Loop antenna having matching circuit integrally formed

• US 7,554,501 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2006
• Issued: 06/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Yong-jin, Park, Wee-sang, Lim, Yoon-taek, Kim, Young-eil
• Primary Examiner(s): PHAN, THO GIA
• Application Number:
  US11/645,774
• Publication Number:
  US 20080036678A1
• Time in Patent Office: 916 Days
• Field of Search: 343/741, 343/742, 343/866
• US Class Current: 343/741
• 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 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

Abstract

A loop antenna is provided having a matching circuit integrally formed includes a radiator which is formed in a loop shape; and a matching circuit including an extension part extended from one side of the radiator to an inner side of the loop and a bend part bent from an end of the extension part several times. Accordingly, the space for the installation of the loop antenna can be reduced and the design modification of the matching circuit can be facilitated.

Claims

1. A loop antenna comprising:

a radiator which is formed in a loop; and

a matching circuit, integrally formed with the loop antenna, which comprises an extension part which extends from one side of the radiator to an inner side of the loop and a bend part bent from an end of the extension part,

wherein the matching circuit is disposed inside the radiator,

wherein one side of the radiator is open, a first open end is a feed point, a second open end is a short point, and the extension part comprises a pair of extension lines which extend from an area opposite to the open one side.

2. The loop antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bend part comprises a pair of meander lines which are bent in a zigzag shape from ends of the extension lines in a cross direction, and ends of the meander lines are connected to each other.

3. The loop antenna as claimed in claim 2, wherein the pair of meander lines includes a first meander line and a second meander line, and the first meander line and the second meander line have a mirror symmetry with respect to each other about an axis which dissects the open one side, wherein the first meander line and the second meander line have vertical portions which are parallel to the axis and horizontal portions which are perpendicular to the axis, and wherein the horizontal portions are longer than the vertical portions.

4. The loop antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein the matching circuit controls an input reactance.

5. The loop antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein a resonant frequency lowers as a length of the extension part extends.

6. The loop antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein a resonant frequency lowers as a length of the bend part, which is formed in a cross direction of the extension part, extends.

7. The loop antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein a total length of the extension part and the bend part is substantially equal to 1λ

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8. The loop antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein the matching circuit is disposed inside the radiator loop.

9. The loop antenna as claimed in claim 1, wherein a length of the extension part is fixed to correspond to a predetermined resonant frequency of the loop antenna.

10. A loop antenna comprising:

a radiator which is formed in a loop; and

a matching circuit, integrally formed with the loop antenna, which comprises an extension part which extends from one side of the radiator to an inner side of the loop and a bend part bent from an end of the extension part,

wherein the matching circuit is disposed inside the radiator,

wherein the extension part serves as a capacitor and the bend part serves as an inductor to configure an LC circuit.

11. A loop antenna comprising:

a radiator which is formed in a loop;

a matching circuit, integrally formed with the loop antenna, which comprises an extension part which extends from one side of the radiator to an inner side of the loop and a bend part bent from an end of the extension part; and

a resistance control part which is formed along an inner side of the radiator in parallel at an interval from the radiator,

wherein the matching circuit is disposed inside the radiator.

12. The loop antenna as claimed in claim 11, wherein one side of the radiator is open, a first open end is a feed point, and a second open end is a short point.

13. The loop antenna as claimed in claim 12, wherein the resistance control part comprises a pair of control lines which extends from the feed point and the short point, respectively, up to an area adjacent to the extension part.

14. The loop antenna as claimed in claim 11, wherein the resistance control part controls an input resistance by functioning as a stub of a dipole type.

15. A loop antenna comprising:

a radiator which is formed in a loop; and

a matching circuit, integrally formed with the loop antenna, which comprises an extension part which extends from one side of the radiator to an inner side of the loop and a bend part bent from an end of the extension part,

wherein the matching circuit is disposed inside the radiator,

wherein the bend part comprises a plurality of bends.