The present invention relates to a two-case type portable radio apparatus having two cases and, more particularly, a portable radio apparatus capable of obtaining the good antenna characteristic even when two cases are closed and an antenna unit for use in this portable radio apparatus.
As the two-case type portable radio apparatus in the prior art, the folding portable radio apparatus in which the antenna formed of a plate-like conductor is connected to an end portion of the first circuit board in the first case on the opposite side to the hinge portion that joins relatively movably the first case and the second case is known.
a),(b) are views showing a configuration of the portable radio apparatus in the prior art, and only a pertinent portion is shown herein. In
According to such portable radio apparatus, when an electronic parts 10 containing a built-in metal exists in a second case 3, a space in which no neighboring metallic substance is provided around the monopole antenna 6 must be created by expanding the first case 1 toward the opposite side to a hinge 5 along the longitudinal direction, as shown in
Also, as another two-case type portable radio apparatus in the prior art, as shown in
Such portable radio apparatus in the prior art is constructed as follows. The monopole antenna connected to an end portion of the first circuit board 2 is constructed by an element 11 and an element 12, the resonance circuit 13 for cutting off a predetermined frequency is provided in the middle, and the antenna having the impedance every frequency band is constructed.
In such portable radio apparatus, since a resonance band can be extended in addition to the resonance band obtained by the portable radio apparatus in
In the portable radio apparatus shown in
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a portable radio apparatus capable of preventing a reduction in the antenna performance without provision of a space that is created to eliminate a metallic substance from the neighborhood of the antenna when a case is folded or change of the antenna position, and also capable of fitting conductor elements constituting the antenna into the inside of the case not to increase a size of the case. Also, the present invention provides an antenna unit used to realize such portable radio apparatus.
A portable radio apparatus of the present invention includes a first case; a second case; a joining portion for joining the first case and the second case relatively movably; a circuit board provided to an inside of the first case; and a monopole antenna having a resonance circuit, which is connected to the circuit board and cuts off a predetermined frequency, in a middle in a longitudinal direction; wherein a width of the second antenna element on an open end side of the resonance circuit is set smaller than a width of the first antenna element on a side of the resonance circuit, which is connected to the circuit board.
According to this configuration, even though the electronic parts containing the metal comes close to the plate-like conductors constituting the monopole antenna when two cases are closed, no degradation in gain is caused because a distance can be ensured by changing a width of the plate-like conductor element of the monopole antenna. Therefore, the antenna elements can be fitted to an inside of the case without an increase in size of the case.
Also, the portable radio apparatus of the present invention includes the type in which the electronic parts containing the metal comes close to the open end side of the monopole antenna when the first case and the second case are in their closed state.
Also, the portable radio apparatus of the present invention is constructed by providing the resonance circuit, which cuts off a predetermined frequency, in a middle of the element of the monopole antenna, and includes the type in which widths of the elements of the monopole antenna are set in front of and at the rear of the inserted resonance circuit, which cuts off a predetermined frequency, such that a width of the element that comes close to the electronic parts containing the metal in the closed state is constructed narrower than a width of the element that does not come close to the electronic parts containing the metal in the closed state.
According to this configuration, this portable radio apparatus can deal easily with a multi-band operation that makes it possible to transmit/receive a radio wave at a plurality of frequencies.
Also, the portable radio apparatus of the present invention includes the type in which the monopole antenna is connected to an end portion of the first circuit board on the opposite side to the joining portion.
Also, according to another aspect, the present invention provides an antenna unit applied to a portable radio apparatus, includes a circuit board, and a monopole antenna having a resonance circuit, which is connected to the circuit board to cut off a predetermined frequency, in the middle in the longitudinal direction. Here, the monopole antenna operates as a monopole antenna responding to a first frequency band, a first antenna element connected constituting the monopole antenna and arranged on the side, which is connected to the circuit board, of the resonance circuit operates as a monopole antenna responding to a second frequency band, and a width of a second antenna element arranged on the open end side of the resonance circuit is set smaller than a width of the first antenna element.
According to the antenna unit and the portable radio apparatus using this antenna unit of the present invention, a reduction in the antenna performance can be prevented even though the electronic parts in the case comes close to the conductor elements constituting the antenna when the case is folded, also the conductor elements constituting the antenna can be fitted into the inside of the case not to increase a size of the case, and also a reduction in the antenna performance caused due to the approach of the electronic parts containing the metal can be prevented.
An antenna unit and a portable radio apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings hereinafter. First, a basic configuration of a portable radio apparatus according to the present invention will be explained hereinafter.
In
In the portable radio apparatus in
In other words, in the portable radio apparatus of the present invention shown in
According to this configuration, the high-gain antenna capable of handling a wide band can be accomplished not to bring the antenna elements constituting the monopole antenna close to the electronic parts arranged in the second case and containing the metal when the first case 1 and the second case 3 are closed or not to extend a length of the first case.
The antenna characteristic of the antenna in the portable radio apparatus in
The operational principle of this configuration of antenna elements will be given as follows. Since the resonance circuit 13 that cuts off a predetermined frequency is inserted in the middle of the element, a low frequency is cut off during the operation at a high frequency, e.g., a frequency in 1.7 GHz to 2.2 GHz (second frequency band), and thus an element length when viewed from the power feed portion is cut off by the resonance circuit 13 during a high frequency operation. As a result, this antenna configuration is operated in a short element length condition while using only the element 11 and produces the resonance at 1.7 GHz to 2.2 GHz. Also, since the resonance circuit 13 that cuts off a predetermined frequency passes a low frequency, e.g., a frequency in 800 MHz to 1 GHz (first frequency band), an element length when viewed from the power feed portion is equivalent to a total length of the element 11 and the element 12. As a result, this antenna configuration is operated in a long element length condition and resonates with a low frequency from 800 MHz to 1 GHz.
With the above, the antenna configuration in
However, according to this configuration, it is understood that, when the monopole antennas 11, 12 are arranged in the first case 1, the antenna element 12 comes close to the electronic parts 10 containing the metal arranged in the second case 2 in the folded condition, for example.
A configuration of antenna elements when a width of the antenna elements is reduced to prevent a reduction caused by the approach of the electronic parts 10 containing the metal to the antenna element is shown in
From
In order to prevent this degradation, as shown in
In contrast, the portable radio apparatus of the present invention shown in
With such arrangement, a reduction of the antenna efficiency caused when a width of the power feed side element 11 on which the current concentrates and which is operated in a frequency bane of 1.7 GHz to 2.2 GHz is reduced is not brought about, nevertheless a distance from the electronic parts 10 containing the metal can be ensured.
The antenna obtained by the present configuration can keep a sufficient space in the first case 1, as shown in
As described above, according to the portable radio apparatus of the embodiment of the present invention, such a situation can be avoided effectively that, when the first case 1 and the second case 3 are folded, the antenna elements constituting the monopole antenna 6 come close to the electronic parts 10 arranged in the second case 3 and containing the metal. Also, the antenna performance can be improved rather than the portable radio apparatus in the prior art without extension of a length of the first case 1.
Also, as the portable radio apparatus in which the resonance circuit that cuts off a predetermined frequency is provided in the middle of the element, the mobile radio equipment in which the electronic parts containing the metal is installed into the first case, and a width of a portion of the monopole antenna positioned close to the electronic parts containing the metal is set on the power feed side and the open end side of the resonance circuit inserted to cut off a predetermined frequency such that a width of the element on the open end side positioned close to the electronic parts containing the metal is made narrow rather than a width of the element not positioned close to the electronic parts containing the metal at a neighboring area of the electronic parts may be employed.
Also, the monopole antenna may be arranged on the hinge side of the case. Also, the antenna unit and the portable radio apparatus of the present invention can be applied to various mobile information terminals such as a cellular phone, PHS, and the like. Also, the advantages of the present invention can be achieved if the influence of the electronic parts 10 can be reduced by setting a width of at least a portion of the element 12 on the open end side smaller than a width of the element 11 on the power feed side. Also, it is not essential to the present invention that, as shown in
With the above, the embodiment of the present invention is explained, but the present invention is not limited to the matters given in the above embodiment. Variations and adaptations made by those skilled in the art based on the description of the specification and the well-known technologies are acceptable to the present invention, and are contained in a scope within which a protection is sought.
This application is based upon Japanese Patent Application (Patent Application No. 2005-047487) filed on Feb. 23, 2005; the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
As described above, according to the antenna unit of the present invention and the portable radio apparatus using this antenna unit, the plate-like antenna elements constituting the antenna can be fitted in the case while preventing such a situation that the antenna elements come close to the neighboring substance such as the electronic parts. Therefore, the antenna performance can be improved.
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