The present invention relates to the communications field, and in particular, to a wireless transceiver apparatus and a base station.
In a mobile communications system, a wireless transceiver apparatus is a common signal transceiver apparatus, and mainly includes structures such as an antenna unit, a dielectric substrate, a shielding cover, and a metal carrier. An antenna unit disposed on the wireless transceiver apparatus is generally an omnidirectional antenna unit, so as to enable the wireless transceiver apparatus to provide a large signal coverage area. The omnidirectional antenna unit shows a homogeneous radiation of 360° in a horizontal directivity pattern, that is, non-direction, and shows a beam with a width in a vertical directivity pattern.
A conventional omnidirectional antenna unit is generally a three-dimensional structure including a radiation patch, a short-circuit probe, and a feeding probe. The omnidirectional antenna unit is disposed on a metal carrier or a shielding cover.
However, the conventional omnidirectional antenna unit is an independent part that needs to be separately processed and assembled on the metal carrier or the shielding cover. In this way, when the omnidirectional antenna unit is disposed on the shielding cover, a total thickness of the wireless transceiver apparatus is a total thickness of the metal carrier, the shielding cover, and the omnidirectional antenna unit that are superposed; or when the omnidirectional antenna unit is disposed on the metal carrier, a total thickness of the wireless transceiver apparatus is a total thickness of the metal carrier and the omnidirectional antenna unit that are superposed. Therefore, the total thickness of the conventional wireless transceiver apparatus is relatively large, and a total volume is relatively large. Correspondingly, relatively large space is occupied.
To resolve a problem that a wireless transceiver apparatus occupies relatively large space, embodiments of the present invention provide a wireless transceiver apparatus and a base station. Technical solutions are as follows:
According to an aspect, a wireless transceiver apparatus is provided. The wireless transceiver apparatus includes a metal carrier and at least one antenna unit, where the antenna unit includes a feeding structure and a radiation patch. The wireless transceiver apparatus further includes a groove is disposed on the metal carrier, and the antenna unit is disposed in the groove. The radiation patch is fed by using the feeding structure, and the radiation patch is grounded.
According to the wireless transceiver apparatus provided in this embodiment of the present invention, an antenna unit is disposed in a groove of a metal carrier, so that a total thickness of the wireless transceiver apparatus is reduced, and a total volume is reduced, thereby reducing space occupied by the wireless transceiver apparatus.
Optionally, the groove is located on an edge of the metal carrier. An antenna unit located in the groove has better electromagnetic radiation performance.
In actual application, electromagnetic oscillation (also referred to as resonance) can be generated between the radiation patch and a bottom surface of the groove. Optionally, the groove may be located on a corner of the metal carrier, or on a side of the metal carrier. An opening may exist on a side wall of the groove. An antenna unit located in the groove that has an opening on a side wall has a better radiation feature.
Optionally, at least one groove is disposed on the metal carrier, and one antenna unit is disposed in each groove. That is, grooves and antenna units may be disposed in a one-to-one correspondence.
Further, a slot exists between the feeding structure and the radiation patch, and the feeding structure performs coupling feeding on the radiation patch by using the slot.
According to the wireless transceiver apparatus provided in this embodiment of the present invention, a feeding structure performs coupling feeding on a radiation patch by using a slot, so that a bandwidth of an antenna unit can be effectively extended.
Further, the antenna unit may further include a parasitic structure, where the parasitic structure is located on a surface parallel to a bottom surface of the groove, and the parasitic structure is grounded. By adding a parasitic structure, a bandwidth of an antenna unit can be further extended.
Optionally, a slot exists between the parasitic structure and the radiation patch, and the parasitic structure performs coupling feeding on the radiation patch by using the slot. The parasitic structure performs coupling feeding on the radiation patch by using the slot, so that a bandwidth of an antenna unit can be effectively extended while occupying a relatively small volume.
Optionally, the antenna unit may further include a first ground pin. One end of the first ground pin is connected to the parasitic structure, the other end of the first ground pin is connected to the metal carrier, the first ground pin is perpendicular to the bottom surface of the groove, and the parasitic structure is grounded by using the metal carrier. The parasitic structure can be effectively grounded by using the first ground pin.
Further, the parasitic structure may also be a non-centrosymmetric structure. The parasitic structure may have multiple shapes. Optionally, the parasitic structure is a sector structure, the radiation patch is a semi-annular structure, and a center of the radiation patch and a center of the parasitic structure are located on a same side of the radiation patch. Optionally, the two centers are close to a corner on which the antenna unit is disposed, so that an overall size of the antenna unit can be reduced.
It should be noted that a radiation patch in an antenna unit on which no parasitic structure is disposed may be a semi-annular structure or another non-centrosymmetric structure. This is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.
Optionally, both the radiation patch and the feeding structure are non-centrosymmetric structures. Because both the radiation patch and the feeding structure are non-centrosymmetric structures, when the antenna unit is not disposed on a central position of a metal carrier, a high roundness feature of the antenna unit can still be ensured, and general applicability of the antenna unit can be improved.
It should be noted that because the radiation patch, the feeding structure, and the parasitic structure are all non-centrosymmetric structures, when the antenna unit is not disposed on a central position of a metal carrier. Further, a high roundness feature of the antenna unit can still be ensured, and general applicability of the antenna unit can be improved.
Optionally, the feeding structure may have multiple forms.
In a first possible implementation, the feeding structure is an E-shaped structure, the E-shaped structure is formed by one first vertical strip structure and three first horizontal strip structures whose ends on one side are disposed on the first vertical strip structure at intervals. An opening of the E-shaped structure is disposed opposite to the radiation patch, a length of a first horizontal strip structure located in the middle of the E-shaped structure is greater than a length of each of the other two first horizontal strip structures, the other end of the first horizontal strip structure located in the middle of the E-shaped structure is connected to a feed of the metal carrier, and the slot is formed between the first vertical strip structure and the radiation patch. The feed, that is, a feed source may be a signal transmission port of the metal carrier, and is usually connected to an input/output port of a transceiver.
In a second possible implementation, the feeding structure is a T-shaped structure, the T-shaped structure is formed by one second vertical strip structure and one second horizontal strip structure whose one end extends from a middle part of the second vertical strip structure, the other end of the second horizontal strip structure is connected to a feed of the metal carrier, and the slot is formed between the second vertical strip structure and the radiation patch.
In a third possible implementation, the feeding structure is an integrated structure formed by an arc-shaped structure and a strip structure, one end of the strip structure is connected to a feed of the metal carrier, and the other end of the strip structure is connected to the arc-shaped structure. An arc-shaped opening is disposed on a side that is of the radiation patch and that is close to the feeding structure. The arc-shaped structure is located in the arc-shaped opening, and the slot is formed between the arc-shaped structure and the arc-shaped opening.
Optionally, the antenna unit further includes a dielectric substrate, the dielectric substrate is disposed in the groove, and both the radiation patch and the feeding structure are disposed on the dielectric substrate. The dielectric substrate may effectively bear the radiation patch and the feeding structure to ensure that a slot is formed between the radiation patch and the bottom surface of the groove, so that electromagnetic oscillation is generated between the radiation patch and the bottom surface of the groove.
In addition to the parasitic structure, optionally, the antenna unit further includes a ground cable. One end of the ground cable is connected to the radiation patch, and the other end of the ground cable is connected to a metal ground cable disposed on the dielectric substrate, so that the radiation patch is grounded by using the metal ground cable. The radiation patch can be effectively grounded by using the ground cable.
Optionally, there may be multiple possible implementations for disposing of the ground cable.
In a first possible implementation, the ground cable is disposed on a side of the radiation patch, and the feeding structure is disposed on another side of the radiation patch.
In a second possible implementation, there are two ground cables. The two ground cables are symmetrically disposed on two sides of the radiation patch, and are separately connected to the metal ground cable of the dielectric substrate; the feeding structure is an axisymmetric structure; and a symmetry axis of the feeding structure is the same as a symmetry axis of the two ground cables.
In a possible implementation, when the antenna unit includes a dielectric substrate, the radiation patch may be located on a lower surface of the dielectric substrate. The wireless transceiver apparatus further includes a second ground pin disposed on at least one side of the radiation patch. One end of the second ground pin is connected to the radiation patch, the other end of the second ground pin is connected to the metal carrier. The second ground pin is perpendicular to a surface of the dielectric substrate. The surface of the dielectric substrate is parallel to the bottom surface of the groove, and the radiation patch is grounded by using the metal carrier.
In another possible implementation, when the antenna unit does not include a dielectric substrate. The wireless transceiver apparatus may further include a second ground pin disposed on at least one side of the radiation patch. One end of the second ground pin is connected to the radiation patch, and the other end of the second ground pin is connected to the metal carrier. The second ground pin is perpendicular to a bottom surface of the groove, and the radiation patch is grounded by using the metal carrier.
Optionally, a dielectric substrate is further disposed on the metal carrier, and the dielectric substrate of the antenna unit and the dielectric substrate on the metal carrier are an integrated structure. When the dielectric substrate and the dielectric substrate on the metal carrier are an integrated structure, an antenna unit does not need to be separately processed or installed, so that complexity of a manufacturing process of the wireless transceiver apparatus is reduced, and assembly costs are reduced.
Optionally, the wireless transceiver apparatus further includes a shielding cover, where the shielding cover is buckled on the dielectric substrate on the metal carrier. The shielding cover can effectively shield electromagnetic interference of an external environment for an electronic component inside the metal carrier.
Optionally, a heat sink fin is disposed on a bottom of the metal carrier, so as to ensure effective heat dissipation for the metal carrier.
Optionally, the feeding structure may include: a first feeding sub-structure perpendicular to the bottom surface of the groove, and a second feeding sub-structure parallel to the bottom surface of the groove, where the first feeding sub-structure is connected to a feed of the metal carrier.
It should be noted that a shape of the second feeding sub-structure may be the same as a shape of the foregoing E-shaped structure or T-shaped structure, and a difference is that the second feeding sub-structure may be connected to a feed by using the first feeding sub-structure.
According to another aspect, a base station is provided, including any one of the foregoing wireless transceiver apparatuses.
According to the wireless transceiver apparatus provided in the embodiments of the present invention, an antenna unit is disposed in a groove of a metal carrier, so that a total thickness of the wireless transceiver apparatus is reduced, and a total volume is reduced, thereby reducing space occupied by the wireless transceiver apparatus.
The following briefly describes the accompanying drawings required for describing the embodiments. Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the following description show merely some embodiments of the present invention, and persons of ordinary skill in the art may still derive other drawings from these accompanying drawings without creative efforts.
The following further describes the embodiments of the present invention in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Because the omnidirectional antenna unit is a three-dimensional structure, a wireless transceiver apparatus including the omnidirectional antenna unit may be shown in
A groove 3011 is disposed on the metal carrier 301. The groove 3011 may be disposed on an edge of the metal carrier 301. Optionally, the groove 3011 may be located on a corner of the metal carrier 301, or on a side of the metal carrier 301. The antenna unit 302 is disposed in the groove 3011. In this embodiment of the present invention, that the antenna unit is disposed in the groove means that all or a part of the antenna unit is disposed in the groove, and generally, an orthographic projection of the antenna unit on a bottom surface of the groove is located in the groove. As shown in a dashed box U in
In actual application, electromagnetic oscillation (also referred to as resonance) can be generated between the radiation patch 3022 and a bottom surface of the groove. Generally, a capacitance and an inductance are generated between the radiation patch and the bottom surface of the groove, and electromagnetic oscillation is excited by the capacitance and the inductance.
Optionally, at least one groove 3011 is disposed on the metal carrier, and one antenna unit 302 is disposed in each groove 3011. That is, grooves and antenna units may be disposed in a one-to-one correspondence, and a quantity of the grooves is equal to a quantity of the antenna units. As shown in
According to the wireless transceiver apparatus provided in this embodiment of the present invention, an antenna unit is disposed in a groove of a metal carrier, so that a total thickness of the wireless transceiver apparatus is reduced, and a total volume is reduced, thereby reducing space occupied by the wireless transceiver apparatus.
Further, as shown in
The dielectric substrate 3023 is disposed in the groove 3011, and is configured to bear the radiation patch 3022 and the feeding structure 3021; that is, the radiation patch 3022 is disposed on the dielectric substrate 3023. Electromagnetic oscillation can be generated between the radiation patch 3022 and a bottom surface of the groove 3011. In actual application, the radiation patch 3022 is laminated on a surface W of the dielectric substrate 3023. For example, either of two surfaces of the dielectric substrate 3023 that have the largest surface area. A surface of the radiation patch is parallel to a surface Q on which the antenna unit 302 is disposed, and a capacitance may be generated between the two parallel surfaces. All or a part of the feeding structure 3021 may be disposed on the dielectric substrate 3023.
Optionally, a dielectric substrate (also referred to as a radio frequency board) 303 may be further disposed on the metal carrier 301, and the dielectric substrate 3023 of the antenna unit 302 and the dielectric substrate 303 on the metal carrier 301 may be an integrated structure.
It may be learned from the foregoing that, according to the wireless transceiver apparatus provided in this embodiment of the present invention, a radiation patch is fed by using a feeding structure of an antenna unit to implement a feature of the antenna unit, and the radiation patch and the feeding structure are further disposed on a dielectric substrate. When the dielectric substrate and a dielectric substrate on a metal carrier are an integrated structure, the antenna unit does not need to be separately processed or installed, so that complexity of a manufacturing process of the wireless transceiver apparatus is reduced, and assembly costs are reduced. Further, the radiation patch and the feeding structure of the antenna unit are similar to a planar structure. Therefore, compared with a three-dimensional structure in the related art, a total volume of the antenna unit is reduced, thereby reducing space occupied by the wireless transceiver apparatus.
In actual application, the feeding structure may feed the radiation patch in multiple manners, such as direct-connection feeding or coupling feeding. When the feeding structure is in direct contact with the radiation patch, the feeding structure performs direct-connection feeding on the radiation patch. In this feeding manner, an antenna unit can obtain a relatively low standing wave bandwidth, and an implementation is simple. However, a bandwidth of the antenna unit can be extended by means of coupling feeding.
For a conventional omnidirectional antenna unit, for example, the omnidirectional antenna unit 10 shown in
To enable the antenna unit 302 to obtain a relatively high standing wave bandwidth, in this embodiment of the present invention, as shown in
Optionally, as shown in
In this embodiment of the present invention, the parasitic structure may feed the radiation patch in multiple manners, such as direct-connection feeding or coupling feeding. A bandwidth of the antenna unit can be extended in the two feeding manners. As shown in
As shown in
It should be noted that because of performance of the parasitic structure, for the parasitic structure, an area required in direct-connection feeding manner is greater than an area required in a coupling feeding manner. To reduce a total volume of the antenna unit, the parasitic structure and the radiation patch are usually fed in a coupling feeding manner.
Further, shapes of the parasitic structure 3024 and the radiation patch 3022 may match each other, so as to ensure that the parasitic structure 3024 effectively feeds the radiation patch 3022. For example, in the antenna unit 302, when the parasitic structure 3024 feeds the radiation patch 3022 in a coupling feeding manner, the parasitic structure 3024 and the radiation patch 3022 may match each other, so as to ensure that an appropriate slot exists between the parasitic structure 3024 and the radiation patch 3022. For example, as shown in
It should be noted that, for the shapes of the parasitic structure 3024 and the radiation patch 3022, there may be another matching situation. This embodiment of the present invention is used only as an example for description. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made based on the matching situation provided in the present invention shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, details are not described in this embodiment of the present invention.
Further, the shapes of the feeding structure 3021 and the radiation patch 3022 may match each other, so as to ensure that the feeding structure 3021 effectively feeds the radiation patch 3022. In this embodiment of the present invention, the following three possible implementations are used as examples for description.
In a first possible implementation, as shown in any one of
In a second possible implementation, as shown in
In a third possible implementation, alternatively, as shown in
It should be noted that, for the shapes of the feeding structure 3021 and the radiation patch 3022, there may be another matching situation. This embodiment of the present invention is used only as an example for description. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made based on the matching situation provided in the present invention shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, details are not described in this embodiment of the present invention.
Generally, for a structure of the wireless transceiver apparatus, three types of symmetry relate to roundness: symmetry of an antenna unit, symmetry of an installation position, and symmetry of a metal carrier. If the three types of symmetry are all met, that is, a centrosymmetric omnidirectional antenna unit is centrosymmetrically disposed on a centrosymmetric metal carrier, roundness of the wireless transceiver apparatus is generally relatively high. If one of the three types of symmetry is destroyed, roundness generally becomes lower.
If an omnidirectional antenna unit is installed on a conventional wireless transceiver apparatus, generally, the omnidirectional antenna unit is disposed on a central position of a metal carrier (the metal carrier is equivalent to a reference ground, that is, a ground shown in
In this embodiment of the present invention, to implement multiband coverage and multichannel signal transmission, generally, at least two omnidirectional antenna units need to be installed on the wireless transceiver apparatus. As shown in any one of
In actual application, relative positions of the radiation patch, the feeding structure, and the parasitic structure on the dielectric substrate may be determined according to a specific situation. Two of the radiation patch, the feeding structure, and the parasitic structure may be located on one side of the dielectric substrate, and one of the radiation patch, the feeding structure, and the parasitic structure may be located on the other side of the dielectric substrate; or the radiation patch, the feeding structure, and the parasitic structure are located on a same side of the dielectric substrate. As shown in
Certainly, when no parasitic structure is disposed on the wireless transceiver apparatus, relative positions of the radiation patch 3022 and the feeding structure 3021 on the dielectric substrate may be determined according to a specific situation. The radiation patch 3022 and the feeding structure 3021 may be respectively located on two sides of the dielectric substrate 3023, or the radiation patch 3022 and the feeding structure 3021 may be located on a same side of the dielectric substrate 3023. As shown in
In
As shown in any one of
In actual application, alternatively, the wireless transceiver apparatus 30 may be shown in
It should be noted that, alternatively, the radiation patch 3022 may be grounded in another manner in addition to using the ground pin. Optionally, as shown in
A quantity of ground cables 3027 in the antenna unit 302 may be determined according to an actual situation. For example, as shown in
For another example, as shown in
Further, as shown in any one of
Optionally, a heat sink fin may be further disposed on a bottom of the metal carrier. The heat sink fin is configured to dissipate heat for the metal carrier.
For the omnidirectional antenna unit in the wireless transceiver apparatus in any one of
For the wireless transceiver apparatus 30 shown in
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Optionally, alternatively, the antenna unit 30 in the groove 3011 may be shown in
For the wireless transceiver apparatus 30 shown in
Values of structure parameters of the antenna unit in the wireless transceiver apparatus 30 shown in
It should be noted that the structures of the foregoing wireless transceiver apparatus 30 in the embodiments of the present invention are used as examples for description. In actual application, components in the wireless transceiver apparatus 30 in
It should be noted that the sizes of the wireless transceiver apparatus provided in the embodiments of the present invention are used only as examples for description, and are mainly used to ensure that an antenna unit obtains a standing wave bandwidth greater than 45% (VSWR<2.5). In actual application, the size of the wireless transceiver apparatus may be adjusted according to a specific scenario. This is not limited in the embodiments of the present invention.
The wireless transceiver apparatus provided in the embodiments of the present invention has a simple structure, and can be easily assembled. A radiation patch, a feeding structure, a ground cable, and the like may be integrated on a dielectric substrate, and then is installed on a groove of a metal carrier. A shielding cover may be buckled on the metal carrier after the dielectric substrate is installed, or may be buckled on the metal carrier before the dielectric substrate is installed. A ground pin may be disposed after the dielectric substrate is installed. Because the radiation patch, the feeding structure, the ground cable, and the like may be integrated on the dielectric substrate, and are not a separately formed three-dimensional structure, a structure is simple, thereby facilitating assembly. If the wireless transceiver apparatus includes a shielding cover, the shielding cover may be buckled on the metal carrier after the dielectric substrate is installed. A ground pin may be disposed after the dielectric substrate is installed. Because the radiation patch, the feeding structure, the ground cable, and the like may be integrated on the dielectric substrate, and are not a separately formed three-dimensional structure, a structure is simple, thereby facilitating assembly.
It should be noted that, in the wireless transceiver apparatus provided in the foregoing embodiments of the present invention, the antenna unit may include a dielectric substrate, or may not include a dielectric substrate. The dielectric substrate is configured to bear the radiation patch and the feeding structure, and a shape of the dielectric substrate may be the same as or different from that of a groove. In the figure, that a shape of the dielectric substrate is the same as a shape of the groove, and an area of the dielectric substrate is less than an area of the groove is used as an example. When the antenna unit includes the dielectric substrate, electromagnetic oscillation may be generated between the radiation patch and a bottom surface of the groove by using the dielectric substrate. When the antenna unit does not include the dielectric substrate, electromagnetic oscillation may be generated between the radiation patch and a bottom surface of the groove in another manner. For example, as shown in
According to the wireless transceiver apparatus provided in this embodiment of the present invention, an antenna unit is disposed in a groove of a metal carrier, so that a total thickness of the wireless transceiver apparatus is reduced, and a total volume is reduced, thereby reducing space occupied by the wireless transceiver apparatus. In addition, according to the wideband omnidirectional antenna unit in the wireless transceiver apparatus provided in this embodiment of the present invention, a radiation patch and a feeding structure may be further disposed on a dielectric substrate, and an antenna unit does not need to be separately processed or installed, so that complexity of a manufacturing process of the wireless transceiver apparatus is reduced, and assembly costs are reduced. Further, the radiation patch and the feeding structure of the antenna unit are similar to a planar structure. Therefore, compared with a three-dimensional structure in the related art, a total volume of the antenna unit is reduced, thereby reducing space occupied by the wireless transceiver apparatus.
An embodiment of the present invention provides a base station. The base station may include at least one wireless transceiver apparatus module provided in the embodiments of the present invention. When the base station includes at least two wireless transceiver apparatus modules, each wireless transceiver apparatus module may be any wireless transceiver apparatus in the foregoing embodiments provided in the present invention. The base station is usually an indoor base station. A base station that uses the wireless transceiver apparatus 30 in the embodiments of the present invention has a wide operating frequency band and desirable omnidirectional performance. The base station may be installed in a stadium or a shopping place, and is configured to provide omnidirectional coverage of radio signals in an indoor area.
Persons of ordinary skill in the art may understand that all or some of the steps of the embodiments may be implemented by hardware or a program instructing related hardware. The program may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. The storage medium may include: a read-only memory, a magnetic disk, or an optical disc.
The foregoing descriptions are merely embodiments of the present invention, but are not intended to limit the present invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement, and improvement made without departing from the spirit and principle of the present invention shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/CN2016/091956, filed on Jul. 27, 2016, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
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