This application claims the benefit of priority to Taiwan Patent Application No. 111122539, filed on Jun. 17, 2022. The entire content of the above identified application is incorporated herein by reference.
Some references, which may include patents, patent applications and various publications, may be cited and discussed in the description of this disclosure. The citation and/or discussion of such references is provided merely to clarify the description of the present disclosure and is not an admission that any such reference is “prior art” to the disclosure described herein. All references cited and discussed in this specification are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties and to the same extent as if each reference was individually incorporated by reference.
The present disclosure relates to an electronic device and an antenna module, and more particularly to an electronic device and an antenna module capable of blocking noise and concentrating antenna radiation energy.
In the related art, housings of electronic devices (such as notebook computers) are often made with a metal texture to enhance aesthetic appearances. In this case, the housing of the electronic device is mostly made of metal, and only a small part thereof is made of non-metallic materials. Since the housing of the electronic device is mostly made of metal, the performance of an antenna module in the electronic device can be easily affected such that the communication quality of the electronic device is reduced.
Therefore, how to ensure that the antenna module has good performance in a metallic environment through an improvement in structural design, so as to overcome the above-mentioned deficiency, has become one of the important issues to be solved in the related field.
In response to the above-referenced technical inadequacy, the present disclosure provides an electronic device and an antenna module capable of blocking noise and concentrating antenna radiation energy.
In one aspect, the present disclosure provides an electronic device, which includes a metal housing, a carrier, a feeding element, a radiating element, and a grounding element. The metal housing has a slot, and the slot has an open end. The carrier is disposed in the metal housing. The carrier has a first surface and a second surface that are opposite to each other, and has a third surface and a fourth surface that are opposite to each other. The first surface faces the slot, and the third surface and the fourth surface are located between the first surface and the second surface. The feeding element is disposed in the metal housing and is used to feed a signal. The radiating element is disposed on the first surface. An orthogonal projection of the radiating element that is projected onto the metal housing at least partially overlaps with the slot. The radiating element is connected to the feeding element. The grounding element includes a first grounding portion and a second grounding portion. The first grounding portion is disposed on the third surface, the second grounding portion is disposed on the fourth surface, the first grounding portion and the second grounding portion are electrically connected to each other, the radiating element and the first grounding portion are spaced apart from each other by a first coupling gap, and the radiating element and the second grounding portion are spaced apart from each other by a second coupling gap.
In another aspect, the present disclosure provides an antenna module. The antenna module is disposed in a metal housing, and the metal housing has a slot. The slot has an open end, a first closed end, and a second closed end. The open end is located between the first closed end and the second closed end. The antenna module includes a carrier, a radiating element, and a grounding element. The carrier is disposed in the metal housing. The carrier has a first surface and a second surface that are opposite to each other, and has a third surface and a fourth surface that are opposite to each other. The first surface faces the slot, and the third surface and the fourth surface are located between the first surface and the second surface. The radiating element is disposed on the first surface. An orthogonal projection of the radiating element that is projected onto the metal housing at least partially overlaps with the slot. The radiating element is connected to a feeding element, and a signal is fed into the radiating element through the feeding element. The grounding element includes a first grounding portion and a second grounding portion. The first grounding portion is disposed on the third surface, the second grounding portion is disposed on the fourth surface, and the first grounding portion and the second grounding portion are electrically connected to each other. The radiating element and the first grounding portion are spaced apart from each other by a first coupling gap, and the radiating element and the second grounding portion are spaced apart from each other by a second coupling gap.
Therefore, in the electronic device and the antenna module provided by the present disclosure, by virtue of “an orthogonal projection of the radiating element that is projected onto the metal housing at least partially overlapping with the slot” and “the first grounding portion and the second grounding portion being electrically connected to each other, the radiating element and the first grounding portion being spaced apart from each other by a first coupling gap, and the radiating element and the second grounding portion being spaced apart from each other by a second coupling gap,” an operating frequency band generated by the antenna module of the electronic device can have multi-modal wideband characteristics.
These and other aspects of the present disclosure will become apparent from the following description of the embodiment taken in conjunction with the following drawings and their captions, although variations and modifications therein may be affected without departing from the spirit and scope of the novel concepts of the disclosure.
The described embodiments may be better understood by reference to the following description and the accompanying drawings, in which:
The present disclosure is more particularly described in the following examples that are intended as illustrative only since numerous modifications and variations therein will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Like numbers in the drawings indicate like components throughout the views. As used in the description herein and throughout the claims that follow, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, the meaning of “a”, “an”, and “the” includes plural reference, and the meaning of “in” includes “in” and “on”. Titles or subtitles can be used herein for the convenience of a reader, which shall have no influence on the scope of the present disclosure.
The terms used herein generally have their ordinary meanings in the art. In the case of conflict, the present document, including any definitions given herein, will prevail. The same thing can be expressed in more than one way. Alternative language and synonyms can be used for any term(s) discussed herein, and no special significance is to be placed upon whether a term is elaborated or discussed herein. A recital of one or more synonyms does not exclude the use of other synonyms. The use of examples anywhere in this specification including examples of any terms is illustrative only, and in no way limits the scope and meaning of the present disclosure or of any exemplified term. Likewise, the present disclosure is not limited to various embodiments given herein. Numbering terms such as “first”, “second” or “third” can be used to describe various components, signals or the like, which are for distinguishing one component/signal from another one only, and are not intended to, nor should be construed to impose any substantive limitations on the components, signals or the like.
In addition, the term “connect” or “connected” in the context of the present disclosure means that there is a physical connection between two elements, and the two elements are directly or indirectly connected. The term “couple” or “coupled” in the context of the present disclosure means that two elements are separate from each other and have no physical connection therebetween, and an electric field energy generated by one of the two elements excites an electric field energy generated by another one of the two elements.
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Specifically, the radiating element 3 is coupled to a part of the slot S between the open end S0 and the first closed end S1 to generate a first operating frequency band and a second operating frequency band. The radiating element 3 is coupled to a part of the slot S between the open end S0 and the second closed end S2 to generate a third operating frequency band. The second operating frequency band is higher than the first operating frequency band, and the third operating frequency band is higher than the first operating frequency band. For example, the first operating frequency band ranges from 1,695 MHz to 2,000 MHz, the second operating frequency band ranges from 3,400 MHz to 3,800 MHz, and the third operating frequency band ranges from 3,300 MHz to 3,400 MHz.
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Through the configuration of the first coupling gap G1, the radiating element 3 is coupled to the first grounding portion 41 to generate a fourth operating frequency band and a fifth operating frequency band. The fifth operating frequency band is higher than the fourth operating band. For example, the fourth operating frequency band ranges from 2,000 MHz to 2,300 MHz, and the fifth operating frequency band ranges from 4,200 MHz to 4,800 MHz. Through the configuration of the second coupling gap G2, he radiating element 3 is coupled to the second grounding portion 42 to generate a sixth operating frequency band and a seventh operating frequency. The seventh operating frequency band is higher the sixth operating frequency band. For example, the sixth operating frequency band ranges from 2,300 MHz to 2,690 MHz, and the seventh operating frequency band ranges from 4,800 MHz to 5,000 MHz.
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Therefore, the first metal wall 51, the second metal wall 52, and the third metal wall 53 can jointly surround the radiating element 3 and the grounding element to block the noises generated by other components inside the electronic device D. Furthermore, the first metal wall 51, the second metal wall 52, the third metal wall 53, and the metal housing (including the first housing H1 and the second housing H2) are configured to form the half-enclosed space, so as to concentrate radiation energy generated by the coupling of the radiating element 3 and the grounding element in the slot S. In this way, good antenna characteristics can be maintained.
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According to the above description, when the carrier 1 of the antenna module M is used as a speaker, the metal bridge element 7 can be a metal gasket which can serve as a buffer between the speaker and the first housing H1 to reduce the influence of the vibration of the speaker on the first housing H1. When the carrier 1 of the antenna module M is used as a typical substrate, the metal bridge element 7 can be a metal spring sheet which is electrically connected to the first grounding portion 41 and the first housing H1.
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According to the above description, the inductor L can serve as an RF choke to prevent interference between the antenna module M (that includes the radiating element 3 and the feeding element 2) and the proximity sensing circuit P. The capacitor C can serve as a DC block to prevent a DC signal generated by the proximity sensing circuit P from flowing into a system through the radiating element 3 and affecting or damaging other components inside the electronic device D. In addition, the capacitor C can also adjust impedance matching of the antenna module M.
In conclusion, in the electronic device D and the antenna module M provided by the present disclosure, by virtue of “an orthogonal projection of the radiating element 3 that is projected onto the metal housing H at least partially overlapping with the slot S” and “the first grounding portion 41 and the second grounding portion 42 being electrically connected to each other, the radiating element 3 and the first grounding portion 41 being spaced apart from each other by a first coupling gap G1, and the radiating element 3 and the second grounding portion 42 being spaced apart from each other by a second coupling gap G2,” the operating frequency band generated by the antenna module M of the electronic device D can have multi-modal wideband characteristics. Referring to
Moreover, the first metal wall 51, the second metal wall 52, and the third grounding portion 43 (or the third metal wall 53) can block the noises generated by other components inside the electronic device D, so as to reduce the influence of these noises on the antenna characteristics and improve the communication quality. Furthermore, the first metal wall 51, the second metal wall 52, the third grounding portion 43, and the metal housing H (including the first housing H1 and the second housing H2) are configured to concentrate the radiation energy generated by the coupling of the radiating element 3, the slot S, and the grounding element in the slot S, so as to maintain good antenna characteristics.
The foregoing description of the exemplary embodiments of the disclosure has been presented only for the purposes of illustration and description and is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the disclosure to the precise forms disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching.
The embodiments were chosen and described in order to explain the principles of the disclosure and their practical application so as to enable others skilled in the art to utilize the disclosure and various embodiments and with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. Alternative embodiments will become apparent to those skilled in the art to which the present disclosure pertains without departing from its spirit and scope.
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111122539 | Jun 2022 | TW | national |