This application is based upon and claims priority to Chinese patent application No. 201710497977.2, filed Jun. 27, 2017, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety for all purposes.
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of communications, and more particularly, to an antenna and an electronic device.
With the development of communications technology, an electronic device such as a smartphone has an increasing demand for having the multi-antenna and the multi-frequency band, and the electronic device also needs a more compact structure. Due to some structural and industrial design limitations, it is difficult for an electronic device to be freely designed entirely based on the requirement for antenna. Therefore, it becomes a technical problem to utilize the structure of the electronic device for implementing the function of transmitting and receiving multi-frequency band signals by an antenna.
The present disclosure provides an antenna and an electronic device.
According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, an antenna provided in an electronic device is provided. The antenna may include: a radiator, a feed terminal, a capacitive circuit, a resonant circuit, and a ground terminal, where the feed terminal is electrically connected to a preset connection point on the radiator via the capacitive circuit; and a first end of the resonant circuit is electrically connected to the radiator, and a second end of the resonant circuit is electrically connected to the ground terminal.
According to a second aspect the present disclosure, an electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include: a processor; and a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor, where the electronic device may further include an antenna, the antenna including: a radiator, a feed terminal, a capacitive circuit, a resonant circuit, and a ground terminal, where the feed terminal is electrically connected to a preset connection point on the radiator via the capacitive circuit; and a first end of the resonant circuit is electrically connected to the radiator, and a second end of the resonant circuit is electrically connected to the ground terminal.
It should be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate examples consistent with the disclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.
Reference will now be made in detail to examples, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. The following description refers to the accompanying drawings in which the same numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations set forth in the following description of examples do not represent all implementations consistent with the disclosure. Instead, they are merely examples of apparatuses and methods consistent with aspects related to the disclosure.
The terms used in the present disclosure are only for the purpose of describing particular examples, and are not intended to limit the present disclosure. Unless the context clearly indicates other meanings, “a”, “the” and “this” in a singular form used in the present disclosure and the appended claims are intended to include “a”, “the” and “this” in a plural form. It also should be understood that the term “and/or” used herein refers to and includes any or all possible combination of one or more listed items associated with each other.
It should be understood that the present disclosure may use the terms “first”, “second”, “third” and the like to describe various information, but the information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to separate the same type of information from one another. For example, a first information may also be referred to as a second information without departing from the scope of the present disclosure, and a second information may also be referred to as a first information similarly. Depending on the context, the term “if” as used herein may be interpreted as “at the time of”, “when” or “in response to determination”.
An antenna is an essential part for an electronic device to realize the function of wireless communication. The present disclosure provides an antenna which is applicable to an electronic device having the function of wireless communication, such as smartphone, tablet device, personal digital assistant, and wearable device (for example, smart watch).
The present disclosure provides an antenna, and the antenna includes: a radiator, a feed terminal, a capacitive circuit, a resonant circuit, and a ground terminal. The feed terminal is electrically connected to a preset connection point on the radiator via the capacitive circuit. A first end of the resonant circuit is electrically connected to the radiator, and a second end of the resonant circuit is electrically connected to the ground terminal.
Referring to
After the feed terminal 2 is connected with the first capacitor 3 in series, the feed terminal 2 is electrically connected to the radiator 1 at the position of a preset connection point O. In the present disclosure, the position of the connection point O at which the first capacitor 3 connects to the radiator 1 may be determined based on an operating frequency band of the electronic device. The position of the connection point O is adjacent to a first end A of the radiator 1.
A second end B of the radiator 1 is connected to a first end of the parallel resonant circuit 4, and a second end of the parallel resonant circuit 4 is electrically connected to the ground terminal 5.
In an example of the present disclosure, the above-mentioned radiator may be a metal frame of the electronic device. Referring to
In another example of the present disclosure, the above-mentioned radiator may be a metal strap structure separated from the metal shell of the electronic device by an insulating material. Referring to
Based on the structure of the above-mentioned antenna, three antenna resonance points may be excited simultaneously by one feed terminal. That is, the antenna provided by the present disclosure allows the radiator to realize three different antenna equivalent lengths simultaneously. Each of the antenna equivalent lengths corresponds to an antenna resonance point of one frequency band. Therefore, three frequency bands are covered, and the three frequency bands may be low frequency, intermediate frequency and high frequency, respectively, of different mobile communication modes, or may be other operating frequency bands.
Referring to
As seen from
In contrast, in some cases where neither the feed terminal nor the ground terminal is provided with the above-mentioned circuits, the resonance point 2 of intermediate-frequency band and the resonance point 3 of high-frequency band as shown in
As can be seen, the present disclosure may realize, based on one simple antenna, signal coverage of three frequency bands after a capacitive circuit is connected between the feed terminal and the radiator and a resonant circuit is connected between the radiator and the ground terminal. Using an existing member of the electronic device as a radiator of the antenna, the frequency band coverage of the antenna is expanded and the antenna performance is improved effectively without increasing complexity of the antenna structure.
In other words, without changing the antenna structure, the present disclosure may realize a three-frequency band characteristic of the antenna by only adding a capacitive circuit connected between the feed terminal and the radiator and a resonant circuit connected between the radiator and the ground terminal. The three-frequency band characteristic means that the antenna has three frequency bands in which echo loss is less than −6 dB. The three frequency bands are 800 MHz, 3.1 GHz and 4 GHz, respectively. In this way, three kinds of communication modes may be applicable.
Taking mobile phone as an example of the electronic device, the three-frequency band characteristic of the antenna allows the antenna to simultaneously cover main communication frequency bands employed for current mobile phone communications, thereby achieving the effect that the fourth generation mobile communication system is compatible with the previous mobile communication system such as 2G and 3G communication systems. Specifically, it is a three-frequency band antenna for a mobile phone supporting communication systems such as GSM and LTE.
In another example of the present disclosure, electrical elements of the above-mentioned capacitive circuit and resonant circuit may be adjustable elements.
Referring to
In case where the desired operating frequency band of the electronic device such as mobile phone CDMA 1× is a frequency band of 800 MHz and the frequency of the low-frequency resonance point currently measured on the antenna is slightly lower than 800 MHz (for example, 795 MHz), the capacitance value of the variable capacitor C10 in
Referring to
The single-pole multi-throw switch 301 may control the distributed capacitive components to be connected in series with and between the connection point O on the radiator and the feed terminal 2. The capacitive components may include at least two sub-capacitors connected in a distributed manner.
As shown in
As known from table 1, when an electronic device is used to perform communication, the sub-capacitor to be connected with the feed terminal in series may be controlled based on operating frequency band corresponding to communication mode of the electronic device. Taking mobile phone as an example, when communication mode of mobile phone includes global system for mobile communications (GSM) mode, the corresponding operating frequency band is a frequency band of 900 MHz. Then, the single-pole multi-throw switch 301 may be controlled to connect the sub-capacitor C12 in series with and between the feed terminal 2 and the connection point O on the radiator 1, such that one resonance point frequency of the antenna is 900 MHz for transmitting and receiving GSM signals.
Similarly, when operating frequency band corresponding to communication mode of mobile phone is a frequency band of 850 MHz, the single-pole multi-throw switch 301 may be controlled to connect the sub-capacitor C11 in series with and between the feed terminal 2 and the connection point O on the radiator 1, such that one resonance point frequency of the antenna is 850 MHz.
In another example of the present disclosure, the single-pole multi-throw switch 301 may be provided between a second end of sub-capacitor components connected in a distributed manner and the feed terminal 2, so as to control at least one sub-capacitor to be electrically connected in series with and between the feed terminal 2 and the connection point O on the radiator 1, as shown in
In an example of the present disclosure, as an alternative to the structure of the resonant circuit 4 shown in
In another example of the present disclosure, the capacitor of the above-mentioned parallel resonant circuit may be a variable capacitor C20 and the inductor may be an adjustable inductor L0, referring to
In addition, in the present disclosure, the resonant circuit 4 may also be implemented in a distributed manner, i.e., may use a second selective switch to control at least one of at least two sub-resonant circuits connected in a distributed manner to be electrically connected between the ground terminal 5 and the second end B of the radiator 1. Referring to
In the antenna provided by the present disclosure, frequencies of three resonance points excited by the feed terminal are the joint result of numerical values of elements in the resonant circuit, capacitance values of capacitors in series, and the position of connection point for the feed terminal to connect to the radiator. Electrical elements of the antenna provided by the present disclosure are adjustable and/or switchable, such that values of electrical elements connected to the antenna are also adjustable. Furthermore, values of electrical elements connected to the antenna affect operating frequency band of the antenna. In practical application, the resonance frequency of the antenna may be adjusted by adjusting parameter values of one or more electrical elements and/or by adjusting position of connection point for the feed terminal to connect to the radiator, in order to meet the operating frequency band requirement for communications of the electronic device.
Moreover, the present disclosure further provides an electronic device, and the electronic device may include: a processor; and a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor. The electronic device further includes an antenna, the antenna including: a radiator, a feed terminal, a capacitive circuit, a resonant circuit, and a ground terminal. The feed terminal is electrically connected to a preset connection point on the radiator via the capacitive circuit. A first end of the resonant circuit is electrically connected to the radiator, and a second end of the resonant circuit is electrically connected to the ground terminal. The above-mentioned electronic device may be a mobile phone having a metal frame or a mobile phone whose frame and rear covers are both made of metal material.
Referring to
The processing component 602 typically controls overall operations of the device 600, such as the operations associated with display, phone calls, data communications, camera operations and recording operations. The processing component 602 may include one or more processors 620 to execute instructions. Moreover, the processing component 602 may include one or more modules which facilitate the interaction between the processing component 602 and other components. For example, the processing component 602 may include a multimedia module to facilitate the interaction between the multimedia component 608 and the processing component 602.
The memory 604 is configured to store various types of data to support operations of the device 600. Examples of such data include instructions for any applications or methods operated on the device 600, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, video, etc. The memory 604 may be implemented by using any type of volatile or non-volatile memory devices, or a combination thereof, such as a static random access memory (SRAM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), a read-only memory (ROM), a magnetic memory, a flash memory, a magnetic or optical disk.
The power component 606 provides power to various components of the device 600. The power component 606 may include a power supply management system, one or more power sources, and any other components associated with the generation, management, and distribution of power in the device 600.
The multimedia component 608 includes a screen providing an output interface between the device 600 and the user. In some examples, the screen may include a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch panel (TP). If the screen includes the touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive input signals from the user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touches, swipes and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensors may not only sense a boundary of a touch or swipe action, but also sense a period of time and a pressure associated with the touch or swipe action. In some examples, the multimedia component 608 includes a front camera and/or a rear camera. The front camera and/or the rear camera may receive an external multimedia datum while the device 600 is in an operation mode, such as a photographing mode or a video mode. Each of the front camera and the rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have focus and optical zoom capability.
The audio component 610 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 610 includes a microphone (MIC) configured to receive an external audio signal when the device 600 is in an operation mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signal may be further stored in the memory 604 or transmitted via the communication component 616. In some examples, the audio component 610 further includes a speaker to output audio signals.
The I/O interface 612 provides an interface between the processing component 602 and peripheral interface modules, such as a keyboard, a click wheel, buttons, and the like. The buttons may include, but are not limited to, a home button, a volume button, a starting button, and a locking button.
The sensor component 614 includes one or more sensors to provide status assessments of various aspects of the device 600. For instance, the sensor component 614 may detect an open/closed status of the device 600, relative positioning of components, e.g., the display and the keypad, of the device 600, a change in position of the device 600 or a component of the device 600, a presence or absence of user's contact with the device 600, an orientation or an acceleration/deceleration of the device 600, and a change in temperature of the device 600. The sensor component 614 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact. The sensor component 614 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some examples, the sensor component 614 may also include an accelerometer sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor or a temperature sensor.
The communication component 616 is configured to facilitate communication, wired or wirelessly, between the device 600 and other devices. The device 600 can access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G, 3G, 4G or 5G or a combination thereof. In one example, the communication component 616 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast associated information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In one example, the communication component 616 further includes a near field communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on a radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, an infrared data association (IrDA) technology, an ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, a Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.
In examples, the device 600 may be implemented with one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, or other electronic components.
The present disclosure provides an antenna and an electronic device so that the electronic device has a function of transmitting and receiving signals in three frequency bands simultaneously, thereby improving antenna performance.
According to a first aspect of the examples of the present disclosure, an antenna provided in an electronic device is provided and includes: a radiator, a feed terminal, a capacitive circuit, a resonant circuit, and a ground terminal, wherein
the feed terminal is electrically connected to a preset connection point on the radiator via the capacitive circuit; and
a first end of the resonant circuit is electrically connected to the radiator, and a second end of the resonant circuit is electrically connected to the ground terminal.
Optionally, the capacitive circuit includes a variable capacitor.
Optionally, the capacitive circuit includes: a first selective switch; and at least two sub-capacitors connected in a distributed manner, wherein the first selective switch is configured to connect at least one of the at least two sub-capacitors in series with and between the feed terminal and the radiator.
Optionally, a second end of a capacitor of the resonant circuit and a second end of an inductor of the resonant circuit are electrically connected to the ground terminal after being connected together, or are respectively electrically connected to the ground terminal.
Optionally, the resonant circuit includes: a second selective switch; and at least two sub-resonant circuits connected in a distributed manner, wherein the second selective switch is configured to electrically connect at least one of the at least two sub-resonant circuits between the ground terminal and the radiator.
Optionally, the capacitor and the inductor of the resonant circuit are a variable capacitor and an adjustable inductor, respectively.
Optionally, the radiator is a metal frame of the electronic device.
Optionally, the radiator is a metal strap structure separated from the metal shell of the electronic device by an insulating material.
Optionally, a position of the preset connection point at which the first capacitor connects to the radiator is adjusted based on a desired operating frequency band of the electronic device.
According to a second aspect of the examples of the present disclosure, an electronic device is provided and includes:
a processor; and
a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor, wherein
the electronic device further includes an antenna, the antenna including: a radiator, a feed terminal, a capacitive circuit, a resonant circuit, and a ground terminal, wherein
the feed terminal is electrically connected to a preset connection point on the radiator via the capacitive circuit; and
a first end of the resonant circuit is electrically connected to the radiator, and a second end of the resonant circuit is electrically connected to the ground terminal.
The technical solutions provided by the examples of the present disclosure may have the following advantageous effects.
The antenna provided by the present disclosure may realize the transmission and reception of radio signals in three frequency bands simultaneously by a simple structure. The electronic device, to which the antenna provided by the present disclosure is applied, operates in three frequency bands. With the simple structure design, the frequency band coverage of the electronic device is expanded effectively, and the antenna performance of the electronic device is enhanced. Meanwhile, the antenna is accomplished based on the existing metal member of the electronic device, and the antenna has features of simple structure, small space-occupation, and so on.
The present disclosure may include dedicated hardware implementations such as application specific integrated circuits, programmable logic arrays and other hardware devices. The hardware implementations can be constructed to implement one or more of the methods described herein. Applications that may include the apparatus and systems of various examples can broadly include a variety of electronic and computing systems. One or more examples described herein may implement functions using two or more specific interconnected hardware modules or devices with related control and data signals that can be communicated between and through the modules, or as portions of an application-specific integrated circuit. Accordingly, the computing system disclosed may encompass software, firmware, and hardware implementations. The terms “module,” “sub-module,” “circuit,” “sub-circuit,” “circuitry,” “sub-circuitry,” “unit,” or “sub-unit” may include memory (shared, dedicated, or group) that stores code or instructions that can be executed by one or more processors.
Other examples of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed here. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following the general principles thereof and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice in the art. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only.
It will be appreciated that the present disclosure is not limited to the exact construction that has been described above and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope thereof.
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