The present disclosure relates to an antenna device, and more particularly, to an antenna device which can simplify the constitution of a filter by providing a strip line connector inside a clamshell part instead of installing a radio frequency (RF) connector in the filter.
A wireless communication technology, for example, a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology is a technology which can dramatically increase data transmission capacity by using a plurality of antennas, and in this technology, a transmitter transmits different data through respective transmission antennas, and a receiver adopts a spatial multiplexing technique to separate pieces of transmitted data through proper signal processing.
Accordingly, with the simultaneous increase of the number of transmission/reception antennas, the channel capacity is increased, and thus more data can be transmitted. For example, in case that the number of antennas is increased to 10, about 10 times channel capacity can be secured by using the same frequency band as compared with the current single antenna system. In case of a transmission/reception device to which such a MIMO technology is applied, the number of transmitters and filters can also be increased as the number of antennas is increased.
Referring to
Here, the filter 40 may be adopted as any one of a cavity filter, a waveguide filter, and a dielectric filter. In addition, the filter 40 does not exclude a multi-band filter (MBF) that covers a multi-frequency band.
Further, the clamshell 50 is interposed between the PBA 30 and the filter 40 and performs a signal shielding function by shielding electromagnetic waves between the filter and other antenna-related components mounted on the PBA 30 so as not to exert an influence on the electrical signal line constructed in the filter 40.
However, on the point that the PBA 30 and the filter 40 should be provided to energize each other, as being referenced in
Here, as illustrated in
However, the example of the antenna device 1 in the related art has a problem in that impedance characteristics of an interior impedance matching space are easily disrupted in installing and fixing the RF connector 43 to the inside of the case extension part 45.
Further, the example of the antenna device 1 in the related art has a problem of high manufacturing costs because the structure of the RF connector 43 is very complicated, and the RF connector 43 is fixed to the side of the filter 40.
In order to solve the above problems, an aspect of the present disclosure is to provide an antenna device which can simplify the constitution of a multi-band filter by providing a strip line connector having a simple structure inside a clamshell part instead of installing an RF connector in the filter.
Another aspect of the present disclosure is to provide an antenna device which can secure a more stable filter performance by constituting ground shielding lines inside and outside a clamshell part.
The technical problems of the present disclosure are not limited to the above-described technical problems, and other unmentioned technical problems may be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following descriptions.
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, an antenna device includes: a printed board assembly (hereinafter, abbreviated to “PBA”) having one surface on which a plurality of antenna-related components are mounted and the other surface on which a plurality of filters are mounted; an antenna board disposed to be stacked on one surface side of the PBA, mounted with a plurality of antenna elements on one surface of the antenna board, and connected to construct electrical signal lines with the filters in close contact with the other surface of the antenna board; and a clamshell part interposed between the other surface of the PBA and one surface of the filters and configured to perform a signal shielding function, wherein in an inside of the clamshell part, a strip line connector is provided to absorb an assembly tolerance between the clamshell parts while being partially deformed by means of an adhesion of the filters during close coupling of the filters, and to shield a signal by means of a ground surface disposed around the strip line connector while constructing the electrical signal lines.
Here, the strip line connector may be connected to the other surface of the PBA so as to be grounded by the ground surface provided in a form in which a signal shielding material is coated on an inner surface of the clamshell part and the other surface of the PBA.
Further, the strip line connector may be provided on the clamshell part, and one side thereof may be shielded by the PBA, and the other side thereof may be provided in a signal line connection space that is shielded by the filters.
Further, a signal shielding material may be provided to be coated on an inner wall surface of the signal line connection space so as not to be energized with the strip line connector.
Further, the signal shielding material coated on the inner wall surface of the signal line connection space may be configured to serve as a ground around the strip line connector.
Further, the strip line connector may include: a first contact panel being contact-fixed horizontally to the other surface of the PBA; a second contact panel disposed in parallel to the first contact panel so as to be in contact with the filters; and a connection panel configured to connect ends of the first contact panel and the second contact panel with each other.
Further, the strip line connector may be made of a conductive material, and may be formed to be elastically deformable.
Further, a pin through-hole that communicates with the signal line connection space may be formed on a region that is in close contact with the filters on the clamshell part, and an end part of a pressure terminal pin that is in pressure contact with the second contact panel on the strip line connector may be fixed to the filters while penetrating the pin through-hole.
Further, the pressure terminal pin may be fixedly mounted on a contact surface of the filters in a soldering joining method.
Further, an elastic ground washer electrostatically shielding the electrical signal line and being elastically supported by the filter may be installed on one outer side surface of the clamshell part that comes in close contact with the filter.
The antenna device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure can achieve various effects as follows.
First, by providing the strip line connector having the simple structure inside the clamshell part instead of installing the RF connector in the filter, the costs can be saved through simplification of the constitution of the filters.
Second, by constituting the ground shielding lines inside and outside the clamshell part, more stable filter performance can be secured.
The effects of the present disclosure are not limited to the above-described effects, and other unmentioned effects can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the appended claims.
Hereinafter, an antenna device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the exemplary drawings.
In adding reference numerals to constituent elements in the drawings, it is to be noted that the same constituent elements have the same reference numerals as much as possible even if they are represented in different drawings. Further, in explaining embodiments of the present disclosure, the detailed explanation of related known constitutions or functions will be omitted if it is determined that the detailed explanation interferes with understanding of the embodiments of the present disclosure.
The terms, such as “first, second, A, B, (a), and (b)”, may be used to describe constituent elements of embodiments of the present disclosure. The terms are only for the purpose of discriminating one constituent element from another constituent element, but the nature, the turn, or the order of the corresponding constituent elements is not limited by the terms. Further, unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meanings as those commonly understood by those ordinary skilled in the art to which the present disclosure belongs. The terms that are defined in a generally used dictionary should be interpreted as meanings that match with the meanings of the terms from the context of the related technology, and they are not interpreted as an ideal or excessively formal meaning unless clearly defined in the present disclosure.
An antenna device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a printed board assembly (hereinafter, abbreviated to “PBA”) 130 primarily stacked on an inside of an accommodation space of a main housing (refer to reference numeral 10 of
Referring to
If a power is applied from a power supply unit assembly (hereinafter, abbreviated to “PSU assembly”) (refer to reference numeral 70 of
Meanwhile, as illustrated in
Although not illustrated in the drawing, the filter 200 may filter only the frequency of a specific band by implementing attenuation characteristics (notch) through the usage of a filter body part provided with at least one cavity and a notch bar provided in the cavity. The implementation of the attenuation characteristic of the notch bar may be possible through a clearance control with a frequency tuning screw (not illustrated).
As illustrated in
The PBA 130 and the filter 200 may construct an electrical signal line by penetrating the clamshell part 300. For this, a signal line connection space 305 may be provided in the clamshell part 300.
In the signal line connection space of the clamshell part 300, a strip line connector 310 may be provided. The strip line connector 310 may be provided in the signal line connection space 305, and one side of the strip line connector 310 may be connected to a contact part 135 of the PBA 130, and the other side thereof may be connected to a contact part 210 of the filter 200.
As illustrated in
Here, in an inside (e.g., signal line connection space 305) of the clamshell part 300, a ground surface 307 may be formed.
As illustrated in shades of gray in
However, the ground surface 307, as can be known from its constituent name, may serve as a ground terminal independent of the above-described electrical signal line, and the conductive material that is not energized with the strip line connector 310 may also be included in a coating of the signal shielding material that forms the above-described ground surface 307. As described above, the ground surface 307 provided by coating the signal shielding material on an inner wall surface of the signal line connection space 305 may serve as the ground around the strip line connector 310. This will be described in more detail later.
As illustrated in
Meanwhile, as illustrated in
The first contact panel 311, the second contact panel 312, and the connection panel 313 may form an integral conductive metal plate, and the first contact panel 311 and the second contact panel 312 may be formed to be orthogonally bent in the same direction on one side or on the other side based on the connection panel 313 disposed in a separation direction of the PBA 130 and the filters 200. However, it is not always necessary that the first contact panel 311 and the second contact panel 312 are orthogonally bent with respect to the connection panel 313, and the respective connection parts may be provided to be rounded and connected, so that they can be elastically deformed in an effective manner as compared with a case where they can be provided with a pressing force from a pressure terminal pin 220.
More specifically, as illustrated in
Meanwhile, the filter 200 may further include the pressure terminal pin 220 having an end part that presses and contacts the second contact panel 312 while penetrating the pin through-hole 335 formed on the other side so that a part of the signal line connection space 305 is opened when the filter 200 is closely coupled to one surface of the clamshell part 300 while generating a predetermined adhesion.
As illustrated in
In the antenna device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, it is exemplified that the pressure terminal pin 220 is separately manufactured and joins the filter 200. However, it is not always necessary that the pressure terminal pin 220 is separately manufactured, and it is also possible that the pressure terminal pin 220 is integrally formed with the contact part 210 of the filter 200.
If the filter 200 comes in close contact with the clamshell part 300 by generating a predetermined adhesion on the other side of the clamshell part 300, the pressure terminal pin 220 presses and deforms the second contact panel 312 of the strip line connector 310, so that the assembly tolerance between the clamshell part 300 and the filters 200 is easily absorbed, and the above-described electrical signal lines are constructed.
Meanwhile, on the surface that comes in close contact with the filter 200 among the outer side surface of the clamshell part 300, an elastic ground washer 320, which electrostatically shields the electrical signal lines and is elastically supported by the filters 200, may be further provided.
The elastic ground washer 320 is fixed to the outer side surface of the clamshell part 300, and serves as a substantial ground terminal in a manner that the elastic ground washer is energized with the film of the signal shielding material that forms the above-described ground surface 307, and the front end part thereof elastically supports an elastic support groove 235 provided on the filter 200 so as to surround the periphery of the electrical signal line.
Accordingly, the signal line connection space 305 constructs the electrical signal line via the strip line connector 310 connecting between the PBA 130 and the filter 200, which are main constitutions for frequency filtering of a specific band, and at the same time, can prevent the impedance characteristics of the signal line connection space 305 from being easily disrupted by preventing a signal inflow from an outside and leakage of an internal signal by means of the region coated by the signal shielding material, such as the ground surface 307 and the elastic ground washer 320.
Further, since the electrical signal line can be constructed by using the strip line connector 310, which is a very simple structure, even without the complicated and expensive component, such as the RF connector (refer to reference numeral 43 of
In case of the normal contact of the strip line connector 310, as illustrated in
Through this, in order to secure the minimum return loss, it is preferable that the strip line connector 310 is installed to come in normal surface contact without being offset in the X-axis and Y-axis directions. Further, it can be known that the return loss in the range of 0.3 mm in the X-axis and Y-axis direction, which is the assembly tolerance range of the strip line connector, is a loss within the tolerance range.
Meanwhile,
In case of the normal state where the strip line connector 310 is floated by 0.1 mm in the Z-axis direction from the other surface of the PBA 130, as illustrated in
Here, in case of the contact in a predetermined slope with respect to the contact part 135 on the side of the PBA 130 of the strip line connector 310 and the contact part on the side of the filter 200, it is measured that a more return loss occurs as compared with the other case (i.e., case of
Further, in case that the strip line connector 310 is floated for a predetermined length from the PBA 130, it is more preferable that the strip line connector 310 is designed so as to be offset in the X-axis and Y-axis directions in order to secure the minimum return loss, but as described above, it can be confirmed that joining of the strip line connector 310 in the surface contact state with the other surface of the PBA 130 is the most preferable design direction.
As described above, the antenna device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure has the advantages that the impedance characteristics can be prevented from being easily disrupted and the manufacturing cost of the produce can be greatly reduced through reduction of the number of the RF connectors in constructing a predetermined electrical signal lines penetrating the clamshell part 300 by using the strip line connector 310 having the very simple elastic structure.
As above, an antenna device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure has been described in detail. However, embodiments of the present disclosure are not necessarily limited to the above-described embodiment, but it will be apparent that various modifications and implementation within an equal scope are possible by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present disclosure pertains. Accordingly, the true scope of the present disclosure should be interpreted by the appended claims.
The present disclosure provides an antenna device which can simplify the constitution of a filter by providing a strip line connector inside a clamshell part instead of installing an RF connector in the filter.
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This application is a continuation application of International Application No. PCT/KR2021/006488, filed May 25, 2021, which claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application Nos. 10-2020-0062576, filed May 25, 2020; and 10-2021-0066748, filed May 25, 2021, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein in their entirety by reference.
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