This application claims the priority benefit of Taiwan application serial no. 106109884, filed on Mar. 24, 2017. The entirety of the above-mentioned patent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.
The invention relates to an antenna structure and an electronic device including the same, and in particular, to an antenna structure including a plurality of radiating portions and an electronic device including the same.
With the advance of technologies, the modes of communications for the general public have gradually become wireless. For example, smartphones, tablet computers, and laptops having wireless networking functions all fall in the scope of wireless communication, and wireless communication usually requires antennas for transmitting signals.
In terms of laptops, the housing is commonly formed of a metallic material to satisfy consumers' demand for a metal textured appearance of the product. The metal housing shields the antenna of the laptop and influences its capacity of signal reception and transmission. Therefore, the back cover of the display of some laptops is partially provided with a plastic housing, and the antenna disposed on the display is aligned with the plastic housing. However, such configuration influences the appearance of the laptop. Moreover, in some laptops, one single antenna structure is designed to include a plurality of radiating portions to generate resonant modes of multiple different frequencies. However, the plurality of radiating portions are generally sequentially extended in a continuous manner, which causes an overall extension length of the antenna structure to be overly large and occupies more configurational space inside the laptop. Therefore, how to configure the antenna structure to exhibit excellent capacity of signal reception and transmission without influencing the appearance of the laptop and save the configurational space of the antenna structure is one of the important issues in designing an antenna of laptops.
The invention provides an antenna structure and an electronic device including the same capable of saving configurational space of the antenna structure.
The antenna structure of the invention includes a grounding portion, a feeding portion, a first radiating portion, a second radiating portion, and a third radiating portion. The first radiating portion is connected to the feeding portion, wherein the first radiating portion is adapted to generate a low-frequency resonant mode. The second radiating portion is connected to the feeding portion, wherein a first gap is formed between the first radiating portion and the second radiating portion, and the second radiating portion is adapted to generate a first high-frequency resonant mode. The third radiating portion is connected to the feeding portion, wherein a second gap is formed between the third radiating portion and the grounding portion, and the third radiating portion is adapted to generate a second high-frequency resonant mode.
The electronic device of the invention includes a device body and an antenna structure. The device body includes a housing, wherein the housing includes a sidewall. The antenna structure is disposed at the sidewall and is located in the housing, wherein the antenna structure includes a grounding portion, a feeding portion, a first radiating portion, a second radiating portion, and a third radiating portion. The first radiating portion is connected to the feeding portion, wherein the first radiating portion is adapted to generate a low-frequency resonant mode. The second radiating portion is connected to the feeding portion, wherein a first gap is formed between the first radiating portion and the second radiating portion, and the second radiating portion is adapted to generate a first high-frequency resonant mode. The third radiating portion is connected to the feeding portion, wherein a second gap is formed between the third radiating portion and the grounding portion, and the third radiating portion is adapted to generate a second high-frequency resonant mode.
In an embodiment of the invention, the first radiating portion and the second radiating portion are extended towards a first direction, the third radiating portion is extended towards a second direction, and the first direction is reverse to the second direction.
In an embodiment of the invention, the grounding portion is connected to a grounding plane of the housing, and a third gap is formed between the second radiating portion and the grounding plane of the housing.
In an embodiment of the invention, the grounding portion, the feeding portion, and the first radiating portion form a first planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA), the grounding portion, the feeding portion, and the second radiating portion form a second planar inverted-F antenna, and the grounding portion, the feeding portion, and the third radiating portion form a third planar inverted-F antenna.
In an embodiment of the invention, a frequency of the low-frequency resonant mode is adapted to be adjusted by changing a length of the first radiating portion, a width of the first radiating portion, or a width of the first gap, a frequency of the first high-frequency resonant mode is adapted to be adjusted by changing a length of the second radiating portion, a width of the second radiating portion, or a width of the third gap, and a frequency of the second high-frequency resonant mode is adapted to be adjusted by changing a length of the third radiating portion, a width of the third radiating portion, or a width of the second gap.
In an embodiment of the invention, a frequency of the low-frequency resonant mode is 2400 to 2500 MHz, a frequency of the first high-frequency resonant mode is 5470 to 5875 MHz, and a frequency of the second high-frequency resonant mode is 5150 to 5350 MHz.
In an embodiment of the invention, the housing includes an opening at the sidewall, a material of the housing includes metals, the electronic device includes an insulating cover covering the opening, and the antenna structure is disposed at the insulating cover.
In an embodiment of the invention, the electronic device includes a grounding component connected between the grounding portion and the housing.
In an embodiment of the invention, a third gap is formed between the second radiating portion and the grounding component.
In an embodiment of the invention, the electronic device includes a metal blocking wall, wherein the metal blocking wall is located in the housing, and the antenna structure is located between the insulating cover and the metal blocking wall.
In an embodiment of the invention, the electronic device includes an electronic component, wherein the electronic component is disposed in the housing, and the metal blocking wall is located between the electronic component and the antenna structure.
In an embodiment of the invention, the electronic device includes a speaker, wherein the speaker is disposed in the housing and is adjacent to the antenna structure, and the insulating cover covers the speaker.
In an embodiment of the invention, the housing includes a top wall, and the sidewall is inclinedly extended from an edge of the top wall to below the top wall.
In an embodiment of the invention, the insulating cover is extended to a bottom portion of the housing.
In light of the above, by forming the one single grounding portion, the one single feeding portion, and the three radiating portions (i.e., the first radiating portion, the second radiating portion, and the third radiating portion) of the antenna structure of the invention into the three antennas that are integrated, the configurational space of the antenna structure can be saved. In addition, the gaps (i.e., the first gap and the second gap) are formed respectively between the first radiating portion and the second radiating portion and between the third radiating portion and the grounding portion. Accordingly, it is understood that the first radiating portion, the second radiating portion, and the third radiating portion are respectively independently extended rather than being sequentially extended in a continuous manner, so that an overall extension length of the antenna structure is prevented from being overly large due to sequential and continuous extension of the radiating portions. As a result, the configurational space of the antenna structure can be further saved.
To provide a further understanding of the aforementioned and other features and advantages of the disclosure, exemplary embodiments, together with the reference drawings, are described in detail below.
The device body 110 is, for example, a host of the laptop and includes a housing 112a, and the housing 112a includes a sidewall W1. The display 120 is, for example, a display of the laptop, is connected to the device body 110, and is adapted to unfold or close relatively to the device body 110. The antenna structure 130 is disposed on the sidewall W1 and is located in the housing 112a. The wireless signal processing module 140 is, for example, a WIFI module and is disposed in the housing 112a. The antenna structure 130 is electrically connected to the wireless signal processing module 140 via a connecting line 190 to perform reception and transmission of wireless signals.
In the present embodiment, the housing 112a includes an opening H (labeled in
More specifically, the electronic device 100 of the present embodiment, as shown in
Moreover, the housing 112a of the present embodiment, as shown in
Referring to
A structural design of the antenna structure 130 of the present embodiment is described below with reference to the drawings.
Moreover, in the present embodiment, a first gap G1 is formed between the first radiating portion 134 and the second radiating portion 136, and a second gap G2 is formed between the third radiating portion 138 and the grounding portion 132. Accordingly, it is understood that the first radiating portion 134, the second radiating portion 136, and the third radiating portion 138 are not sequentially extended in a continuous manner, but are respectively independently extended from the feeding portion 133, so that an overall extension length of the antenna structure 130 is prevented from being overly large due to sequential and continuous extension of the radiating portions. As a result, the configurational space of the antenna structure 130 can be further saved.
The specific structure of the antenna structure 130 of the present embodiment will be described in greater detail below. Referring to
The first radiating portion 134 and the second radiating portion 136 are extended towards a first direction D1, and the third radiating portion 138 is extended towards a second direction D2 reverse to the first direction D1. In other words, the first radiating portion 134 and the second radiating portion 136 are parallel to each other, and an extension direction of the first radiating portion 134 and the second radiating portion 136 is opposite to an extension direction of the third radiating portion 138. Correspondingly, the first closed end E1 and the second closed end E3 are located between the first open end E2 and the second open end E4.
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The specific sizes of the components of the present embodiment listed above are only examples and are not meant to limit the invention. They may be adjusted according to the needs. For example, an area of the metal blocking wall 160 may be adjusted to an adequate size to form a resonance chamber corresponding to the 5G frequency between the metal blocking wall 160 and the insulating cover 112b to thereby enhance the capacity of signal reception and transmission of the antenna structure 130. Moreover, the frequency point position or bandwidth of the first planar inverted-F antenna (i.e., the low-frequency resonant mode) may be adjusted by changing the length or the width of the first radiating portion 134 or the width of the first gap G1. The frequency point position or bandwidth of the second planar inverted-F antenna (i.e., the first high-frequency resonant mode) may be adjusted by changing the length or the width of the second radiating portion 136 or the width of the third gap G3. The frequency point position or bandwidth of the third planar inverted-F antenna (i.e., the second high-frequency resonant mode) may be adjusted by changing the length or the width of the third radiating portion 138 or the width of the second gap G2.
In summary of the above, in the electronic device of the invention, with the antenna structure disposed on the sidewall of the device body, the insulating cover corresponding to the antenna structure can be located on the sidewall and its influence on the appearance of the electronic device can be reduced. Moreover, by forming the one single grounding portion, the one single feeding portion, and the three radiating portions (i.e., the first radiating portion, the second radiating portion, and the third radiating portion) of the antenna structure into the three planar inverted-F antennas that are integrated, the configurational space of the antenna structure can be saved. In addition, in the antenna structure, the gaps (i.e., the first gap and the second gap) are formed respectively between the first radiating portion and the second radiating portion and between the third radiating portion and the grounding portion. Accordingly, it is understood that the first radiating portion, the second radiating portion, and the third radiating portion are respectively independently extended rather than being sequentially extended in a continuous manner, so that the overall extension length of the antenna structure is prevented from being overly large due to sequential and continuous extension of the radiating portions. As a result, the configurational space of the antenna structure can be further saved.
Although the invention is disclosed as the embodiments above, the embodiments are not meant to limit the invention. Any person skilled in the art may make slight modifications and variations without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the invention shall be defined by the claims attached below.
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