Antenna system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10923808-B2
Application number	US-201916265277-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 1, 2019
Priority date	Aug 8, 2016
Publication date	Feb 16, 2021
Grant date	Feb 16, 2021

Abstract

This application discloses an antenna system, includes: a ground plate, at least one antenna pair disposed on the ground plate, and a decoupling assembly disposed on a radiation surface of the antenna pair; where the antenna pair includes a first antenna and a second antenna; the decoupling assembly is configured to adjust antenna radiation directions of the first antenna and the second antenna. In this application, the following problem is resolved: A poor effect is achieved when coupling between antennas is reduced by using a slit because there are many electronic elements in a mobile terminal and the slit is easily affected by surrounding electronic elements. Antenna radiation directions of the antennas are changed by using the decoupling assembly disposed on the radiation surface of the antenna pair, thereby improving isolation between the antennas and antenna radiation efficiency.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An antenna system, wherein the antenna system comprises:
a ground plate, at least one antenna pair disposed on the ground plate, and a decoupling assembly disposed on a radiation surface of the antenna pair, wherein
the antenna pair comprises a first antenna and a second antenna;
the decoupling assembly comprises a contiguous layer that is in contact with both the first antenna and the second antenna;
the decoupling assembly has electrical anisotropy, and the electrical anisotropy indicates that an effective permittivity of the decoupling assembly has different real and imaginary components in different directions;
the decoupling assembly is configured to adjust antenna radiation directions of the first antenna and the second antenna; and
isolation between the first antenna and the second antenna after adjustment is greater than isolation between the first antenna and the second antenna before adjustment.

2. The antenna system according to claim 1 , wherein the decoupling assembly is in a laminated structure;
the laminated structure is formed by alternately stacking at least two materials, and permittivities of the at least two materials are different; and
a sum of thicknesses of the at least two materials is less than a half wavelength corresponding to an operating frequency of the antenna pair, wherein
|ε ⊥ |<|ε ∥ |, ε ⊥ is an effective permittivity of the laminated structure in a perpendicular direction, ε ∥ is an effective permittivity of the laminated structure in a parallel direction, the parallel direction is a direction parallel to the laminated structure, and the perpendicular direction is a direction perpendicular to the laminated structure.

3. The antenna system according to claim 2 , wherein the laminated structure is formed by alternately stacking a first material and a second material;
the first material is a good-conductor material; and
the second material is a dielectric material, wherein
|ε 1 |?|ε 2 | and |ε ⊥ |=|ε ∥ |, ε 1 is a permittivity of the first material, and ε 2 is a permittivity of the second material.

4. The antenna system according to claim 2 , wherein the decoupling assembly further comprises two decoupling subassemblies that are symmetrically disposed, and the two decoupling subassemblies are respectively disposed on radiation surfaces of the first antenna and the second antenna; and
an included angle α is formed between the laminated structure and the ground plate, wherein 10°≤α≤60°.

5. The antenna system according to claim 4 , wherein the decoupling subassembly is in a triangular prism laminated structure;
a dimension of the triangular prism laminated structure is 10 mm×5 mm×4 mm;
the triangular prism laminated structure is formed by alternately stacking a metal film and a dielectric sheet;
an included angle α between the triangular prism laminated structure and the ground plate is 22.6°; and
the dielectric sheet in the triangular prism laminated structure is 1 mm in thickness, and a relative permittivity of the dielectric sheet is 1.1.

6. The antenna system according to claim 5 , wherein the antenna pair is a helical monopole antenna pair, and the helical monopole antenna pair is printed on a surface of the ground plate;
a dimension of the helical monopole antenna pair is 22 mm×5 mm;
dimensions of the first antenna and the second antenna in the helical monopole antenna pair each are 10.6 mm×5 mm, and a distance between a first antenna feeding point and a second antenna feeding point is 0.8 mm; and
an operating frequency of the helical monopole antenna pair ranges from 4.55 GHz to 4.75 GHz.

7. The antenna system according to claim 6 , wherein
a dimension of the ground plate is 136 mm×68 mm, and 12 helical monopole antenna pairs are disposed on an edge of the ground plate;
two helical monopole antenna pairs are disposed on each of an upper edge and a lower edge of the ground plate;
four helical monopole antenna pairs are disposed on each of a left edge and a right edge of the ground plate; and
a distance between the helical monopole antenna pairs is greater than 8 mm.

8. The antenna system according to claim 5 , wherein the antenna pair is a planar inverted F antenna, PIFA antenna pair, and the PIFA antenna pair is printed on a surface of the ground plate;
a dimension of the PIFA antenna pair is 22 mm×5 mm;
dimensions of the first antenna and the second antenna in the PIFA antenna pair each are 10 mm×5 mm, a distance between a first antenna feeding point and a second antenna feeding point is 5 mm, and a distance between a first antenna ground point and a second antenna ground point is 2 mm; and
an operating frequency of the PIFA antenna pair ranges from 2.3 GHz to 2.4 GHz.

9. The antenna system according to claim 5 , wherein the antenna pair is a planar inverted F antenna PIFA antenna pair, and the PIFA antenna pair is printed on a surface of the ground plate;
a dimension of the PIFA antenna pair is 15 mm×5 mm;
dimensions of the first antenna and the second antenna in the PIFA antenna pair each are 6.5 mm×5 mm, a distance between a first antenna feeding point and a second antenna feeding point is 5 mm, and a distance between a first antenna ground point and a second antenna ground point is 2 mm; and
an operating frequency of the PIFA antenna pair ranges from 3.4 GHz to 3.6 GHz.

10. The antenna system according to claim 1 , wherein
a metallic wire is disposed between the first antenna and the second antenna, the metallic wire penetrates the ground plate, and the metallic wire is used to reduce interference caused by a scattered electromagnetic wave in the ground plate to the first antenna and the second antenna.

11. The antenna system according to claim 1 , wherein
an insulation layer is disposed between the decoupling assembly and the antenna pair.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xu Su
• Wen Huailin

Classifications

• H01Q9/42 Primary

  with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength · CPC title

• H01Q15/006

  Selective devices having photonic band gap materials or materials of which the material properties are frequency dependent, e.g. perforated substrates, high-impedance surfaces · CPC title

• H01Q15/0006

  Devices acting selectively as reflecting surface, as diffracting or as refracting device, e.g. frequency filtering or angular spatial filtering devices (H01Q15/12, H01Q15/22, H01Q15/24 take precedence) · CPC title

• H01Q21/28

  Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting antenna units or systems {(multiple beam H01Q25/00)} · CPC title

• H01Q1/521 Primary

  reducing the coupling between adjacent antennas · CPC title