The subject matter herein generally relates to an antenna structure and a wireless communication device using the antenna structure.
Wireless LAN Access Points (APs) are widely used for wireless communication. A housing of the AP includes a backside for being mounted to a wall. However, the backside of the AP normally does not need to transmit wireless signals. Thus, the backside of the AP may also be used as an extension for an antenna of the AP to achieve a better radiating efficiency and a forward radiation characteristic of the antenna. Therefore, a transmission of the AP can be optimized by an improvement to the art.
Implementations of the present disclosure will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the attached figures.
It will be appreciated that for simplicity and clarity of illustration, where appropriate, reference numerals have been repeated among the different figures to indicate corresponding or analogous elements. In addition, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments described herein. However, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the embodiments described herein can be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, methods, procedures, and components have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the related relevant feature being described. Also, the description is not to be considered as limiting the scope of the embodiments described herein. The drawings are not necessarily to scale and the proportions of certain parts have been exaggerated to better illustrate details and features of the present disclosure.
Several definitions that apply throughout this disclosure will now be presented.
The term “substantially” is defined to be essentially conforming to the particular dimension, shape, or other feature that the term modifies, such that the component need not be exact. For example, “substantially cylindrical” means that the object resembles a cylinder, but can have one or more deviations from a true cylinder. The term “comprising,” when utilized, means “including, but not necessarily limited to”; it specifically indicates open-ended inclusion or membership in the so-described combination, group, series, and the like.
The present disclosure is described in relation to an antenna structure and a wireless communication device using the antenna structure.
The wireless communication device 200 includes the antenna structure 100, a main circuit board 210, and a secondary circuit board 220. The antenna structure 100 is arranged on the secondary circuit board 220. The secondary circuit board 220 is perpendicularly coupled to the main circuit board 210. The main circuit board 210 includes a plurality of electronic elements, such as a processor, a storage device, and a radio-frequency signals circuit, for executing wireless communication functions.
The antenna structure 100 includes a first connecting member 11, a second connecting member 12, a first radiating portion 13, a second radiating portion 14, a third radiating portion 15, a fourth radiating portion 16, a fifth radiating portion 17, a sixth radiating portion 18, a seventh radiating portion 19, an eighth radiating portion 20, a ninth radiating portion 21, and a tenth radiating portion 22.
The first connecting member 11 and the second connecting member 12 have substantially a same structure. In this exemplary embodiment, the first connecting member 11 is presented in detail, the second connecting member 12 should be known according to the first connecting member 11. The first connecting member 11 includes a mounting portion 112, a resisting portion 114, and an engaging portion 116. Opposite ends of the resisting portion 114 are perpendicularly received in the mounting portion 112 and the engaging portion 116. The mounting portion 112 defines a mounting hole 118. The mounting portion 112 can be mounted to the main circuit portion 210 by inserting a securing piece, such as a screw, through the mounting hole 118. The engaging portion 116 includes two L-shaped arms, each of the L-shaped arms extends from the resisting portion 114 and then bent through ninety degrees. A bending direction of the engaging portion 116 is opposite to the mounting portion 112. The engaging portion 116 in inserted into the openings 222, thus to couple the first connecting member 11 and the second connecting member 12 to the secondary circuit board 220. In at least one embodiment, a quantity of the openings 222 is four, a quantity of the L-shaped arms of the engaging portion 116 of the first connecting member 11 and the second connecting member 12 is four. The resisting portions 114 of the first connecting member 11 and the second connecting member 12 resist against the first radiating portion 13 and the second radiating portion 14, and thus establish electrical connections. In at least one embodiment, the first connecting member 11 is electrically connected to a feed source of the main circuit board 210 for feeding current into the antenna structure 100. The second connecting member 12 is grounded and provides a ground connection for the antenna structure 100.
The first radiating portion 13 and the second radiating portion 14 are both substantially a rectangular metal sheet and are spaced from each other. The first radiating portion 13 and the second radiating portion 14 are adjacent to the openings 222. The third radiating portion 15 and the fourth radiating portion 16 are both of metal arms. An end of the third radiating portion 15 is perpendicularly connected to the first radiating portion 13, an end of the fourth radiating portion 16 is perpendicularly connected to the second radiating portion 14. The fifth radiating portion 17 is substantially a rectangular metal sheet. An end of the fifth radiating portion 17 is connected between ends of the third radiating portion 15 and the fourth radiating portion 16 is away from the first radiating portion 13 and the second radiating portion 14. The fifth radiating portion 17, the third radiating portion 15, and the fourth radiating portion 16 extend in a same direction. The sixth radiating portion 18 and the seventh radiating portion 19 are both substantially metal arms. An end of the fifth radiating portion 17 away from the third radiating portion 15 and the fourth radiating portion 16 is perpendicularly connected between the sixth radiating portion 18 and the seventh radiating portion 19. The sixth radiating portion 18 and the seventh radiating portion 19 are collinear and extend in opposite directions. The eighth radiating portion 20 is substantially a rectangular metal sheet. An end of the eighth radiating portion 20 is connected to an end of the fifth radiating portion 17 that connects the sixth radiating portion 18 and the seventh radiating portion 19. The eighth radiating portion 20 and the fifth radiating portion 17 are collinear and extend in a same direction. The ninth radiating portion 21 and the tenth radiating portion 22 are both substantially metal arms. An end of the eighth radiating portion 20 away from the sixth radiating portion 18 and the seventh radiating portion 19 is perpendicularly connected between the ninth radiating portion 21 and the tenth radiating portion 22. The ninth radiating portion 21 and the tenth radiating portion 22 are collinear and extend in opposite directions.
The first radiating portion 13 and the second radiating portion 14 have a same size. The third radiating portion 15 and the fourth radiating portion 16 have a same size. The sixth radiating portion 18 and the seventh radiating portion 19 have a same size. The ninth radiating portion 21 and the tenth radiating portion 22 have a same size, hence all the radiating portions are substantially symmetrical around the vertical midpoint line through the antenna structure 100. A length of each of the sixth radiating portion 18 and the seventh radiating portion 19 is greater than a length of each of the ninth radiating portion 21 and the tenth radiating portion 22. A width of each of the sixth radiating portion 18 and the seventh radiating portion 19 is smaller than a width of each of the ninth radiating portion 21 and the tenth radiating portion 22.
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The first connecting member 11 feeds current into the first radiating portion 13 from the feed source of the main circuit board 210. The first radiating portion 13, the third radiating portion 15, the fifth radiating portion 17, and the sixth radiating portion 18 cooperatively form a first resonance path, a total length L1+L2+L3+L4 of the first resonance path being 20 millimeters. The first radiating portion 13, the third radiating portion 15, the fifth radiating portion 17, and the seventh radiating portion 19 cooperatively form a second resonance path, a total length L1+L2+L3+L5 of the second resonance path being 20 millimeters. The first radiating portion 13, the third radiating portion 15, the fifth radiating portion 17, the eighth radiating portion 20, and the ninth radiating portion 21 cooperatively form a third resonance path, a total length L1+L2+L3+L6+L7 of the third resonance path being 20 millimeters. The first radiating portion 13, the third radiating portion 15, the fifth radiating portion 17, the eighth radiating portion 20, and the tenth radiating portion 22 cooperatively form a fourth resonance path, a total length L1+L2+L3+L6+L8 of the fourth resonance path being 20 millimeters. All the resonance paths are grounded through the second connecting member 12. In at least one embodiment, the respective lengths of the first resonance path, the second resonance path, the third resonance path, and the fourth resonance path are the same, each of the resonance paths can activate a first mode to generate radiation signals in a first frequency band. In this exemplary embodiment, the first mode is a WI-FI 2.4G operation mode, while the first frequency band is a frequency band of about 2400-2484 MHz. Additionally, a frequency doubling of the WI-FI 2.4G operation mode can activate a second mode to generate radiation signals in a second frequency band. In this exemplary embodiment, the second mode is a WI-FI 5G operation mode, while the second frequency band is a frequency band of about 5200-5800 MHz.
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In at least one embodiment, when the antenna structure 100 includes the first matching circuit 30, in the WI-FI 2.4G frequency band of 2400-2484 MHz, a radiating efficiency of the antenna structure 100 is −1.8 dB; in the WI-FI 5G frequency band of 5200-5800 MHz, a radiating efficiency of the antenna structure 100 is −2.8 dB.
In conclusion, when the first matching circuit 30 is included in the antenna structure 100, the antenna structure 100 at the WI-FI 2.4G frequency band and the WI-FI 5G frequency band, a working frequency satisfies a design of the antenna and also has a good radiating efficiency.
The wireless communication device 200 includes the antenna structure 100, 500 mounted on the secondary circuit board 220, each of the antenna structure 100, 500 includes a plurality of resonance paths, which improving an extension for the antenna and obtaining a greater radiating efficiency and a forward radiating characteristic. Therefore, radiating performance of the Wireless LAN Access Point is improved.
The embodiments shown and described above are only examples. Many details are often found in the art such as the other features of the antenna structure and the wireless communication device. Therefore, many such details are neither shown nor described. Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present disclosure have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the present disclosure, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in the details, especially in matters of shape, size and arrangement of the parts within the principles of the present disclosure up to, and including the full extent established by the broad general meaning of the terms used in the claims. It will therefore be appreciated that the embodiments described above may be modified within the scope of the claims.
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