Embodiments of this application relate to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to an electronic device.
In 4G and 5G communications technologies, multiple-in multiple-out (MIMO) is used to increase a rate, so that it is required that an electronic device have multiple antennas. On the basis of traditional 4G frequency bands, sub-6G frequency bands, that is, 5G communications frequency bands, are increased, such as N77, N78, N79, N1, N41 and the like. In addition, to achieve a high screen-to-body ratio and thinning of the electronic device, it is required that design space for an antenna be reduced increasingly, which poses greater challenges to antenna layout and antenna solution design.
An embodiment of this application provides an electronic device, including an antenna module, where the antenna module includes a first radiator and a second radiator,
where the first radiator and the second radiator respectively correspond to different communication frequency bands;
the first radiator includes: a first sub-radiator, a second sub-radiator, a first connection portion, and a second connection portion, where a common feeding structure is disposed between the first sub-radiator and the second radiator, and the first sub-radiator is connected to the second sub-radiator through the first connection portion and the second connection portion;
the common feeding structure and the first sub-radiator are disposed on an inner side surface of a housing of the electronic device, the second sub-radiator is disposed on a non-metallic area of an outer surface of the housing of the electronic device, and the second radiator is disposed on a non-metallic area of the inner side surface of the housing of the electronic device or a non-metallic area of the outer surface of the housing of the electronic device.
The following clearly describes the technical solutions in the embodiments of this application with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of this application. Apparently, the described embodiments are some but not all of the embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
The terms “first”, “second”, and the like in this specification and claims of this application are used to distinguish between similar objects instead of describing an order or sequence. It should be understood that the data used in this way is interchangeable in appropriate circumstances so that the embodiments of this application described can be implemented in other orders than the order illustrated or described herein. In addition, “and/or” in the specification and claims represents at least one of connected objects. Symbol “I” in the specification generally represents an “or” relationship between associated objects.
An antenna module provided in an embodiment of this application will be described in detail below through embodiments and application scenarios with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In a traditional antenna design solution, on the premise that an existing size and ultimate appearance remain unchanged, a multi-frequency sub-6G antenna is designed. Due to limited space for the antenna, a height from an antenna radiator to a circuit board of the electronic device is very small, an area where the antenna radiator can be wired is very limited, and many electronic components integrated in a terminal need to be avoided, so that a clearance area required for antenna radiation is extremely small, resulting in a very narrow bandwidth and reducing antenna performance.
An embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device. Referring to
the first radiator 2 and the second radiator 3 correspond to different communication frequency bands respectively;
the first radiator 2 includes: a first sub-radiator 21, a second sub-radiator 22, a first connection portion 23, and a second connection portion 24, a common feeding structure 1 is disposed between the first sub-radiator 21 and the second radiator 3, and the first sub-radiator 21 is connected to the second sub-radiator 22 through the first connection portion 23 and the second connection portion 24; and
the common feeding structure 1 and the first sub-radiator 21 are disposed in a non-metallic area of an inner side surface of a housing of the electronic device, and the second sub-radiator 22 is disposed in a non-metallic area of an outer surface of the housing of the electronic device, and the second radiator 3 is disposed on the non-metallic area of the inner side surface of the housing of the electronic device or the non-metallic area of the outer surface of the housing of the electronic device. It should be noted that one portion of the housing of the electronic device is made of a non-metallic material, which is used for antenna wiring, and the use of the non-metallic material can prevent affecting radiation performance of an antenna branch. The other portion of the housing of the electronic device can be made of metal, to improve structural strength and hand feeling of the electronic device.
In this embodiment of this application, the first radiator 2 and the second radiator 3 extend outward from the common feeding structure 1, and the two radiators correspond to different communication frequency bands respectively. For example, the first radiator 2 corresponds to any frequency band in an N1 (2,110 MHz-2,170 MHz) frequency band, an N3 (1,805 MHz-1,880 MHz) frequency band, or an N41 (2,515 MHz-2,675 MHz) frequency band, and the second radiator 3 corresponds to any frequency band in an N78 (3,400 MHz-3,600 MHz) frequency band and an N79 (4,800 MHz-5,000 MHz) frequency band, so that the antenna module can cover multiple 5G frequency bands.
For example, the first radiator 2 includes the first sub-radiator 21 and the second sub-radiator 22 that are not coplanar. The first sub-radiator 21 is connected to the second sub-radiator 22 through the first connection portion 23 and the second connection portion 24, so that a three-dimensional radiator structure with the greatest volume can be formed.
In an actual application scenario, the antenna module is applied to the electronic device, for example, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a smart wearable device, and the like. To achieve that the first sub-radiator 21 and the second sub-radiator 22 are not coplanar, when the second radiator 3 and the first sub-radiator 21 or the second sub-radiator 22 are coplanar, the first sub-radiator 21 can be disposed on the inner side surface of the housing of the electronic device, such as an inner side surface of a bracket of an electronic device with a plastic housing, and the second sub-radiator 22 can be disposed on the outer surface of the housing of the electronic device, such as an outer surface of the electronic device with a plastic housing, that is, a portion of the radiator is wired on the inner side surface of the bracket, and the other portion is wired on the outer surface of the bracket by folding or punching, so as to implement spatial multiplexing of the radiator. Correspondingly, the second radiator 3 can be disposed on the inner side surface or the outer surface of the housing of the electronic device. For example,
It can be understood that the first sub-radiator 21 and the second sub-radiator 22 are respectively disposed on the inner side surface and the outer surface of the housing of the electronic device. Therefore, the first sub-radiator 21 is located on a first plane or cambered surface (depending on a shape of the inner side surface of the housing of the electronic device), and the second sub-radiator 22 is located on a second plane or cambered surface (depending on the outer surface of the housing of the electronic device).
It should be noted that, the foregoing antenna module can be implemented by different processes. For example, a flexible printed circuit (FPC) process is used, that is, the common feeding structure 1, the first radiator 2, and the second radiator 3 are FPCs. For another example, a laser direct forming (LDS) process is used, that is, the common feeding structure 1, the first radiator 2, and the second radiator 3 are LDS antennas.
In this embodiment of this application, since the first sub-radiator 21 and the second sub-radiator 22 are not coplanar, a distance exists between the first sub-radiator 21 and the second sub-radiator 22 accordingly, and this distance can be used as a clearance height of the first radiator 2. This way, on the one hand, spatial multiplexing is implemented through the first radiator 2 of a three-dimensional structure, preventing occupying too much antenna space, on the other hand, the distance between the first sub-radiator 21 and the second sub-radiator 22 increases the clearance height of an antenna radiator, achieving a maximum wiring area. Therefore, in existing compact structure space, relatively good antenna performance can be achieved, and requirements for antenna performance indicators can be better satisfied.
It should be noted that a distance must exist between the first connection portion 23 and the second connection portion 24, that is, the first sub-radiator 21 and the second sub-radiator 22 must be connected by two connection portions. This is because the first sub-radiator 21, the second sub-radiator 22, the first connection portion 23, and the second connection portion 24 can form a complete loop through the first connection portion 23 and the second connection portion 24, to achieve a radio frequency function of the antenna, and the distance between the first connection portion 23 and the second connection portion 24 can ensure that a current can flow through the first sub-radiator 21 and the second sub-radiator 22, so that it can be prevented that most of the current is concentrated on the first sub-radiator 21, causing the second sub-radiator 22 to lose its function, to be unable to achieve spatial multiplexing and unable to achieve an effect of increasing the clearance height.
Optionally, the first connection portion 23 and the second connection portion 24 respectively connect two ends of the first sub-radiator 21 and the second sub-radiator 22, and the two connection portions are disposed at both ends of the radiators, so that a volume of the formed first radiator 2 can be maximized.
Optionally, widths of the first connection portion and the second connection portion are 1 mm to 5 mm.
In this embodiment of this application, the first radiator is formed by two sub-radiators that are not coplanar, and a radiator with a maximum volume is achieved by spatial multiplexing, so that a clearance height of the first radiator can be increased effectively, and antenna performance can be improved. In addition, the second radiator with a communication frequency band different from that of the first radiator is disposed, so that coverage by multiple communication frequency bands can be achieved in limited space, and a communication effect of the electronic device can be improved.
Optionally, in some implementation manners, a distance between the first sub-radiator 21 and the second sub-radiator 22 in a first direction is greater than or equal to 0.5 mm, and the first direction is an orthographic projection direction of the second sub-radiator 22 to the first sub-radiator 21.
In this embodiment of this application, to prevent interference between non-coplanar sub-radiators while spatial multiplexing is implemented, a distance between non-coplanar sub-radiators needs to be limited.
For example, it is necessary to ensure that the distance between the second sub-radiator 22 and the first sub-radiator 21 in the orthographic projection direction is greater than or equal to 0.5 mm. As the distance is farther, frequency band performance achieved in a folding area (that is, the second sub-radiator 22) is greater. Optionally, in consideration of extreme appearance requirements for some electronic devices, optionally, a distance D in the first direction satisfies: 0.5 mm≤D≤1 mm.
It should be noted that, according to a shape of the housing of the electronic device, a plane where the sub-radiators are located may be inclined. Based on this, if the two sub-radiators located inside and outside the housing are parallel to each other and face each other, the distance between the two sub-radiators in the orthographic direction is a distance between the two sub-radiators, and the distance between the two sub-radiators can be directly limited to be greater than or equal to 0.5 mm; and if the two sub-radiators located inside and outside the housing are not parallel to each other and face each other, and the distance between the two sub-radiators is not equal to the distance between the two sub-radiators in the orthographic direction, the distance between the two sub-radiators in the orthographic direction needs to be limited to be greater than or equal to 0.5 mm.
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For example, referring to
In this embodiment of this application, to make each radiator an IFA type, the ground terminal 101 and the switch terminal 102 are required be disposed on the common feeding structure 1. The switch terminal 102 is externally connected to a switch circuit 5, and the switch circuit 5 is configured to switch a communication frequency band in use. This way, when different communication frequency bands need to be used, communication frequency bands corresponding to the first radiator 2 and the second radiator 3 can be switched through the switch circuit 5, to implement multi-frequency coverage by a sub-6G antenna. The switch circuit 5 may be an existing switch circuit 5 for frequency band switching, and a structure of the switch circuit 5 is not limited in this embodiment of this application.
Optionally, in some implementation manners, a communication frequency band that the first radiator 2 can correspond to can be determined by setting a length of the first radiator 2 (taking
Optionally, still referring to
In this embodiment of this application, the first feeding terminal 103 is externally connected to the first matching circuit 6 of the switch circuit 5, and the first radiator 2 and the second radiator 3 are tuned through the first matching circuit 6, to improve communication performance of the first radiator 2 and the second radiator 3. The first matching circuit 6 may be an existing circuit including capacitance and/or inductance, and a structure of the first matching circuit 6 is not limited in this embodiment of this application.
Referring to
In some implementation manners, based on
In this embodiment of this application, to make each radiator a monopole type, only the second feeding terminal 104 is required to be disposed on the common feeding structure 1. The second feeding terminal 104 is externally connected to the second matching circuit 7, and the second matching circuit 7 is configured to switch the communication frequency bands corresponding to the first radiator and the second radiator. This way, when different communication frequency bands need to be used, the communication frequency bands corresponding to the first radiator 2 and the second radiator 3 can be switched through the second matching circuit 7, to implement multi-frequency coverage of a sub-6G antenna. The second matching circuit 7 may be an existing circuit including capacitance and/or inductance, and a structure of the second matching circuit 7 is not limited in this embodiment of this application.
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Each radiator in
It can be understood that each radiator in
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An embodiment of this application further provides an electronic device, including an antenna module shown in any one of
For example, a common feeding structure of the antenna module and a first sub-radiator in a first radiator are disposed on an inner side surface of a housing of the electronic device, a second sub-radiator in the first radiator of the antenna module is disposed on an outer surface of the housing of the electronic device, and a second radiator of the antenna module is disposed on the inner side surface or outer surface of the housing of the electronic device.
It should be noted that, in this specification, the terms “include”, “comprise”, or their any other variant is intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, a method, an article, or an apparatus that includes a list of elements not only includes those elements but also includes other elements which are not expressly listed, or further includes elements inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. An element limited by “includes a . . . ” does not, without more constraints, preclude the presence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that includes the element. In addition, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatuses in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing functions in the order shown or discussed, but may also include performing the functions in a basically simultaneous manner or in opposite order based on the functions involved. For example, the described methods may be performed in a different order from the described order, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. In addition, features described with reference to some examples may be combined in other examples.
The embodiments of this application are described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but this application is not limited to the foregoing implementation manners. The foregoing implementation manners are merely schematic instead of restrictive. Under enlightenment of this application, a person of ordinary skills in the art may make many forms without departing from aims and the protection scope of claims of this application, all of which fall within the protection scope of this application.
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This application is a Bypass Continuation Application of PCT/CN2021/094125 filed May 17, 2021, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202010429810.4 filed May 20, 2020, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
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