The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a terminal antenna structure and a terminal.
With rapid development of mobile communications technologies, functions of terminal products become diversified and complicated, posing increasingly stringent requirements on terminal antennas. Nowadays, an integration level of terminal products is continuously improved, which requires that the second generation mobile communications technology (2G), the third generation mobile communications technology (3G), and the fourth generation mobile communications technology (4G), that is, Long Term Evolution (LTE), are implemented in a same terminal product at the same time, posing increasingly high requirements on bandwidth and performance of an antenna. Therefore, antennas with wide frequency bands and high efficiency are needed to meet requirements of terminal products.
Currently, 4G LTE products have been commercially used, and some terminal products also start to be required to support an LTE frequency band. Because bandwidth of the LTE frequency band (for example, 791 megahertz (MHz) to 960 MHz, 1400 MHz to 1500 MHz, or 1710 MHz to 2690 MHz) is much wider than that of the previous 2G and 3G frequency bands, conventional antennas can hardly meet the bandwidth requirement. Moreover, it is required by the LTE that efficiency of antennas cannot be too low (for example, at least 35% for a low frequency, and at least 45% for a high frequency).
Therefore, how to implement an antenna that can cover an entire LTE frequency band and has high efficiency is an urgent technical problem that a person skilled in the art needs to resolve.
Embodiments of the present invention provide a terminal antenna structure and a terminal, where the antenna structure can cover an entire LTE frequency band, has high efficiency, and meets an LTE full-band performance requirement.
According to a first aspect, a terminal antenna structure is provided, where the antenna structure includes: a dielectric plate, a metal plate, a coplanar waveguide (CPW) feeding strip, and a feeding point, where the metal plate covers the dielectric plate; the CPW feeding strip and the feeding point are disposed on the dielectric plate; and the feeding point is disposed at one end of the feeding strip, and the feeding point is connected to the metal plate to implement feed connection between the CPW feeding strip and the metal plate; a hole is opened on the metal plate, the hole includes a first part and a second part, and the second part is disposed on one side of the first part close to the center of the metal plate or on two sides of the first part; and the first part is disposed at positions that are on the metal plate and are corresponding to the CPW feeding strip and the feeding point; and the second part extends along the one side or the two sides of the first part to form at least two gaps.
In a first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, a size of the first part is slightly greater than sizes of the CPW feeding strip and the feeding point.
With reference to the first aspect and the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the gaps are of a polygon with M sides each, where M is an integer not less than 3.
With reference to the first aspect and either of the foregoing possible implementation manners of the first aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the CPW feeding strip is parallel to or perpendicular to a long side of the dielectric plate, or an angle is set between the CPW feeding strip and the long side.
With reference to the first aspect and any one of the foregoing possible implementation manners of the first aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the CPW feeding strip is in a straight line shape, a T shape, an L shape, an F shape, a U shape, or an E shape.
According to a second aspect, a terminal is provided, including a housing and an antenna structure, where the antenna structure is fastened in the housing, and the antenna structure includes: a dielectric plate, a metal plate, a CPW feeding strip, and a feeding point, where the metal plate covers the dielectric plate; the CPW feeding strip and the feeding point are disposed on the dielectric plate; and the feeding point is disposed at one end of the feeding strip, and the feeding point is connected to the metal plate to implement feed connection between the CPW feeding strip and the metal plate; a hole is opened on the metal plate, the hole includes a first part and a second part, and the second part is disposed on one side of the first part close to the center of the metal plate or on two sides of the first part; and the first part is disposed at positions that are on the metal plate and are corresponding to the CPW feeding strip and the feeding point; and the second part extends along the one side or the two sides of the first part to form at least two gaps.
In a first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, a size of the first part of the hole is slightly greater than sizes of the CPW feeding strip and the feeding point.
With reference to the second aspect and the first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the gaps are of a polygon with M sides each, where M is an integer not less than 3.
With reference to the second aspect and either of the foregoing possible implementation manners of the second aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the CPW feeding strip is parallel to or perpendicular to a long side of the dielectric plate, or an angle is set between the CPW feeding strip and the long side.
With reference to the second aspect and any one of the foregoing possible implementation manners of the second aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the CPW feeding strip is in a straight line shape, a T shape, an L shape, an F shape, a U shape, or an E shape.
Compared with the prior art, in the terminal antenna structure according to the embodiments of the present invention, the hole is opened on the metal plate, and the second part of the hole extends along one side or two sides of the first part of the hole to form at least two gaps, which form two or more gap structures distributed on one side and/or two sides of the CPW feeding strip.
In the embodiments of the present invention, the gap structures are distributed on one side or two sides of the CPW feeding strip, and the metal plate is a main radiator of the antenna structure, so that a current is excited on the CPW feeding strip and the metal plate to generate high frequency resonance. In addition, the CPW feeding strip feeds the gap structures distributed on the one side or the two sides of the CPW feeding strip to generate low frequency resonance, which implements broadband radiation, so that the gap antenna structure can cover an entire LTE frequency band. Moreover, the gap structures can improve high and low frequency performance of the gap antenna structure by loading a distribution parameter, so that the gap antenna structure has high efficiency, and meets an LTE full-band performance requirement.
To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention more clearly, the following briefly introduces the accompanying drawings required for describing the embodiments. The accompanying drawings in the following description show merely some embodiments of the present invention, and a person of ordinary skill in the art may still derive other drawings from these accompanying drawings without creative efforts.
The following clearly describes the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. The described embodiments are merely a part rather than all of the embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
The embodiments of the present invention provide a terminal antenna structure and a terminal, where the antenna structure can cover an entire LTE frequency band, has high efficiency, and meets an LTE full-band performance requirement.
The terms used in the embodiments of the present invention are merely for the purpose of illustrating specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The terms “a”, “said”, and “the” of singular forms used in the embodiments and the appended claims of the present invention are also intended to include plural forms, unless otherwise specified in the context clearly. It should also be understood that, the term “and/or” used herein indicates and includes any or all possible combinations of one or more associated listed items.
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The metal plate 20 covers the dielectric plate 10. Specifically, the metal plate 20 is disposed on the dielectric plate 10 to cover the dielectric plate 10.
The CPW feeding strip 101 and the feeding point 102 are disposed on the dielectric plate 10; and the feeding point 102 is disposed at one end of the feeding strip 101, and the feeding point 102 is connected to the metal plate 20 to implement feed connection between the CPW feeding strip 101 and the metal plate 20.
A hole is opened on the metal plate 20. The hole includes a first part 201 and a second part 202 on one side of the first part 201 close to the center of the metal plate 20 or on two sides of the first part 201.
The first part 201 is disposed at positions that are on the metal plate 20 and are corresponding to the CPW feeding strip 101 and the feeding point 102; and the second part 202 extends along the one side or the two sides of the first part 201 to form at least two gaps.
With reference to
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It should be noted that, the first part 201 and the second part 202 of the hole are connected.
With reference to
It should be noted that, with reference to
It should be noted that, the metal plate 20 is a conducting plane. The conducting plane may be made of a conductor with good connectivity, such as a copper sheet or copper foil. Therefore, the conducting plane is used as a ground plane, ground for short, of the gap antenna.
It should be noted that, in a practical application, the second part 202 of the hole may also be located on two sides of the first part 201, so that the second part 202 extends along the two sides of the first part 201 to form at least two gaps.
Further, the number of gaps formed by the second part 202 extending along the one side or the two sides of the first part 201 may be specifically set as required. For example, more than two gaps, for example, three, four, or even more, may be formed.
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In a practical application, the number of gaps formed on one side or two sides of the CPW feeding strip 101 may be specifically set as required, which is not specifically limited by a structure of the terminal antenna according to this embodiment of the present invention. It should be noted that, each gap structure is corresponding to a wavelength, and increasing the number of gaps can increase the number of low frequency resonance points of the structure of the terminal antenna. In other words, a greater number of gaps indicates a lower resonance frequency of the structure of the terminal antenna, and wider bandwidth that can be implemented by the structure of the terminal antenna. However, because a size of an antenna is limited, the number of gaps cannot be infinitely increased, and therefore a balance point needs to be found in actual setting, and the number of desired gaps is properly set as required.
For the structure of the terminal antenna shown in
In this embodiment of the present invention, the structure of the terminal antenna uses a CPW feeding form plus a gap structure, because, first the CPW feeding form has a broadband feature, and second in a layout of a data card antenna, a size of a terminal antenna using the CPW feeding form can be effectively reduced.
For the gap structures shown in
Specifically, in this embodiment of the present invention, on the metal plate 20, the hole is opened on the metal plate 20, and the second part of the hole forms two or more gap structures distributed on one side of the CPW feeding strip 101. In Embodiment 1 of the present invention, the gap structures are distributed on one side of the CPW feeding strip 101, and the metal plate 20 is a main radiator of the terminal antenna, so that the CPW feeding strip 101 excites a current on peripheral metal (that is, the metal plate 20) to generate high frequency resonance. In addition, the CPW feeding strip 101 feeds the gap structures distributed on one side of the CPW feeding strip 101, to generate low frequency resonance, which implements broadband radiation, so that the terminal antenna can cover the entire LTE frequency band. Moreover, the gap structures can improve the high and low frequency performance of the terminal antenna by loading a distribution parameter, so that the terminal antenna has high efficiency, and meets an LTE full-band performance requirement.
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With reference to
Further, an example in which the second part 202 is a rectangular notch to form a rectangular gap is used to describe the foregoing Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2. In a practical application, a specific shape of a gap formed by the second part 202 does not need to be limited, and may be specifically determined as required.
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Further, in the foregoing embodiment, the CPW feeding strip 101 is a microstrip with a uniform width. In other embodiments of the present invention, the width of the CPW feeding strip 101 may be not uniform.
Specifically, the CPW feeding strip 101 may include at least one combination of metal wires, where each of the metal wires may be of any polygon with N sides, where N is an integer not less than 3.
For example, the CPW feeding strip 101 may include a rectangular metal wire and a hexagon metal wire, and the CPW feeding strip 101 is formed by combining the rectangular metal wire and the hexagon metal wire.
It should be noted that, the CPW feeding strip 101 may be formed by connecting at least one metal wire in order.
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Certainly,
Further, in the foregoing embodiment, the second part 202 is located on one side of the first part 201 close to the center of the metal plate 20, thereby forming two or more gap structures on one side of the CPW feeding strip 101. In a practical application, the second part 202 may also be located on two sides of the first part 201, thereby forming gap structures on two sides of the CPW feeding strip 101.
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Specifically, as shown in
It should be noted that, in Embodiment 1 shown in
Further, in the foregoing embodiment, the CPW feeding strip 101 is in a straight line shape. In other embodiments of the present invention, a shape of the CPW feeding strip 101 may be varied.
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Certainly, Embodiment 6 and Embodiment 7 only provide two specific variant structures of the CPW feeding strip 101. In other embodiments of the present invention, the CPW feeding strip 101 may also have other variants, for example, in an F shape or an E shape, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment of the present invention.
Further, in the foregoing embodiments, the feeding strip 101 is perpendicular to a long side of the dielectric plate 10 and is disposed on the dielectric plate 10. In other embodiments of the present invention, a position and a setting direction of the feeding strip 101 are not limited. Referring to
Corresponding to the terminal antennas in the foregoing embodiments, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal, where the terminal includes a housing and an antenna structure, and the antenna structure is fastened in the housing. The antenna structure includes a dielectric plate, a metal plate, a CPW feeding strip, and a feeding point. The metal plate covers the dielectric plate.
The CPW feeding strip and the feeding point are disposed on the dielectric plate; and the feeding point is disposed at one end of the feeding strip, and the feeding point is connected to the metal plate to implement feed connection between the CPW feeding strip and the metal plate.
A hole is opened on the metal plate, and the hole includes a first part and a second part disposed on one side of the first part close to the center of the metal plate or extending on two sides of the first part.
The first part is disposed at positions that are on the metal plate and are corresponding to the CPW feeding strip and the feeding point; and the second part extends along the one side or the two sides of the first part to form at least two gaps.
Preferably, a size of the first part of the hole is slightly greater than sizes of the CPW feeding strip and the feeding point.
Preferably, the gaps are of a polygon with M sides each, where M is an integer not less than 3.
Preferably, the CPW feeding strip is parallel to or perpendicular to a long side of the dielectric plate, or an angle is set between the CPW feeding strip and the long side.
Preferably, the CPW feeding strip is in a straight line shape, a T shape, an L shape, an F shape, a U shape, or an E shape.
The foregoing descriptions are merely specific implementation manners of the present invention, but are not intended to limit the protection scope of the present invention. Any variation or replacement readily figured out by a person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in the present invention shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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201410038405.4 | Jan 2014 | CN | national |
This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/CN2014/084581, filed on Aug. 18, 2014, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. CN 201410038405.4, filed on Jan. 26, 2014, both of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.
Number | Date | Country | |
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Parent | PCT/CN2014/084581 | Aug 2014 | US |
Child | 14529494 | US |