The present disclosure relates to the communications technologies, and in particular, to an antenna apparatus and a terminal.
With continuous evolution of communications networks, wireless terminals having a multi-mode communication capability have gradually become a key development direction for the future in the industry. The multiple modes may be, for example, Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), and Long Term Evolution (LTE).
As a quantity of LTE frequency bands increases, it is particularly important for a terminal antenna to have a wide band and to be miniaturized. Existing antenna design solutions for LTE mostly use a conventional antenna having a support, such as a planar inverted F antenna (PIFA).
However, an existing terminal antenna has a relatively large size, and costs of a support are relatively high.
The present disclosure provides an antenna apparatus and a terminal in order to resolve a problem that a terminal antenna in other approaches has a relatively large size and costs relatively high.
According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, an antenna apparatus is provided, including a feeding terminal, a high-pass low-cut device, a first low-pass high-cut device, and an antenna body, where the high-pass low-cut device is electrically connected in series between a first free end of the antenna body and the feeding terminal, and the first low-pass high-cut device is electrically connected in series between a second free end of the antenna body and the feeding terminal.
According to the first aspect, in a first possible implementation manner, the antenna apparatus operates in a first frequency band, a second frequency band, and a third frequency band. The first frequency band includes a first frequency and a second frequency. The second frequency band includes a third frequency and a fourth frequency. The third frequency band includes a fifth frequency and a sixth frequency, and the antenna apparatus is inductive at the first frequency, the third frequency, and the fifth frequency, and is capacitive at the second frequency, the fourth frequency, and the sixth frequency.
According to the first possible implementation manner, in a second possible implementation manner, a first connection end and a second connection end are disposed on the antenna body, and the high-pass low-cut device is electrically connected to the first connection end, the first connection end is electrically connected to the second connection end, and the second connection end is electrically connected to the first low-pass high-cut device.
According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, a terminal is provided, including a printed circuit board (PCB) and the antenna apparatus according to the first aspect, where a feeding apparatus is disposed on the PCB, and the feeding terminal is electrically connected to the feeding apparatus.
The present disclosure provides an antenna apparatus, including a feeding terminal, a high-pass low-cut device, a first low-pass high-cut device, and an antenna body, where the high-pass low-cut device is electrically connected in series between a first free end of the antenna body and the feeding terminal, and the first low-pass high-cut device is electrically connected in series between a second free end of the antenna body and the feeding terminal. According to the antenna apparatus provided in the embodiments, a high-pass low-cut device and a first low-pass high-cut device are added between a legacy antenna body and feeding terminal such that performance of the antenna can be ensured, that is, it is ensured that enough frequency bands are covered by the antenna. Further, as compared with an antenna having a support in the other approaches, primary antenna headroom of an ordinary antenna having a support in the other approaches has a length of 13 millimeters (mm), a width of 58 mm, and a height of at least 3 mm, while primary antenna headroom of the antenna apparatus provided in the present disclosure has a length of 13 mm and a width of 58 mm, and a height of the headroom may be negligible because the antenna apparatus may be printed on the surface of a PCB. Therefore, the antenna apparatus has a smaller size and lower costs.
To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure more clearly, the following briefly describes the accompanying drawings required for describing the embodiments. The accompanying drawings in the following description show some embodiments of the present disclosure, and a person of ordinary skill in the art may still derive other drawings from these accompanying drawings without creative efforts.
To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the embodiments of the present disclosure clearer, the following clearly describes the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The described embodiments are some but not all of the embodiments of the present disclosure. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present disclosure without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.
Further, the high-pass low-cut device 11 is electrically connected in series between a first free end 130 of the antenna body 13 and the feeding terminal 10, and the first low-pass high-cut device 12 is electrically connected in series between a second free end 131 of the antenna body 13 and the feeding terminal 10.
In addition, the feeding terminal 10 is configured to electrically connect to a feedpoint of a feeding circuit in a terminal in which the antenna apparatus 1 is located. The terminal herein may be a mobile device, a user terminal, a wireless communications device, or the like. The feeding circuit is configured to provide an input signal to the antenna apparatus 1, and may be further configured to provide a transmit signal generated by a transmitter of the terminal to the antenna apparatus 1 after processing the signal, and after a signal is received by the antenna apparatus 1, transmit the received signal to a receiver of the terminal after processing the received signal.
The following describes an operating principle of the antenna apparatus 1 with reference to
It should be noted that, according to the principle of electromagnetic waves, a resonance may be realized when a wavelength of an electromagnetic wave matches a length of an antenna. Because the first low-pass high-cut device 12 operates in a low frequency band, and the high-pass low-cut device 11 operates in a high frequency band, a length from the feeding terminal 10 to the second free end 131 on the antenna body 13 is relatively long in order to generate a low frequency resonance of the first mode and generate a high frequency resonance of the second mode, and a length from the feeding terminal 10 to the first free end 130 on the antenna body 13 is relatively short in order to generate a high frequency resonance. It should be noted that the description is given herein using an example in which the antenna apparatus 1 can generate three resonances, that is, the antenna apparatus 1 can cover three frequency bands. In an actual application, however, values of the first low-pass high-cut device 12 and the high-pass low-cut device 11 and a specific length of the antenna body 13 may be selected according to an actual quantity of frequency bands covered by the antenna apparatus 1. This is not limited herein.
In addition, a shape of the antenna apparatus 1 shown in
For specific device selection, optionally, in an actual application, the first low-pass high-cut device 12 may be an inductor. Operating in a low frequency band, the inductor can effectively excite a low frequency electromagnetic wave, which is equivalent to reducing a part of a length of the antenna body 13, that is, an actual cable length of the antenna body 13. In this way, an actual size of the antenna apparatus 1 may be reduced such that the antenna apparatus 1 is more suitable for an ultra-thin mobile phone, and support costs may be lowered.
The antenna apparatus 1 provided in this embodiment of the present disclosure includes the feeding terminal 10, the high-pass low-cut device 11, the first low-pass high-cut device 12, and the antenna body 13. The high-pass low-cut device 11 is electrically connected in series between a first free end 130 of the antenna body 13 and the feeding terminal 10, and the first low-pass high-cut device 12 is electrically connected in series between a second free end 131 of the antenna body 13 and the feeding terminal 10. According to the antenna apparatus 1 provided in this embodiment, the high-pass low-cut device 11 and the first low-pass high-cut device 12 are added between the antenna body 13 and the feeding terminal 10 such that performance of the antenna can be ensured, that is, it is ensured that enough frequency bands are covered by the antenna. Further, as compared with an antenna having a support in the other approaches, primary antenna headroom of an ordinary antenna having a support in the other approaches has a length of 13 mm, a width of 58 mm, and a height of at least 3 mm, while primary antenna headroom of the antenna apparatus 1 provided in the present disclosure has a length of 13 mm and a width of 58 mm, and a height of the headroom may be negligible because the antenna apparatus 1 may be printed on the surface of a PCB. Therefore, the antenna apparatus 1 has a smaller size and lower costs.
Further, the inductor 21 is electrically connected to the first connection end 22, the first connection end 22 is electrically connected to the second connection end 23, and the second connection end 23 is electrically connected to the capacitor 20. As shown in
The following further describes an operating principle of the antenna apparatus 2 with reference to
Similar to
Optionally, in an actual application, values of the inductor 21 and the capacitor 20 and specific positions of the first connection end 22 and the second connection end 23 on the antenna body 13 may be determined by configuring a specific value of an electronic device, that is, be determined according to an operating frequency of the antenna apparatus 2 to make the antenna apparatus 2 operate in a preset frequency band. Further, the antenna apparatus 2 may operate in a first frequency band, a second frequency band, and a third frequency band. The first frequency band includes a first frequency and a second frequency. The second frequency band includes a third frequency and a fourth frequency. The third frequency band includes a fifth frequency and a sixth frequency, and the antenna apparatus 2 is inductive at the first frequency, the third frequency, and the fifth frequency, and is capacitive at the second frequency, the fourth frequency, and the sixth frequency. The first frequency band corresponds to a low frequency resonance of the first mode of the antenna apparatus 2, the second frequency band corresponds to a high frequency resonance of the antenna apparatus 2, and the third frequency band corresponds to a low frequency resonance of the second mode of the antenna apparatus 2.
Actual performance of the antenna apparatus 2, that is, radiation efficiency of the antenna apparatus 2, is shown in
Optionally, the antenna apparatus 2 may further include a second low-pass high-cut device. Further, the second low-pass high-cut device may also be an inductor, that is, an inductor 24 shown in
In addition, the antenna apparatus 2 may further include a low-cut high-pass filtering network. The low-cut high-pass filtering network is electrically connected to the first free end 130 of the antenna body 13. A specific parameter design of the low-cut high-pass filtering network may be determined according to a high operating frequency of the antenna apparatus 2 in order to better match high frequency radiation performed by the antenna apparatus 2.
It should be noted that in the antenna apparatus 2 shown in
Accordingly, the first frequency of the antenna apparatus 2 is 790 MHz, the second frequency is 960 MHz, the third frequency is 1710 MHz, the fourth frequency is 2170 MHz, the fifth frequency is 2520 MHz, and the sixth frequency is 2690 MHz.
The antenna apparatus 2 generates a resonance in each of the three frequency bands. It can be known according to the principle of antennas that a resonance point indicates that input impedance of the antenna apparatus is a real number, that is, an imaginary part of the input impedance is zero. The zero input impedance corresponds to a real number axis in
The antenna apparatus 2 provided in this embodiment of the present disclosure includes the feeding terminal 10, the capacitor 20, an inductor 21, and the antenna body 13. The capacitor 20 is electrically connected in series between a first free end 130 of the antenna body 13 and the feeding terminal 10, and the inductor 21 is electrically connected in series between a second free end 131 of the antenna body 13 and the feeding terminal 10. According to the antenna apparatus 2 provided in this embodiment, the capacitor 20 and inductor 21 are added between the antenna body 13 and feeding terminal 10 such that performance of the antenna can be ensured, that is, it is ensured that enough frequency bands are covered by the antenna. Further, as compared with an antenna having a support in the other approaches, primary antenna headroom of an ordinary antenna having a support in the other approaches has a length of 13 mm, a width of 58 mm, and a height of at least 3 mm, while primary antenna headroom of the antenna apparatus provided in the present disclosure has a length of 13 mm and a width of 58 mm, and a height of the headroom may be negligible because the antenna apparatus 2 may be printed on the surface of a PCB. Therefore, the antenna apparatus 2 has a smaller size and lower costs.
Further, a feeding apparatus 300 is disposed on the PCB 30, and the antenna apparatus 31 may be any antenna apparatus described in Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2. For example, as shown in
The antenna apparatus 31 provided in this embodiment of the present disclosure includes the feeding terminal 10, a high-pass low-cut device 11, a first low-pass high-cut device 12, and an antenna body 13. The high-pass low-cut device 11 is electrically connected in series between a first free end 130 of the antenna body 13 and the feeding terminal 10, and the first low-pass high-cut device 12 is electrically connected in series between a second free end 131 of the antenna body 13 and the feeding terminal 10. According to the antenna apparatus 31 provided in this embodiment, the high-pass low-cut device 11 and the first low-pass high-cut device 12 are added between the antenna body 13 and feeding terminal 10 such that performance of the antenna can be ensured, that is, it is ensured that enough frequency bands are covered by the antenna. Further, as compared with an antenna having a support in the other approaches, primary antenna headroom of an ordinary antenna having a support in the other approaches has a length of 13 mm, a width of 58 mm, and a height of at least 3 mm, while primary antenna headroom of the antenna apparatus provided in the present disclosure has a length of 13 mm and a width of 58 mm, and a height of the headroom may be negligible because the antenna apparatus 31 may be printed on the surface of a PCB. Therefore, the antenna apparatus 31 has a smaller size and lower costs.
Finally, it should be noted that the foregoing embodiments are merely intended for describing the technical solutions of the present disclosure, but not for limiting the present disclosure. Although the present disclosure is described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, persons of ordinary skill in the art should understand that they may still make modifications to the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments or make equivalent replacements to some or all technical features thereof, without departing from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure.
This application is a U.S. National Stage of International Patent Application No. PCT/CN2015/079205 filed on May 18, 2015, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
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PCT/CN2015/079205 | 5/18/2015 | WO | 00 |