

an antenna for wireless transmission of radio frequency electric power; and

an electromagnetic filter;

wherein the electromagnetic filter includes;

a conductor having a first opening;

at least one conductive strip, both of two sides of which are electrically connected to the conductor so as to divide the first opening into a plurality of second openings; and

a plurality band-stop filters provided on the conductive strip for preventing an electric current from flowing in the conductive strip at a frequency of the radio frequency electric power.

13. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein:

the conductive strip provided with the plurality of band-stop filters includes a plurality of conductive parts located on one straight line; and

two conductive parts, among the plurality of conductive parts, which are adjacent to each other on the one straight line are coupled to each other by one of the plurality of band-stop filters.

14. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the plurality of band-stop filters are each an LC resonance circuit.

15. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the conductor is electrically connected to a shield conductor enclosing the antenna.

16. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the conductor is a shield conductor enclosing the antenna.

17. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the frequency of the radio frequency electric power is in the range of 10 kHz to 10 GHz.

18. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the plurality of second openings have at least one second opening having a perimeter length which is shorter than a wavelength of an electromagnetic wave defined by the frequency of the radio frequency electric power.

19. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein, where a wavelength of an electromagnetic wave defined by the frequency of the radio frequency electric power is λ

, the plurality of band-stop filters are arranged on the conductive strip at an interval which is different from (N/2)×

λ

.

20. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the at least one conductive strip includes:

a first conductive strip extending in a first direction included in a plane parallel to the first opening; and

a second conductive strip extending in a second direction included in the plane and crossing the first direction.

21. The electronic device of claim 20, wherein at least a part of the first conductive strip and at least a part of the second conductive strip are connected to each other.

22. The electronic device of claim 12, comprising a printed circuit board including at least one conductive layer,

wherein the conductive strip and the plurality of band-stop filters are formed of the conductive layer.