Antenna system and mobile terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10629983-B2
Application number	US-201715828572-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 1, 2017
Priority date	Jun 22, 2017
Publication date	Apr 21, 2020
Grant date	Apr 21, 2020

Abstract

An antenna system, including a metal frame including a radiation portion and a grounding portion separately arranged, and a gap zone is defined therebetween; a main board including a system ground, a first radio frequency feeding end and a second radio frequency feeding end; a first conductive member; a second conductive member; a three-in-one antenna unit; and a diversity antenna unit; the three-in-one antenna unit is connected with the first radio frequency feeding end, and the diversity antenna unit is electrically connected with the second radio frequency feeding end; the three-in-one antenna unit and the diversity antenna unit are connected with the radiation portion respectively through the first conductive member and the second conductive member; the radiation portion includes a first grounding point and a second grounding point which are connected with the system ground and arranged between the diversity antenna unit and the three-in-one antenna unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An antenna system, comprising:
a metal frame comprising a radiation portion and a grounding portion which are separately arranged, wherein a gap zone is defined between the radiation portion and the grounding portion;
a main board comprising a system ground, a first radio frequency feeding end and a second radio frequency feeding end;
a first conductive member;
a second conductive member;
a three-in-one antenna unit; and
a diversity antenna unit;
wherein the three-in-one antenna unit is connected with the first radio frequency feeding end, and the diversity antenna unit is electrically connected with the second radio frequency feeding end;
the three-in-one antenna unit is connected with the radiation portion by the first conductive member, and the diversity antenna unit is connected with the radiation portion by the second conductive member,
the radiation portion comprises a first grounding point and a second grounding point which are connected with the system ground, and the first grounding point and the second grounding point are arranged between the diversity antenna unit and the three-in-one antenna unit.

2. The antenna system as described in claim 1 , wherein the gap zone comprises a first fracture and a second fracture arranged opposite to the first fracture, the three-in-one antenna unit is located between the first fracture and the diversity antenna unit, and the diversity antenna unit is located between the three-in-one antenna unit and the second fracture;
the first grounding point is closer to the three-in-one antenna unit, compared with the second grounding point;
the three-in-one antenna unit comprises a first sub-section and a second sub-section; one end of the first sub-section is connected with the radiation portion by the first conductive member, and the other end of the first sub-section is connected with the first radio frequency feeding end; the second sub-section comprises a connecting end and a free end, the connecting end is connected with the first sub-section, and the free end extends in a direction toward the first fracture.

3. The antenna system as described in claim 2 ,
wherein the first sub-section and a portion of the radiation portion from the first grounding point to the first fracture generate a working frequency of a GPS antenna,
the first sub-section and a portion of the radiation portion from the first conductive member to the first fracture generate a working frequency of a WIFI 2.4G antenna and a bluetooth antenna,
the second sub-section and a portion on the first sub-section from the first radio frequency feeding end to the first connecting end generate a working frequency of a WIFI 5G antenna.

4. The antenna system as described in claim 1 , further comprising: wherein the gap zone comprises a first fracture and a second fracture arranged opposite to the first fracture, the three-in-one antenna unit is located between the first fracture and the diversity antenna unit, and the diversity antenna unit is located between the three-in-one antenna unit and the second fracture; the second conductive member comprises a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion; the diversity antenna unit comprises a first sub-unit and a second sub-unit spaced from the first sub-unit, the first sub-unit is located between the second sub-unit and the second fracture, one end of the first sub-unit is connected with the second radio frequency feeding end, the other end of the first sub-unit is connected with the radiation portion by the first conductive portion, the second sub-unit comprises a connecting section and an extending section connected with the connecting section, the extending section extends in a direction away from the first sub-unit, one end of the connecting section is connected with the radiation portion by the second conductive portion.

5. The antenna system as described in claim 4 ,
wherein the first sub-unit and a portion of the radiation portion from the first conductive portion to the second fracture generate a first working frequency;
the first sub-unit and a portion of the radiation portion from the second grounding point to the second fracture generate a second working frequency;
a portion of the radiation portion from the first conductive portion to the second conductive portion, the first sub-unit and the second sub-unit generate a third working frequency;
a portion of the radiation portion from the first conductive portion to the second conductive portion, the first sub-unit and the connecting section generate a fourth working frequency; and
each of the first working frequency, the second working frequency and the third working frequency is less than the fourth working frequency; each of the second working frequency and the third working frequency are less than the first working frequency, and the second working frequency is less than the third working frequency.

6. The antenna system as described in claim 1 , further comprising: a tuning switch, wherein the tuning switch is arranged between the second grounding point and the second conductive member, and the radiation portion is connected to the system ground by the tuning switch, wherein the first grounding point is closer to the three-in-one antenna unit, compared with the second grounding point.

7. The antenna system as described in claim 1 , further comprising:
a WIFI 5G antenna unit;
a third conductive member; and
a connecting member;
wherein the main board further comprises a third radio frequency feeding end,
the WIFI 5G antenna unit is connected with the third radio frequency feeding end by the third conductive member, and the WIFI 5G antenna unit is connected with the system ground by the connecting member.

8. The antenna system as described in claim 7 , wherein the WIFI 5G antenna unit and the radiation portion are spaced from each other.

9. The antenna system as described in claim 7 , further comprising: a capacitance element, wherein the WIFI 5G antenna unit comprises a main branch, a first sub-branch, a second sub-branch and a third sub-branch, the first sub-branch, the second sub-branch and the third sub-branch are connected with the main branch, all the first sub-branch, the second sub-branch and the third sub-branch extend in a direction away from the radiation portion, and the second sub-branch is located between the first sub-branch and the third sub-branch, the first sub-branch is connected with the system ground by the capacitance element, the second sub-branch is connected with the third radio frequency feeding end by the third conductive element, and the third sub-branch is connected with the system ground by the connecting member.

10. A mobile terminal, comprising the antenna system as described in claim 1 .

Assignees

• Aac Technologies Pte Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Liwan
• Dong Kai

Classifications

• H01Q1/38

  formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support {(patch antennas H01Q9/0407; microstrip dipole antennas H01Q9/065; microstrip slot antennas H01Q13/106; transmission line microstrip antennas H01Q13/206; manufacturing reflecting surfaces using insulating material for supporting the reflecting surface  H01Q15/142)} · CPC title

• H01Q5/378

  Combination of fed elements with parasitic elements · CPC title

• H01Q1/521

  reducing the coupling between adjacent antennas · CPC title

• H01Q1/50

  Structural association of antennas with earthing switches, lead-in devices or lightning protectors · CPC title

• H01Q5/50

  Feeding or matching arrangements for broad-band or multi-band operation · CPC title