Antenna and radio communication apparatus

• US 7,119,749 B2
• Filed: 03/22/2005
• Issued: 10/10/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co Limited
• Original Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co Limited
• Inventors: Miyata, Akira, Kawahata, Kazunari
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Shih-Chao
• Assistant Examiner(s): A, MINH D
• Application Number:
  US11/086,179
• Publication Number:
  US 20050243001A1
• Time in Patent Office: 567 Days
• Field of Search: 343/700.MS, 343/702, 343/750, 343/751, 343/752
• US Class Current: 343/702
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• 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 5/321 within a radiating element or between connected radiating elements
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/335 at the feed, e.g. for impedance matching

Abstract

An antenna includes a parallel resonant circuit disposed in a non-ground region. The parallel resonant circuit includes a parallel radiation electrode pattern that is patterned in the non-ground region and a surface mount antenna component. The parallel radiation electrode pattern is connected in parallel to the surface mount antenna component. The parallel radiation electrode pattern is arranged in a loop so as to occupy the majority of the non-ground region and defines an inductor of the parallel resonant circuit. A pair of electrodes of the surface mount antenna component defines a capacitor having a capacitance corresponding to a distance between the pair of electrodes.

Claims

1. An antenna comprising:

a mount board having a non-ground region;

a parallel resonant circuit provided in the non-ground region, the parallel resonant circuit including a surface mount antenna component including a substrate and at least a pair of electrodes arranged on a surface of the substrate so as to face each other with a predetermined distance therebetween to define a capacitor, and a parallel radiation electrode pattern having an inductor and a feed electrode, the parallel radiation electrode pattern being connected in parallel to the capacitor; and

a first lumped-constant inductor connected to or included in the parallel resonant circuit.

2. The antenna according to claim 1, wherein the first lumped-constant inductor is disposed between the feed electrode of the parallel resonant circuit and a feed unit to which the antenna is to be connected, thereby the first lumped-constant inductor is connected to the parallel resonant circuit.

3. The antenna according to claim 2, further comprising a second lumped-constant inductor disposed in the parallel radiation electrode pattern.

4. The antenna according to claim 2, further comprising a second lumped-constant inductor disposed near a connection portion of the surface mount antenna component and the parallel radiation electrode pattern.

5. The antenna according to claim 2, further comprising:

a second lumped-constant inductor disposed in the parallel radiation electrode pattern; and

a third lumped-constant inductor disposed near a connection portion of the surface mount antenna component and the parallel radiation electrode pattern.

6. The antenna according to claim 1, wherein the first lumped-constant inductor is disposed in the parallel radiation electrode pattern, thereby the first lumped-constant inductor is included in the parallel resonant circuit.

7. The antenna according to claim 1, wherein the first lumped-constant inductor is disposed near a connection portion of the surface mount antenna component and the parallel radiation electrode pattern.

8. The antenna according to claim 1, further comprising:

a second lumped-constant inductor disposed near a connection portion of the surface mount antenna component and the parallel radiation electrode pattern, wherein

the first lumped-constant inductor is disposed in the parallel radiation electrode pattern.

9. The antenna according to claim 1, wherein the parallel resonant circuit further includes an auxiliary radiation electrode pattern that branches and extends from an end of the parallel radiation electrode pattern that is remote from the feed electrode.

10. The antenna according to claim 1, wherein the parallel resonant circuit further includes an electrode plate that is substantially parallel to the mount board, the electrode plate being electrically connected above an end of the parallel radiation electrode pattern that is remote from the feed electrode.

11. The antenna according to claim 1, wherein:

the parallel radiation electrode pattern is provided in a non-ground region on a back surface of the mount board; and

the parallel radiation electrode pattern is connected in parallel to the surface mount antenna component via a through hole.

12. A radio communication apparatus comprising the antenna as set forth in claim 1.